function [raw] = latest_im(directory, no)
 
 
 
 
 
 
    no_char = sprintf('%d',no );
 
    %pad with leading zeroes to 8 long
 
    data = [ directory, no_char , '.jpg'];
    raw = imread(data, 'jpeg'); %import image
    raw = raw(:,:,:); %assuming it's b&w'ed in mplayer ("-saturation -100")
 
 
end