Setting up Emgu CV and IronPython

To use Emgu CV 2.2 with IronPython (2.7) on Windows, please follow the steps below:

• Download IronPython installable from its official web page http://ironpython.codeplex.com/

• Run IronPython-{version}.msi and follow the instruction to install IronPython

• Go to the folder that contains both
  • OpenCV binaries (all the "opencv_{module name}{version}.dll" files)
  • Emgu CV binaries (Emgu.CV.dll, Emgu.CV.UI.dll Emgu.Util.dll, ZedGraph.dll)

• Copy EmguInit.py to the same Folder. The EmguInit.py contains the following code

import clr
clr.AddReferenceToFile("Emgu.Util.dll")
clr.AddReferenceToFile("Emgu.CV.dll")
clr.AddReferenceToFile("Emgu.CV.ML.dll")
clr.AddReferenceToFile("Emgu.CV.UI.dll")
from Emgu.CV import *
from Emgu.CV.UI import *
from Emgu.CV.Structure import *
from System import *

• Run the ipy.exe program. (On Mono, call "mono ipy.exe")

• From the IronPython command line, run the following command:

import EmguInit
from EmguInit import *

• You are ready to go. Now try to run the following simple program

image = Image[Gray, Byte](320, 240)
image.SetRandNormal(MCvScalar(100), MCvScalar(100))
ImageViewer.Show(image)

• The next step you might want to try is the Face Detection from IronPython example.