Welcome to the OpenCV Laboratory program!

The OpenCV Laboratory program is launched with the main view of interface, which includes: work area (1) with a welcome window (2), information panel bar (3), nodes panel (4), property panel (5) and bar of nodes editor panel (6).

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Work area and welcome window

The work area occupies the central part of the view, and after starting the OpenCV Laboratory program, a welcome window is additionally displayed.

The welcome window consists of four elements: Splash, History, Docs i Auth.

Information panel bar

The information panel bar contains the panel icon (1), a menu with drop-down lists (2) and information about the program version, the number of nodes present in the work area and the memory used by the current project (3).

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The menus are lists concerning: file operations, view options and help.
  • File - traditional document-related operations used in most application programs:
    • New - Create new project.
    • Open - Open project.
    • Open Recent… - open one of the most recently used projects.
    • Revent - re-load the last saved version of the file.
    • Recover Last Session - as written.
    • Recover Auto Save… - restore the last automatic recording.
    • Save - save project.
    • Save As… - as written.
    • Save Copy - Save as copy of the procejt.
    • Quit - as written.
  • Window - options for the view:
    • Duplicate Window - create a duplicate of the current view in a new window.
    • Toggle Window Fullscreen - expand the window to the entire screen.
    • Save Screenshot - create a view image.
    • Toggle System Console - console with logs.
  • Help - mainly relevant documentation:

Tools panel - nodes

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The tool panel - nodes located on the left side of the view screen are tabs in which individual nodes are grouped and placed in the appropriate categories:
  • Laboratory - basic nodes most often used.
  • Core - nodes related to the kernel.
  • Imgproc - nodes directly related to the visual side of the image.
  • Objdetect - nodes associated with objects in the image.
  • Groups - tab associated with grouping nodes.

Note

Description of individual nodes can be found in the OpenCV Laboratory documentation by clicking the link: <http://opencv-laboratory.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nodes.html>

Properties panel

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The property panel located on the right side of the view screen contains a number of options related to displaying information about currently used nodes and their properties, and other additional operations:
  • Node - in the tab there is, among other things, the possibility of resetting the settings made at a given node (Reset Node), entering your own name (Level), and help related to a specific node is available.
  • Color - the ability to set any color of the node.
  • Properties - properties that a given node has and access to additional information contained in specific documentation as well as calculation times.

The node editor panel bar

The node editor panel bar located at the bottom of the view screen, contains the bar icon (1), menu with drop-down lists (2), node tree viewer (3), and additional function keys (4).

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The bottom panel menu consists of lists for: view, selection, node placement and node operations.
  • View - view options:
    • Properties - show or hide the node properties panel.
    • Tool Shelf - show or hide the tools panel - nodes.
    • Zoom In - enlarge the view in the work area.
    • Zoom Out - reduce the view in the work area.
    • View Selected - change the size of the view so that you can see the selected nodes located in the work area.
    • View All - change the view size so that you can see all nodes located in the work area.
    • Duplicate Area into New Window - .
  • Select - selection options:
    • Border Select - select specific nodes within a rectangular frame.
    • Circle Select - select specific nodes within a circular area.
    • (De)select All - deselect or select all nodes.
    • Iverse - the inverse of the selection.
    • Select Linked From - select the nodes with connections that reach the selected node.
    • Select Linked To - select the nodes with connections coming from the selected node.
    • Select Grouped - select a group of nodes by: type, color, prefix, suffix.
    • Active Same Type Previous - activate the previous node of the same type.
    • Active Same Type Next - activate another node of the same type.
    • Find Node - Find a specific node.
  • Add - nodes grouped and deployed in the appropriate categories as in the tools - nodes panel.
  • Node - nodes options:
    • Translate - move the node to the desired location.
    • Duplicate - duplicate the node.
    • Delete - remove node.
    • Delete with Reconnect - delete with reconnection.
    • Make Links - create a connection between selected nodes.
    • Make and Replace Links - create a connection between selected nodes.
    • Cut Link - cut off the connection between nodes.
    • Detach Links - delete all connections of selected nodes and make new connections with neighboring nodes.
    • Edit Group - edit group of nodes.
    • Ungroup - ungroup the nodes.
    • Make Group - make group of nodes.
    • Group Insert - place the selected nodes in the selected group.

The following functions are located under the additional buttons on the bar of the node editor panel:

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  1. Go to the “parent” of the node on the tree.
  2. Automatically extend nodes after adding a new node to an existing chain.
  3. Snap to the grid.
  4. Pull the node to: Grid, Node X, Node Y, Node X/Y.
  5. ‘Copy’ and ‘ paste’ the node.