Loading, displaying, and saving images
It is now time to run your first OpenCV application. Since OpenCV is about processing images, this task will show you how to perform the most fundamental operations needed in the development of imaging applications. These are loading an input image from a file, displaying an image on a window, applying a processing function, and saving the output image.
Getting ready
Using your favorite IDE (for example, MS Visual Studio or Qt), create a new console application with a main function that is ready to be filled.
How to do it...
The first thing to do is to include the header files, declaring the classes and functions you wish to use. Here, we simply want to display an image, so we need the core header that declares ...
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