# Load and Process Images

> The example below explains how to read and retrieve a text from a previously loaded image. It
presents activities such as [Load Image](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/user-guide/load-image) or [Try Catch](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/user-guide/try-catch). You can find these activities in
the **UiPath.UIAutomation.Activities** package.

The example below explains how to read and retrieve a text from a previously loaded image. It
presents activities such as [Load Image](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/user-guide/load-image) or [Try Catch](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/user-guide/try-catch). You can find these activities in
the **UiPath.UIAutomation.Activities** package.

This is how the automation process can be built:

1. Open Studio and create a new **Process**.
2. Drag a **Sequence** container in the **Workflow Designer**.
   * Create the following variable:

     | Variable Name | Variable Type | Default Value |
     | --- | --- | --- |
     | `image` | **UiPath.Core.Image** |  |
     | `resultedText` | **String** |  |

     :::note
     The **Load Image** activity can only process an image that was previously added into the project folder. Make sure to add the image before running
     the workflow or to download this example and use the image already added to the process.
     :::
     3. Drag a **Load Image** activity inside the **Sequence** container.
   * In the **Properties** panel, add the path of the image you want to use. For this example is `"images\Hello World.png"`.
   * Add the variable `images` in the **Image** field.
4. Place a **Try Catch** activity below the **Load Image** activity.
5. Drag a **Sequence** container inside the **Try** container of the **Try Catch** activity.
6. Place an OCR engine inside the container. This example is using **Tesseract OCR**.
   * In the **Properties** panel, add the variable `image` in the **Image** field.
   * Add the language code, `"eng"`, in the **Language** field.
   * Select the **None** option from the **Profile** drop-down list.
   * Add the value `2` in the **Scale** field.
   * Add the variable `resultedText` in the **Text** field.
   * This is how the **Try** container should look:

     ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/activities/activities-docs-image-182837-ec896c77.webp)
7. Drag a **Message Box** activity below the **Tesseract OCR** engine.
   * In the **Properties** panel, select the **Ok** button from the **Buttons** drop-down list.
   * Add the expression `"Resulted text"` in the **Caption** field.
   * Add the expression `"The text identified in the image is """ + resultedText + """"` in the **Text** field.
   * Select the check box for the **TopMost** option. This brings the message box to the foreground.
8. Drag a **Message Box** container inside the **Catches** container of the **Try Catch** activity.
   * In the **Properties** panel, select the **Ok** option from the **Buttons** drop-down list.
   * Add the expression `"Image OCR Error"` in the **Caption** field.
   * Add the expression `"No text could be identified in the selected image"` in the **Text** field.
   * Select the check box for the **TopMost** option. This brings the message box to the foreground.
   * This is how the **Catches** container should look:

     ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/activities/activities-docs-image-180476-db775268.webp)
9. Run the process. The image is loaded in the workflow, processed, the text is detected and extracted.

[Download example](https://docexamples.uipath.com/examples/Activities/Load%20and%20process%20Images%20-%20Example.zip)