OpenCV Python: Normalize image

Question

I'm new to OpenCV. I want to do some preprocessing related to normalization. I want to normalize my image to a certain size. The result of the following code gives me a black image. Can someone point me to what exactly am I doing wrong? The image I am inputting is a black/white image

import cv2 as cv
import numpy as np

img = cv.imread(path)
normalizedImg = np.zeros((800, 800))
cv.normalize(img,  normalizedImg, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
cv.imshow('dst_rt', self.normalizedImg)
cv.waitKey(0)
cv.destroyAllWindows()

Answer 1

as one can see at: http://docs.opencv.org/2.4/modules/core/doc/operations_on_arrays.html#cv2.normalize, there is a → dst that say that the result of the normalize function is returned as output parameter. The function doesn't change the input parameter dst in-place. (The self. in cv.imshow('dst_rt', self.normalizedImg) line is a typo)

import cv2 as cv
import numpy as np
path = r"C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Hydrangeas.jpg"
img = cv.imread(path)
normalizedImg = np.zeros((800, 800))
normalizedImg = cv.normalize(img,  normalizedImg, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
cv.imshow('dst_rt', normalizedImg)
cv.waitKey(0)
cv.destroyAllWindows()

Answer 2

It's giving you a black image because you are probably using different sizes in img and normalizedImg.

import cv2 as cv

img = cv.imread(path)
img = cv.resize(img, (800, 800))
cv.normalize(img, img, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX)

cv.imshow('dst_rt', img)
cv.waitKey(0)
cv.destroyAllWindows()

Update: In NumPy there are more intuitive ways to do this ref:

a = np.random.rand(3,2)

# Normalised [0,1]
b = (a - np.min(a))/np.ptp(a)

# Normalised [0,255] as integer: don't forget the parenthesis before astype(int)
c = (255*(a - np.min(a))/np.ptp(a)).astype(int)        

# Normalised [-1,1]
d = 2.*(a - np.min(a))/np.ptp(a)-1

Answer 3

When you call cv.imshow() you use self.normalizedImg, instead of normalizedImg.

The self. is used to identify class members and its use in the code you've written is not appropriate. It shouldn't even run as written. However I assume this code has been extracted from a class definition, but you must be consistent in naming variables and self.normalizedImg is different from normalizedImg.