Learn how images work under the hood and build your first computer vision application.

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The Polymathic Engineer

A beginner-friendly introduction to OpenCV covering the fundamentals of computer vision programming in Python. Topics include how images are stored as NumPy arrays, BGR vs RGB color format, reading and writing images with imread/imwrite, processing video files and webcam input with VideoCapture and VideoWriter, and displaying results with OpenCV's windowing system including keyboard and mouse input handling. Code examples are provided throughout, with a GitHub repo linked for further practice.

Getting Started with OpenCV: A Practical Introduction

Displaying Results and Handling User Input