Display image using Open cv

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by vigneshchennai74 dot icon Updated: Feb 17, 2023

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This code will provide an example of using OpenCV, a popular computer vision library, to read and display an image file. OpenCV allows developers to easily load, manipulate, and display image data in various ways. Specifically, it reads an image file. This code can be helpful in many applications involving image processing, such as facial recognition, object detection, and image segmentation. 


Some possible applications of this code include: 

Developing a social media platform that allows users to upload and share photos and using OpenCV to display those photos in a user-friendly way. 

Creating a computer vision project that analyzes medical images, such as X-rays or MRIs, and uses OpenCV to display the analysis results. 


  • cv2.imshow() is a function from the OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) module in Python, used for displaying images in a window. The function takes two arguments - the first argument is a string, the title of the window, and the second argument is the image data as a NumPy array. 
  • cv2.waitKey(0) function waits for a keyboard event for an infinite amount of time (i.e., until a key is pressed) and returns the ASCII value of the key that was pressed. This specific code waits for a key event before closing the window. It is often used in computer vision and image processing applications to allow the user to interact with displayed images. 
  • cv2.destroyAllWindows() function destroys all the windows that have been created. It is used to close all open windows and release the associated resources.  


This code will provide a starting point for many more advanced image processing and computer vision applications. 

Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE

CODE

In this solution we use the Imread function of the OpenCV.


  1. Copy the code using the "Copy" button above, and paste it in a Python file in your IDE.
  2. Import open Cv
  3. Modify the name, location of the image to display in the code.
  4. Run the file to display


I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.


i found this code snippet by searching for "Cannot show the original Picture use opencv-python 3.4" in kandi. You can try any such use case!

Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions


  1. The solution is created and executed in python version 3.7.15 .
  2. The solution is tested on OpenCV 4.6.0


Using this solution, we are able to display an image using the OpenCv library in Python with simple steps. This process also facilities an easy to use, hassle free method to create a hands-on working version of code which would help us display an image in Python

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opencvby opencv

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            opencvby opencv

            C++ doticon star image 69456 doticonVersion:4.7.0doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

            Open Source Computer Vision Library
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                    Reuse

                      If you do not have OpenCV that is required to run this code, you can install it by clicking on the above link and copying the pip Install command from the OpenCV page in kandi.

                      You can search for any dependent library on kandi like OpenCV

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