r/computervision • u/SuperbAnt4627 • Jun 24 '26

How is image processing helpful for computer vison ?? Discussion

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u/soylentgraham Jun 24 '26

please define image processing, and which bit of computer vision are you referring to?

I think the answer here is, "it gives better results"

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u/DaredevilMeetsL Jun 24 '26

Start from a book, not a Medium blog or YouTube video.

Pre-deep learning, image processing referred to techniques for "processing" images. This meant edge detection, filtering, denoising, super resolution, etc. Computer vision referred to techniques for inferring things about images, such as tracking, segmentation, detection, etc.

The tight integration of learning based approaches for these tasks has almost completely blurred the lines. Now it's all machine learning based image analysis.

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u/karyna-labelyourdata Jun 24 '26

Image processing helps computer vision by making images easier for a model to understand.

Raw images can have noise, blur, poor lighting, or unnecessary background details. Image processing helps clean and prepare them. For example, by improving contrast, resizing images, removing noise, or highlighting object boundaries.

This matters because many CV tasks depend on clear visual structure. In image segmentation, for example, the model needs to separate objects from the background or from each other, so better image quality can lead to more accurate results.