Why is the max element value in a numpy array 255?
<p>I am currently using numpy to create an array. I would like to use vectorized implementations to more efficiently take the average of the elements in a position, (i, j). These arrays are coming from images in a file directory which have all been standardized to a fixed size.</p>

<p>However, when I try to add the image arrays, the sum of each element is returned in a form a (mod 256). How can I change the maximum value of the elements?</p>