[c++] c++ and opencv get and set pixel color to Mat

I'm trying to set a new color value to some pixel into a cv::Mat image my code is below:

    Mat image = img;
    for(int y=0;y<img.rows;y++)
    {
        for(int x=0;x<img.cols;x++)
        {
        Vec3b color = image.at<Vec3b>(Point(x,y));
        if(color[0] > 150 && color[1] > 150 && color[2] > 150)
        {
            color[0] = 0;
            color[1] = 0;
            color[2] = 0;
            cout << "Pixel >200 :" << x << "," << y << endl;
        }
        else
        {
            color.val[0] = 255;
            color.val[1] = 255;
            color.val[2] = 255;
        }
    }
    imwrite("../images/imgopti"+to_string(i)+".tiff",image);

It seems to get the good pixel in output (with cout) however in the output image (with imwrite) the pixel concerned aren't modified. I have already tried using color.val[0].. I still can't figure out why the pixel colors in the output image dont change. thanks

This question is related to c++ opencv image-processing pixel mat

The answer is


I would not use .at for performance reasons.

Define a struct:

//#pragma pack(push, 2) //not useful (see comments below)
struct RGB {
    uchar blue;
    uchar green;
    uchar red;  };

And then use it like this on your cv::Mat image:

RGB& rgb = image.ptr<RGB>(y)[x];

image.ptr(y) gives you a pointer to the scanline y. And iterate through the pixels with loops of x and y


just use a reference:

Vec3b & color = image.at<Vec3b>(y,x);
color[2] = 13;

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