convert image from CV_64F to CV_8U
I faced similar issue and when I trying to convert the image 64F to CV_U8 I would end up with a black screen.
This link will help you understand the datatypes and conversion. Below is the code that worked for me.
from skimage import img_as_ubyte
cv_image = img_as_ubyte(any_skimage_image)
For those getting a black screen or lots of noise, you'll want to normalize your image first before converting to 8-bit. This is done with numpy directly as OpenCV uses numpy arrays for its images.
Before normalization, the image's range is from 4267.0
to -4407.0
in my case.
Now to normalize:
# img is a numpy array/cv2 image
img = img - img.min() # Now between 0 and 8674
img = img / img.max() * 255
Now that the image is between 0 and 255, we can convert to a 8-bit integer.
new_img = np.uint8(img)
This can also be done by img.astype(np.uint8)
.
You can convert it to a Numpy array.
import numpy as np
# Convert source image to unsigned 8 bit integer Numpy array
arr = np.uint8(image)
# Width and height
h, w = arr.shape
It seems OpenCV Python APIs accept Numpy arrays as well. I've not tested it though. Please test it and let me know the result.