Python OpenCV | cv2.imwrite() method

• Difficulty Level : Easy
• Last Updated : 07 Aug, 2019
• Reference : Geeks for geek and Open-CV documentaions
  
   
  

OpenCV-Python is a library of Python bindings designed to solve computer vision problems. cv2.imwrite() method is used to save an image to any storage device. This will save the image according to the specified format in current working directory.

Syntax: cv2.imwrite(filename, image)

Parameters:
filename: A string representing the file name. The filename must include image format like .jpg, .png, etc.
image: It is the image that is to be saved.

Return Value: It returns true if image is saved successfully.

Example #1:

# Python program to explain cv2.imwrite() method    # importing cv2  import cv2    # importing os module   import os    # Image path image_path = r'C:\Users\Rajnish\Desktop\GeeksforGeeks\geeks.png'    # Image directory directory = r'C:\Users\Rajnish\Desktop\GeeksforGeeks'    # Using cv2.imread() method # to read the image img = cv2.imread(image_path)    # Change the current directory  # to specified directory  os.chdir(directory)    # List files and directories   # in 'C:/Users/Rajnish/Desktop/GeeksforGeeks'   print("Before saving image:")   print(os.listdir(directory))      # Filename filename = 'savedImage.jpg'    # Using cv2.imwrite() method # Saving the image cv2.imwrite(filename, img)    # List files and directories   # in 'C:/Users / Rajnish / Desktop / GeeksforGeeks'   print("After saving image:")   print(os.listdir(directory))    print('Successfully saved')

Output:

Before saving image:
['geeks.png']
After saving image:
['geeks.png', 'savedImage.jpg']
Successfully saved

mage Processing in Python (Scaling, Rotating, Shifting and Edge Detection)

• Difficulty Level : Easy
• Last Updated : 17 Sep, 2018

Taking pictures is just a matter of click so why playing around with it should be more than few lines of code. Seems not a case with python. There are quite a few good libraries available in python to process images such as open-cv, Pillow etc. In this article we’ll be using Open CV, an open source library for computer vision. It has C++, python and java interfaces available. It’s highly optimized (written in C/C++) for real time applications in the domain of computer vision.

Let’s start with a simple one i.e Scaling an image.

Scaling an Image :-

Scaling operation increases/reduces size of an image.

import cv2 import numpy as np    FILE_NAME = 'volleyball.jpg' try:     # Read image from disk.     img = cv2.imread(FILE_NAME)        # Get number of pixel horizontally and vertically.     (height, width) = img.shape[:2]        # Specify the size of image along with interploation methods.     # cv2.INTER_AREA is used for shrinking, whereas cv2.INTER_CUBIC     # is used for zooming.     res = cv2.resize(img, (int(width / 2), int(height / 2)), interpolation = cv2.INTER_CUBIC)        # Write image back to disk.     cv2.imwrite('result.jpg', res)    except IOError:     print ('Error while reading files !!!')

Output:

Rotating an image :-
Images can be rotated to any degree clockwise or otherwise. We just need to define rotation matrix listing rotation point, degree of rotation and the scaling factor.

import cv2 import numpy as np    FILE_NAME = 'volleyball.jpg' try:     # Read image from the disk.     img = cv2.imread(FILE_NAME)        # Shape of image in terms of pixels.     (rows, cols) = img.shape[:2]        # getRotationMatrix2D creates a matrix needed for transformation.     # We want matrix for rotation w.r.t center to 45 degree without scaling.     M = cv2.getRotationMatrix2D((cols / 2, rows / 2), 45, 1)     res = cv2.warpAffine(img, M, (cols, rows))        # Write image back to disk.     cv2.imwrite('result.jpg', res) except IOError:     print ('Error while reading files !!!')

Output:

Translating an Image :-
Translating an image means shifting it within a given frame of reference.

import cv2 import numpy as np    FILE_NAME = 'volleyball.jpg' # Create translation matrix. # If the shift is (x, y) then matrix would be # M = [1 0 x] #     [0 1 y] # Let's shift by (100, 50). M = np.float32([[1, 0, 100], [0, 1, 50]])    try:        # Read image from disk.     img = cv2.imread(FILE_NAME)     (rows, cols) = img.shape[:2]        # warpAffine does appropriate shifting given the     # translation matrix.     res = cv2.warpAffine(img, M, (cols, rows))        # Write image back to disk.     cv2.imwrite('result.jpg', res)    except IOError:     print ('Error while reading files !!!')

Output:

Edge detection in an Image :-
The process of image detection involves detecting sharp edges in the image. This edge detection is essential in context of image recognition or object localization/detection. There are several algorithms for detecting edges due to it’s wide applicability. We’ll be using one such algorithm known as Canny Edge Detection.

import cv2 import numpy as np    FILE_NAME = 'volleyball.jpg' try:     # Read image from disk.     img = cv2.imread(FILE_NAME)        # Canny edge detection.     edges = cv2.Canny(img, 100, 200)        # Write image back to disk.     cv2.imwrite('result.jpg', edges) except IOError:     print ('Error while reading files !!!')

Output:

Please refer Github for more details.