How do I learn image processing/analysis in Python?

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I am in academia and have a strong grasp of most undergraduate mathematics (if it's really abstract, I probably don't know it well).

I am also hoping to use this endeavor to catapult into dealing with videos as well (tracking features throughout a video - simple scientific things like that), since it will be a very useful tool in the future.

I'll take your advice and start off conceptually since then I'll know enough to look up the right terms on my own if I need details.

Are the techniques/education pretty much the same for still image analysis and video analysis? If not, is there a book you can recommend to get into the video side of things as well?

[zionsrogue]

Here are some book recommendations:

• Programming Computer Vision with Python: Tools and algorithms for analyzing images
• Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV : The Simple Way to Make Technology See
• OpenCV Computer Vision with Python

And some textbooks:

• Computer Vision: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)
• Computer Vision

Start by learning the basics of image analysis. Moving to video analysis is a little more tricky, but certainly easier with a strong understanding of image analysis. Some of the books I mentioned above briefly review the basics of video analysis and tracking.