CV_CreateImage function to create an image object of given size and type CV_CreateImage(image_size,bit_depth,no_of_channels) image_size: width and height of image bit_depth: Bit depth of image elements no_of_channels: no of channels per pixels This function can be used to create opencv image object. For more info about bit depth and channels,please refer to OpenCV documentation This is curretly dummy function. It provides no functionality but is required for providing support for generating C code for OpenCV CV_LoadImage Siddhesh Wani