Reading an image from a file is fairly straightforward in OpenCV-Python. But a lot of times, we would like to read an image from a URL and process it in OpenCV. One way to do it is to download the image, save it as a jpeg file, and then read it in OpenCV. But that's … Continue reading How To Read An Image From A URL In OpenCV-Python
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Installing OpenCV 3 With Python On Mac OS X
OpenCV is the world's most popular computer vision library and it's used extensively by researchers and developers around the world. OpenCV has been around for a while now and they add something new and interesting with every new release. One of the main additions of OpenCV 3 is "opencv_contrib" which contains a lot of cutting … Continue reading Installing OpenCV 3 With Python On Mac OS X
Package OpenCV not found? Let’s Find It.
OpenCV has been refined over the years and installing it has become way more user-friendly now. If has been ported to many platforms and you don't need an IDE to use it. There are many different ways in which you can install it and use it in your existing code. But sometimes, when people try … Continue reading Package OpenCV not found? Let’s Find It.
How To Build A Face Detector?
Ever wondered if you can build a working face detector quickly? If you are in computer vision, you would have built a face detector one time or the other. If not, then you will be able to build one by the end of this post. This blog post is not about the concept or the … Continue reading How To Build A Face Detector?
OpenCV On Mac: How To Get It Up And Running?
OpenCV is a computer vision library used extensively by people in the computer vision field. Until a couple of years ago, OpenCV was a bit hacky and the usage was not very straightforward. But determined efforts by multiple companies finally standardized the process and now it is nice and clean. Computer vision algorithms are computationally … Continue reading OpenCV On Mac: How To Get It Up And Running?
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