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Python OpenCV | cv2.ellipse() method

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OpenCV-Python is a library of Python bindings designed to solve computer vision problems. cv2.ellipse() method is used to draw a ellipse on any image.
Syntax: cv2.ellipse(image, centerCoordinates, axesLength, angle, startAngle, endAngle, color [, thickness[, lineType[, shift]]]) Parameters: image: It is the image on which ellipse is to be drawn. centerCoordinates: It is the center coordinates of ellipse. The coordinates are represented as tuples of two values i.e. (X coordinate value, Y coordinate value). axesLength: It contains tuple of two variables containing major and minor axis of ellipse (major axis length, minor axis length). angle: Ellipse rotation angle in degrees. startAngle: Starting angle of the elliptic arc in degrees. endAngle: Ending angle of the elliptic arc in degrees. color: It is the color of border line of shape to be drawn. For BGR, we pass a tuple. eg: (255, 0, 0) for blue color. thickness: It is the thickness of the shape border line in px. Thickness of -1 px will fill the shape by the specified color. lineType: This is an optional parameter.It gives the type of the ellipse boundary. shift: This is an optional parameter. It denotes the number of fractional bits in the coordinates of the center and values of axes. Return Value: It returns an image.
Image used for all the below examples: Example #1: Python3 1== 
# Python program to explain cv2.ellipse() method 
  
# importing cv2 
import cv2 
  
# path 
path = r'C:\Users\Rajnish\Desktop\geeksforgeeks\geeks.png'
  
# Reading an image in default mode
image = cv2.imread(path)
  
# Window name in which image is displayed
window_name = 'Image'
 
center_coordinates = (120, 100)

axesLength = (100, 50)

angle = 0

startAngle = 0

endAngle = 360
 
# Red color in BGR
color = (0, 0, 255)
 
# Line thickness of 5 px
thickness = 5
 
# Using cv2.ellipse() method
# Draw a ellipse with red line borders of thickness of 5 px
image = cv2.ellipse(image, center_coordinates, axesLength,
           angle, startAngle, endAngle, color, thickness)
 
# Displaying the image 
cv2.imshow(window_name, image)
Output: Example #2: Using thickness of -1 px and rotation of 30 degrees. Python3 1== 
# Python program to explain cv2.ellipse() method
  
# importing cv2
import cv2
  
# path
path = r'C:\Users\Rajnish\Desktop\geeksforgeeks\geeks.png'
  
# Reading an image in default mode
image = cv2.imread(path)
  
# Window name in which image is displayed
window_name = 'Image'
 
center_coordinates = (120, 100)

axesLength = (100, 50)

angle = 30

startAngle = 0

endAngle = 360
 
# Blue color in BGR
color = (255, 0, 0)
 
# Line thickness of -1 px
thickness = -1
 
# Using cv2.ellipse() method
# Draw a ellipse with blue line borders of thickness of -1 px
image = cv2.ellipse(image, center_coordinates, axesLength, angle,
                          startAngle, endAngle, color, thickness)
 
# Displaying the image
cv2.imshow(window_name, image)
Output:

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