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Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV

Solutions for Media Artists and Creative Coders

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Bryan WC Chung

    1. Academy of Visual Arts, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

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  • Covers Processing, the language that is designed for artists and creative coders

  • Includes OpenCV, the standard for computer vision in Open Source

  • Relevant to augmented- and mixed-reality programming

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Getting Started with Processing and OpenCV

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 1-37

  3. Image Sources and Representations

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 39-70

  4. Pixel-Based Manipulations

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 71-100

  5. Geometry and Transformation

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 101-132

  6. Identification of Structure

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 133-175

  7. Understanding Motion

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 177-218

  8. Feature Detection and Matching

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 219-261

  9. Application Deployment and Conclusion

    • Bryan WC Chung
    Pages 263-287

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 289-293
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About this book

Apply the Processing language to tasks involved in computer vision--tasks such as edge and corner detection, recognition of motion between frames in a video, recognition of objects, matching of feature points and shapes in different frames for tracking purposes, and more. You will manipulate images through creative effects, geometric transformation, blending of multiple images, and so forth. Examples are provided.



Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV is a step-by-step training tool that guides you through a series of worked examples in linear order. Each chapter begins with a basic demonstration, including the code to recreate it on your own system. Then comes a creative challenge by which to engage and develop mastery of the chapter’s topic. The book also includes hints and tips relating to visual arts, interaction design, and industrial best practices.


This book is intended for any developer of artistic and otherwise visual applications, such as in augmented reality and digital effects, with a need to manipulate images, and to recognize and manipulate objects within those images. The book is specifically targeted at those making use of the Processing language that is common in artistic fields, and to Java programmers because of Processing’s easy integration into the Java programming environment. 


What You'll Learn
  • Make use of OpenCV, the open source library for computer vision in the Processing environment
  • Capture live video streams and examine them frame-by-frame for objects in motion
  • Recognize shapes and objects through techniques of detecting lines, edges, corners, and more
  • Transform images by scaling, translating, rotating, and additionally through various distortion effects
  • Apply techniques such as background subtraction to isolate motion of objects in live video streams
  • Detect and track human faces and other objects by matching feature points in different images or video frames




Who This Book Is For


Media artists, designers, and creative coders

Authors and Affiliations

  • Academy of Visual Arts, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

    Bryan WC Chung

About the author

Bryan WC Chung is an interactive media artist and design consultant. He was the Grand Prize winner of the 19th Japan Media Art Award, Art Division, 2015. In 2009, his consultation work on the Coca-Cola Happy Whistling Machine won the Media Kam Fan Advertising Award. Bryan's works have been exhibited at the World Wide Video Festival, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific, Stuttgart Film Winter Festival, Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, and the China Media Art Festival. In the former Shanghai Expo 2010, he provided interactive design consultancy to industry leaders in Hong Kong. Bryan also develops software libraries for the open source programming language Processing. He is the author of the book, Multimedia Programming with Pure Data. Currently, he is Associate Professor in the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, where he teaches subjects on interactive art, computer graphics, and multimedia.  

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