# image/open Load an image file and decode it to RGBA8. The format is sniffed from magic bytes (JPEG/PNG/WebP) — the file extension is ignored. Returns an `Image` or `nil`; a missing or undecodable file is never an error. ## Syntax

[image/open $path]

## Parameters - `$path` — filesystem path (string) ## Examples

set img [image/open "test/fixtures/images/test.png"]   # → Image
[image/dims $img]                                      # → %{ :w 8 :h 6 }
[image/open "missing.png"]                             # → nil
[image/open "notes.txt"]                               # → nil

## Returns An `Image` native resource holding decoded RGBA8 pixels, or `nil` when the file cannot be read or is not a decodable JPEG/PNG/WebP. The decoded source format becomes the image's default output format. ## See Also `image/decode`, `image/write`, `image/dims`, `image/bytes`