Cycle through pixels with opencv

Question

How would I be able to cycle through an image using opencv as if it were a 2d array to get the rgb values of each pixel? Also, would a mat be preferable over an iplimage for

Answer 1

If you want to modify RGB pixels one by one, the example below will help!

void LoopPixels(cv::Mat &img) {
    // Accept only char type matrices
    CV_Assert(img.depth() == CV_8U);

    // Get the channel count (3 = rgb, 4 = rgba, etc.)
    const int channels = img.channels();
    switch (channels) {
    case 1:
    {
        // Single colour
        cv::MatIterator_ it, end;
        for (it = img.begin(), end = img.end(); it != end; ++it)
            *it = 255;
        break;
    }
    case 3:
    {
        // RGB Color
        cv::MatIterator_ it, end;
        for (it = img.begin(), end = img.end(); it != end; ++it) {
            uchar &r = (*it)[2];
            uchar &g = (*it)[1];
            uchar &b = (*it)[0];
            // Modify r, g, b values
            // E.g. r = 255; g = 0; b = 0;
        }
        break;
    }
    }
}