Image Processing Libraries

OpenCV → mainly used in TensorFlow Purpose: Computer vision and image processing. Features: Real-time operations, image transformations, filtering, object detection, edge detection. Installation: pip install opencv-python Pillow (PIL) → PyTorch Purpose: Image manipulation. Features: Open, save, and process many image file formats; resizing, cropping, and rotating images. Installation: pip install Pillow from glob import glob vs import glob from glob import glob: Imports only the glob() function, so you can call it directly as glob(). import glob: Imports the whole glob module, so you need to call the function as glob.glob(). matplotlib.pyplot vs matplotlib.pylab matplotlib.pyplot: Preferred for most plotting tasks; provides a clean, modular interface for creating and customizing plots. matplotlib.pylab: Combines plotting with numerical operations; less commonly used due to its less modular approach and potential for namespace conflicts.