Is it possible to have black and white and color image on same window by using opencv?

colors, grayscale, image, opencv, window

Solution

Yes it is, here is an example, expaination in the comments:

import cv
#open color and b/w images
im = cv.LoadImageM('1_tree_small.jpg')
im2 = cv.LoadImageM('1_tree_small.jpg',cv.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE)
#set up our output and b/w in rgb space arrays:
bw = cv.CreateImage((im.width,im.height), cv.IPL_DEPTH_8U, 3)
new = cv.CreateImage((im.width*2,im.height), cv.IPL_DEPTH_8U, 3)
#create a b/w image in rgb space
cv.Merge(im2, im2, im2, None, bw)
#set up and add the color image to the left half of our output image
cv.SetImageROI(new, (0,0,im.width,im.height))
cv.Add(new, im, new)
#set up and add the b/w image to the right half of output image
cv.SetImageROI(new, (im.width,0,im.width,im.height))
cv.Add(new, bw, new)
cv.ResetImageROI(new)
cv.ShowImage('double', new)
cv.SaveImage('double.jpg', new)
cv.WaitKey(0)

Its in python, but easy to convert to whatever..

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