Delphi-OpenCV/readme-en.txt

Header files OpenCV 2.4.5 for Delphi XE3
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Developers:
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Laentir Valetov
Email: laex@bk.ru

Mikhail Grigorev
Email: sleuthhound@gmail.com


How to install:
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1. Download the archive Delphi-OpenCV-master.zip
2. Unzip it to a convenient directory, thus get the following directory structure

<Directory, such as "C:\OpenCV" or just "C:\" - <PROJECT_ROOT>>
	<Delphi-OpenCV-master>
		<Bin>
		<include>
		<opencv_classes>
		<samples>

3. Add the search path for the modules of the project in Delphi IDE (Tools-Options-Delphi Options-Library-Library path)

<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\core
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\highgui
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\imgproc
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\legacy
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\nonfree
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\objdetect
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\calib3d
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\contrib
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\video

where <PROJECT_ROOT> directory, which was unzipped project.

4. You can unzip files subdirectory of the project without <Delphi-OpenCV-master>.
Then the directory structure of the project is as follows:

<Directory, such as "C:\OpenCV" - <PROJECT_ROOT>>
	<Bin>
	<include>
	<opencv_classes>
	<samples>

and path

<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\core
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\highgui
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\imgproc
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\legacy
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\nonfree
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\objdetect
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\calib3d
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\contrib
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\video

5. Open "<PROJECT_ROOT>\samples\Samples.groupproj" in Delphi IDE and compile the sample programs.