Cartoons are something that everyone likes whether you are a child of 10 years or an adult of 40 years. What if I tell you, it’s possible to cartoonify an image of yours all by yourself by just writing a few lines of python code, wouldn’t it be awesome.

Let’s get started.

Cartoonify an Image Python-Project

Requirements:  

Basic knowledge of python(go through Learn Python Tutorial) . We can use any ide ( for example:  https://code.visualstudio.com/download , https://jupyter.org/).

You can go through this tutorial

https://studygyaan.com/python/blurring-an-image-using-opencv-python .

Modules:

OpenCV : It is a python open-source library, we use it for all sorts of image and video analysis, for instance, facial recognition and detection, photo editing and many other stunning applications.

NumPy : NumPy (an acronym for “Numeric Python” or “Numerical Python”) is a library for the Python programming language. It is used for working with large ,multi-dimensional arrays and matrices.

Installation:

Firstly, we have to open command prompt in administrator mode.

OpenCV: To install OpenCV we have to type the below command in the terminal.

pip install opencv-python

NumPy :Similarly, to install Numpy we will type the below command in the terminal.

pip install numpy

Approach:

1. Firstly, we have to import our module.

import cv2

2. Secondly, after reading the image we will downsampling it and then will use repetitive bilateral filter to reduce the color palette of the selected image.

 num_downsample = 2
 num_bilateralfilter = 7
 ImgRgb = cv2.imread( )
 ImgColor = ImgRgb
 for i in range(num_downsample):
        ImgColor = cv2.pyrDown(ImgColor)
 for i in range(num_bilateralfilter):
        ImgColor = cv2.bilateralFilter(ImgColor, d=9, sigmaColor=9, sigmaSpace=7)

3. Thirdly, we have to upsample the image to the original size.

 for i in range(num_downsample):
       ImgColor = cv2.pyrUp(ImgColor)

4. Fourthly, we will convert the image to grayscale and apply median blur to reduce noise.

 ImgGray = cv2.cvtColor(ImgRgb, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)
 ImgBlur = cv2.medianBlur(ImgGray, 7)

5. Then, we have to use adaptive thresholding to create an edge mask and detect and enhance the edges.

ImgEdge = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(ImgBlur, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY, blockSize=9, C=2)

6. Finally, we will combine the color image and the edge mask and display the final image.

 ImgEdge = cv2.cvtColor(ImgEdge, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2RGB)
 ImgCartoon = cv2.bitwise_and(ImgColor, ImgEdge)
 cv2.imshow("MyCartoon", ImgCartoon)

Source Code:

 import cv2
 num_downsample = 2
 num_bilateralfilter = 7
 ImgRgb = cv2.imread( )
 ImgColor = ImgRgb
 for i in range(num_downsample):
         ImgColor = cv2.pyrDown(ImgColor)
 for i in range(num_bilateralfilter):
         ImgColor = cv2.bilateralFilter(ImgColor, d=9, sigmaColor=9, sigmaSpace=7)
 for i in range(num_downsample):
         ImgColor = cv2.pyrUp(ImgColor)
 ImgGray = cv2.cvtColor(ImgRgb, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)
 ImgBlur = cv2.medianBlur(ImgGray, 7)
 ImgEdge = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(ImgBlur, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY,   blockSize=9, C=2)
 ImgEdge = cv2.cvtColor(ImgEdge, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2RGB)
 ImgCartoon = cv2.bitwise_and(ImgColor, ImgEdge)
 cv2.imshow("MyCartoon", ImgCartoon)

Hope, you liked the tutorial.