# Load a RGB image
im1 = sp.Image("http://smil.cmm.mines-paristech.fr/images/arearea.png")
smilPlot([im1], title = ["Original Image"])
# Copy the green channel into a UINT8 image
im2 = sp.Image()
sp.copyChannel(im1, 1, im2)
# Split RGB channels into a 3D UINT8 image with 3 slices (one for each channel)
im3 = sp.Image()
sp.splitChannels(im1, im3)
# Perform a 2D dilation on the slices
im4 = sp.Image(im3)
sp.dilate(im3, im4)
# And merge the result into a RGB image
im5 = sp.Image(im1)
sp.mergeChannels(im4, im5)
smilPlot([im2, im3], title = ["Vert Channel", "Three Channel Image"])
smilPlot([im4, im5], title = ["Dilation on sliced image", "Merged Image"])