# Import albumentations fails

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/import-albumentations-fails/108343>\
**Category:** vision\
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/import-albumentations-fails/108343 "2021-01-09T11:22:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![FaultyBagnose](https://discuss.pytorch.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@FaultyBagnose](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/FaultyBagnose)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/import-albumentations-fails/108343/1 "2021-01-09T11:22:27Z")

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Using PyCharm on Win 10.  
Python file contains only this import:

import albumentations as A

From the PyCharm Terminal window I have installed Albumentation with the command  
‘pip install albumentations’  
(also tried ‘pip install albumentations==0.0.10’)  
The pip install gives no errors, but when I run the file, it gives the lengthy error message below.  
There seems to be a problem relating to something called \_rolling\_ball\_cy.  
Tried to ‘pip install opencv-rolling-ball’ with no change.

Help would be most appreciated!

F

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\file.py”, line 9, in   
import albumentations as A  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\albumentations\__init_\_.py”, line 8, in   
from .imgaug.transforms import \*  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\albumentations\imgaug\transforms.py”, line 1, in   
from imgaug import augmenters as iaa  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\imgaug\__init_\_.py”, line 9, in   
import imgaug.augmentables as augmentables  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\imgaug\augmentables\__init_\_.py”, line 8, in   
from imgaug.augmentables.segmaps import \*  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\imgaug\augmentables\segmaps.py”, line 12, in   
from …augmenters import blend as blendlib  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\imgaug\augmenters\__init_\_.py”, line 21, in   
from imgaug.augmenters.segmentation import \*  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\imgaug\augmenters\segmentation.py”, line 21, in   
import skimage.segmentation  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\skimage\segmentation\__init_\_.py”, line 3, in   
from .active\_contour\_model import active\_contour  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\skimage\segmentation\active\_contour\_model.py”, line 4, in   
from …filters import sobel  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\skimage\filters\__init_\_.py”, line 4, in   
from .edges import (sobel, sobel\_h, sobel\_v,  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\skimage\filters\edges.py”, line 18, in   
from …restoration.uft import laplacian  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\skimage\restoration\__init_\_.py”, line 13, in   
from .rolling\_ball import rolling\_ball, ball\_kernel, ellipsoid\_kernel  
File “C:\PycharmProjects\A\_test\venv\lib\site-packages\skimage\restoration\rolling\_ball.py”, line 3, in   
from .\_rolling\_ball\_cy import apply\_kernel, apply\_kernel\_nan  
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing \_rolling\_ball\_cy: The specified module could not be found.

Process finished with exit code 1

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**Author:** ![ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ptrblck/32/1823_2.png) [@ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ptrblck)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/import-albumentations-fails/108343/2 "2021-01-18T07:48:12Z")

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This issue seems to be specific to the `albumentations` package, so I would recommend to create an issue in their repository. 😉

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**Author:** ![ll688ll](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ll688ll/32/42514_2.png) [@ll688ll](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ll688ll)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/import-albumentations-fails/108343/3 "2021-09-26T04:22:52Z")

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Hello, I got the same error as you had. Did you find out how to fix it? Thank you