PyCharm does not recognize cv2 as a module

Question

I am using OpenCV 3 and python 2.7 and coding using PyCharm. The code works fine but PyCharm does not recognize cv2 as a module. It underlines it with a red line, so it doesn't display its functions in the intellisence menu.

I tried to set an environment variable OPENCV_DIR but it didn't work

OpenCV is extracted in F:\opencv and Python is installed on C:\Python27

What is wrong ?

Answer 1

here are proper instructions if you have not built opencv from source so that everyone can follow it

• Click File menu > Settings

• Search " Project Interpreter " in search bar

• Click that + button to install packages or press Alt+Insert

• now Available packages window will open and then search for " opencv-python " and click install package button.

• enjoy and do +1