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Introduction: Opencv and Python Installation for Windows / Mac
OpenCV is an open source computer vision library which is very popular for performing basic image processing tasks such as blurring, image blending, enhancing image as well as video quality, thresholding etc. In addition to image processing, it provides various pre-trained deep learning models which can be directly used to solve simple tasks at hand. The programmers have to download and load the model using OpenCV instructions in order to do the task of inference on their own dataset.
Firstly, you need to install OpenCV library in your system prior to using it for your own dataset. At this stage, there can be two pathways of installing OpenCV in your system namely – (a) Using pip (b) Source Installation. pip is the package manager which is used to install the packages written in python. The difference between installing a python package from source and through pip are given in the table:
Step 1: Download OpenCV
Click on the below link to redirect to the latest release web page of OpenCV.
for windows: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/fil...
for MAC: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/fil...
Step 2: Download OpenCV-contrib
As you can see in the image above, Click on Sources button to download OpenCV – 4.1.0 archive files into your system. Once the download is complete, unzip the files at your desired location. For illustration purpose, I am going to create a folder named as ‘opencv’ in my Desktop and I will unzip the downloaded archive inside the same folder.
In order to download OpenCV_contrib you must open the command line tool and clone the repository by executing the following command:
for windows: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib
then click on Clone / Download
for Mac: git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib.git
Step 3: Python Installation
Python doesn’t come prepackaged with Windows /mac, but that doesn’t mean Windows/mac users won’t find the flexible programming language useful. It’s not quite a simple as installing the newest version however, so let’s make sure you get the right tools for the task at hand.
First released in 1991, Python is a popular high-level programming language used for general purpose programming. Thanks to a design philosophy that emphasizes readability it has long been a favorite of hobby coders and serious programmers alike. Not only is it an easy language (comparatively speaking, that is) to pick up but you’ll find thousands of projects online that require you have Python installed to use the program.
Which Version Do You Need?
Unfortunately, there was a significant update to Python several years ago that created a big split between Python versions. This can make things a bit confusing to newcomers, but don’t worry. We’ll walk you through installing both major versions.
When you visit the Python for Windows download page, you’ll immediately see the division. Right at the top, square and center, the repository asks if you want the latest release of Python 2 or Python 3 (2.7.13 and 3.6.1, respectively, as of this tutorial).
for Mac users: https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/
Step 4: Pip Command Installation
After the python installation
go to this url: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
Now open terminal / command prompt : type python get-pip.py
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OpenCV released OpenCV-3.4.4 and OpenCV-4.0.0 on 20th November. There have been a lot of bug fixes and other changes in these versions. The release highlights are as follows:
- OpenCV is now C++11 library and requires C++11-compliant compiler. Minimum required CMake version has been raised to 3.5.1.
- A lot of C API from OpenCV 1.x has been removed.
- Persistence (storing and loading structured data to/from XML, YAML or JSON) in the core module has been completely reimplemented in C++ and lost the C API as well.
- New module G-API has been added, it acts as an engine for very efficient graph-based image procesing pipelines.
- dnn module now includes experimental Vulkan backend and supports networks in ONNX format.
- The popular Kinect Fusion algorithm has been implemented and optimized for CPU and GPU (OpenCL)
QR code detector and decoder have been added to the objdetect module. - Very efficient and yet high-quality DIS dense optical flow algorithm has been moved from opencv_contrib to the video module.
In this post, we will provide a bash script for installing OpenCV-4.0.0 (C++ and Python 3.7) on macOS – High Sierra and Mojave. We will also briefly study the script to understand what’s going in it. Note that this script will install OpenCV in a local directory and not on the entire system. Let’s jump in 🙂
1. Install XCode
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Install XCode from App Store.
If XCode available on App Store is not compatible with your OS:
- Find XCode version compatible to your OS from this table https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xcode#Version_comparison_table
- Go to this webpage https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
- Login if you have apple developer account else create your account and login.
- Search for xcode and download the version compatible to your OS.
- Install XCode.
- After installation open XCode, and accept xcode-build license when it asks.
2. Install OpenCV
Now that XCode has been installed, we will move on to OpenCV installation.
First, let’s install Homebrew.
We will also add Homebrew to PATH.
Next we will install the requirements – Python 3, CMake and Qt 5.
We will also save current working directory in cwd variable and OpenCV version (master) in cvVersion.
Now, let’s install the Python libraries and create the Python environment.
Next, let’s clone the OpenCV github repositories.
Finally, we will use CMake to build OpenCV.
And that’s it! By now you should have OpenCV installed successfully in your system.
3. Test OpenCV Installation
3.1. OpenCV in Python
To use cv2 module in Python, we will first activate the Python environment.
Next, let’s import the module and verify the OpenCV Version installed.
3.2. OpenCV in C++
To use OpenCV in C++, we can simply use CMakeLists.txt and specify the OpenCV_DIR variable. The format is as follows:
Make sure that you replace OpenCV_Home_Dir with correct path. For example, in my case:
Once you have made your CMakeLists.txt, follow the steps given below.
This will generate your executable file in build directory.
Hope this script proves to be useful for you :). Stay tuned for more interesting stuff. In case of any queries, feel free to comment below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.