function im = im2col_general(varargin)

% 

NumInput = length(varargin);

InImg = varargin{1};

patchsize12 = varargin{2}; 

z = size(InImg,3);

im = cell(z,1);

if NumInput == 2

    for i = 1:z

        im{i} = im2colstep(InImg(:,:,i),patchsize12)';

    end

else

    for i = 1:z

        im{i} = im2colstep(InImg(:,:,i),patchsize12,varargin{3})';

    end 

end

im = [im{:}]';