Transform Photos to Sketches and Paintings with OpenCV

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Course Features

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Duration

30 minutes

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

30 minutes

Course Description

Have you ever thought of transform your photos into a sketch or painting to show off your talent? With this Guided Project you'll do just this! Change your photos into sketches, paintings and much more with OpenCV using Python. Guided projects are hands-on course designed to assist you in learning the specific technology through an actual project. It provides step-by-step instructions, explanations as well as exercises and examples that can be completed and tested in a lab setting. Skills that are hands-on are desired by employers when it comes to assessing the level of readiness for a job. Projects that are guided are Interactive, on-demand and equip students with skills that you can use in the field! Are you curious about about the methods are employed to create photo filters similar to those used in programs like Adobe Photoshop? The answer lies in computer imaging and image processing techniques! Have you ever wondered what your photos could look as artwork? In this course, you'll discover how to utilize built-in OpenCV functions to turn your photos into art and sketches. OpenCV is a mighty and well-known free computer vision library and image processing, which includes many algorithms. We'll be using this library to turn your photos into art!

Course Overview

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Virtual Labs

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International Faculty

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Post Course Interactions

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Instructor-Moderated Discussions

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Case Studies, Captstone Projects

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

A very basic knowledge of Python

What You Will Learn

You will be able to apply the Gaussian filter to smooth an image

You will be able to convert a grayscale image to a binary image

You will be able to create a pencil sketch of an image in OpenCV

You will be able to create a water painting of an image in OpenCV

You will be able to detect the edges of an image using the Gradient Magnitude

You will be able to convert colored images to grayscale

Course Instructors

Yasmine Hemmati

Skills Network data scientist Intern

Math, Statistics and Computer Science Student at the University of Toronto
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