Create a white background using OpenCV in Python

This post follows up on the in-detail idea of Creating a White background using OpenCV in Python. Let us discuss the main idea behind it. We can make a white background image using the np.ones() function. It produces an n-dimensional NumPy array of the specified size with all members set to 1. This array is multiplied by 255 to have a white picture. Now that all the components are set to 255, use the cv2.imshow() or plt.imshow() procedures to display its results in a white background image.

Importing all the required modules:

import cv2 
import numpy as np

Method 1- Creating the white background using np.full method:

np. full allows the user to fill a value-filled new array of the specified form and the type is returned by the full() method. The syntax of the provided method will be numpy.full(shape, fill_value, dtype=None, order='C')

Code Example:

# importing the important libraries
import cv2
import numpy as np

# create an array using np.full
# 255 is code for white color
array = np.full((500, 500, 3), 255, dtype = np.uint8)

# display the image
cv2.imshow("image", array)
cv2.waitKey(0)

Output:

Method 2- By creating an array using np.zeros():

A new array with zeros and the specified form and type is returned by the np.zeros() method. The syntax of the method is provided as  numpy.zeros(shape, dtype = None, order = 'C')

Code Example:

# importing the important modules
import numpy as np
import cv2

# creating array using np.zeroes()
array = np.zeros([500, 500, 3], dtype = np.uint8)

# setting RGB color values as 255,255,255 it is the vale of white color
array[:, :] = [255, 255, 255]

# display the image
cv2.imshow("image", array)
cv2.waitKey(0)

Output:

With this second method, we have concluded our article. Learn, Motion Detection using OpenCV in Python.