Repeating a [question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39503233/opencv-read-a-gray-scale-or-monochrome-image-with-alpha-channel) from stackoverflow.
How can I read a gray scale image in OpenCV with alpha channel? For example, if I try to read the following image, all I get is 2d array of all zeros.

image = cv2.imread('1.png', cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)
image.shape
(480, 960)
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