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Python openCV drawing functions does not work?!

asked 2014-06-11 12:55:41 -0600

updated 2020-05-21 07:17:39 -0600

supra56 gravatar image

Hi, today I tried to draw a line in a window, this is the code I used.

import numpy as np
import cv2

# Create a black image
img = np.zeros((512,512,3), np.uint8)

# Draw a diagonal blue line with thickness of 5 px
cv2.line(img,(0,0),(511,511),(255,0,0),5)

The problem is that when I run this, I get no errors and the Shell comes up and start running but the window to show the video never pops up or anything, nothing happens. Am I missing some plugin or something that I need to run this?

I got OpenCV and Matplotlib installed for Python.

Heelp please! =(

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answered 2014-07-11 14:14:43 -0600

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updated 2020-05-21 07:19:08 -0600

supra56 gravatar image

Actually I had the same problem.All you need to do is:

img = np.zeros((512,512,3), np.uint8)
img1= cv2.line(img,(0,0),(511,511),(255,0,0),5)

Thats it..renaming the variable for line does the trick.Now you can use imshow to display the image. Do visit my blog li8bot for further info on opencv with python

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answered 2020-01-16 00:13:28 -0600

updated 2020-05-21 07:18:26 -0600

supra56 gravatar image

This problem also occurred with me this morning, while i started leaning OpenCV, below solution worked for me, probably this will work for you people also:

import numpy as np
import cv2

img = np.zeros((512, 512, 3), np.uint8)
img= cv2.line(img, (0, 0), (511, 511), (255, 0, 0), 5)

cv2.imshow("Image", img)
cv2.waitKey(0)

Basically, window with line disappears in mili-seconds, so we just need to **add a infinite wait key so that window does not get disappear automatically.

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