def METHOD_NAME(image_path, fix_scale, width=224, height=224):
    means = MEANS
    scales = SCALES
    image = cv2.imread(image_path)
    image = cv2.resize(image, (width, height))
    B, G, R = cv2.split(image)
    B = (B - means[0]) * scales[0] * fix_scale
    G = (G - means[1]) * scales[1] * fix_scale
    R = (R - means[2]) * scales[2] * fix_scale
    image = cv2.merge([B, G, R])
    image = image.astype(np.int8)
    return image