Installing and using OpenCV with Visual Studio 2010 express

Here’s the low-down on installing and getting started with OpenCV on Visual Studio Express 2010 on Windows.

  

1) Download OpenCV2.2  from Source Forge

Download the OpenCV-2.2.0-win32-vs2010.exe as it already contains the libraries and the binaries required for running OpenCV.

You can untar the file into a directory named /opencv2.2/

2) Download and install Visual Studio 2010 express (free) version and install on your PC.

3) Once Visual Studio 2010  is installed open VC++ and select  “New Project” and choose Win32 Console Application for e.g first as show below

4) Include any relevant OpenCV code in your first.cpp ( e.g. snippet given below)

5) Include the following 3 directories under

Project->first properties->VC++ Directories->Include Directories. Click Edit

.\opencv2.2\include

.\opencv2.2\include\opencv

.\opencv2.2\include\opencv2

 Click Apply and OK

6) Now include the library path

Project->first properties->Library Directories

.\opencv2.2\lib

Click Apply and OK

7) Now the last step is to include all the necessary OpenCV libraries during the linking phase

For this go to Project->first properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies and cut and paste all the following libraries by clicking the “Edit”

opencv_calib3d220.lib

opencv_calib3d220d.lib

opencv_contrib220.lib

opencv_contrib220d.lib

opencv_core220.lib

opencv_core220d.lib

opencv_features2d220.lib

opencv_features2d220d.lib

opencv_ffmpeg220.lib

opencv_ffmpeg220d.lib

opencv_flann220.lib

opencv_flann220d.lib

opencv_gpu220.lib

opencv_gpu220d.lib

opencv_highgui220.lib

opencv_highgui220d.lib

opencv_imgproc220.lib

opencv_imgproc220d.lib

opencv_legacy220.lib

opencv_legacy220d.lib

opencv_ml220.lib

opencv_ml220d.lib

opencv_objdetect220.lib

opencv_objdetect220d.lib

opencv_ts220.lib

opencv_video220.lib

opencv_video220d.lib

Click Apply and Ok.

8) Now you are good to go. Build by choosing Debug->Build Solution

It should through  fine when you run the code. You should see

Here is a sample snippet

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "cv.h"

#include "highgui.h"

int main( int argc, char** argv ) {

// cvLoadImage determines an image type and creates datastructure with appropriate size

    IplImage* img = cvLoadImage("baboon.jpg",1);

// create a window. Window name is determined by a supplied argument

    cvNamedWindow( "test", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );

    // Apply Gaussian smooth

    //cvSmooth( img, img, CV_GAUSSIAN, 9, 9, 0, 0 );

    cvErode (img, img,NULL,2);

// Display an image inside and window. Window name is determined by a supplied argument

    cvShowImage( "test", img );

    //Save image

        cvSaveImage( "c:\\shanthi\\baboon2.png", img, 0);

// wait indefinitely for keystroke

    cvWaitKey(0);

// release pointer to an object

    cvReleaseImage( &img );

// Destroy a window

    cvDestroyWindow( argv[1] );

}