OpenCV: IplImage versus Mat, which to use?

Question

I\'m pretty new to OpenCV (about 2 months now). I have the book Learning OpenCV by Bradski and Kaehler. My question is, if I want to do everything in a 2.0+ manner, when sho

Answer 1

Mat is much easier and easier to use. It represents the image as a matrix. it is faster too. I would recommend Mat over IplImage.