We will show how you can apply image processing with OpenCV in Python. We will work with this image obtained from Unsplash.
How to blur the Image
import cv2
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
img = cv2.imread('panda.jpeg')
img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
blurred_img = cv2.blur(img,ksize=(20,20))
cv2.imwrite("blurredpanda.jpg", blurred_img)
How to apply Sobel Operator
You can have a look about Sobel Operator at Wikipedia and you can also start experimenting with some filters. Let’s apply the horizontal and vertical Sobel Operator.
img = cv2.imread('panda.jpeg',0)
sobelx = cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,1,0,ksize=5)
sobely = cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,0,1,ksize=5)
cv2.imwrite("sobelx_panda.jpg", sobelx)
cv2.imwrite("sobely_panda.jpg", sobely)
How to apply a threshold to an Image
We can also binarize the images.
img = cv2.imread('panda.jpeg',0)
ret,th1 = cv2.threshold(img,100,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,10))
plt.imshow(th1,cmap='gray')
