Show Image | OpenCV vs Pillow | Python
This tutorial will show you how to display/show an image using OpenCV (cv2) and Pillow (PIL). You might also want to learn how to read/open images using cv2 and PIL.
Show Image
Pillow
pil_img.show()OpenCV
The cv2.waitKey(0) is used to prevent the window from being killed instantly.
cv2.imshow("Image Title", cv2_img)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()Full Example
Pillow
from PIL import Image
# read image
pil_img = Image.open("test_images/test1.jpg")
# show image
pil_img.show()OpenCV
import cv2
# read image
cv2_img = cv2.imread("test_images/test1.jpg")
# show image
cv2.imshow("Image Title", cv2_img)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()Syntax
Pillow
Image.show(title=None)Parameters:
title: Optional title to use for the image window, where possible.
Returns:
None
OpenCV
cv2.imshow(winname, mat)Parameters:
winname: Name of the window.mat: Image to be shown.
Returns:
None
