Cam scanner

A college project in Python using OpenCV.
Description: a simple app that takes an photo of a paper, and outputs an edited image with the paper properly aligned as though it was scanned.

Content

• Dependencies
• Installation
• Usage

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Dependencies

1. Python 3.7.0

The app could work with different versions, but this is the one that was tested.

Installation

1. Create a new directory, for example scanner, and place app.py inside of it.
2. Open the directory in your Terminal:

cd scanner

3. Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv opencv-env

4. Activate the environment :

.\opencv-env\Scripts\activate

5. Install needed packages:

pip install opencv-contrib-python matplotlib

Usage

1. Run the app using the following syntax:

python app.py path_input_img path_output_img

While:

• path_input_img - path to your scanned image.
• path_output_img - path to save the edited image, if none is provided it'll be displayed instead.