Differences between AForge and OpenCV

Question

I am just learning about computer vision and C#. It seems like two prominent image processing libraries are OpenCV and AForge. What are some of the differences of the two?

Answer 1

Well, why not using both ;) ??

I am using (literally in C# ... lol) EMGUCV.NET (which is an OpenCV C# wrapper) and AFORGE.NET at the same time:

AFORGE.NET plus its "Image Processing Lab" makes much sense for filtering options (edge detection, thresholds, and so forth) and easing viewing functionalities.

OpenCV provides all the rest like SIFT/SURF and other more sophisticated image processing routines.

That's why you use .NET: simply bring all the components you need together in one application :)