Well I don't know how to do cv::Mat_ but this is what I do for a regular cv::Mat. cv::Mat cv_image; // image from camera cv_bridge::CvImage cvi; ros::Time time = ros::Time::now(); // convert OpenCV image to ROS message cv_bridge::CvImage cvi; cvi.header.stamp = time; cvi.header.frame_id = "camera"; cvi.encoding = "bgr8"; cvi.image = cv_image; sensor_msgs::Image im; cvi.toImageMsg(im); On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Aditya Gadre wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to ROS/OpenCV and have a question about using cv_bridge. What would be the correct encoding to use for cv::Mat_ matrix type. > > Thank you, > - Aditya > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users