module 'cv2.cv2' has no attribute 'xfeatures2d' (OpenCV 4.1.2)

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sift  = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()             

AttributeError                         Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-49-11572687581a> in <module>()

      8 gray = cv2.cvtColor(image,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
      9 #create sift object
---> 10 sift  = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
     11 #calculate keypoints and their orientation
     12 keypoints,descriptors = sift.detectAndCompute(gray,None)

AttributeError: module 'cv2.cv2' has no attribute 'xfeatures2d'

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '20 at 19:14

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It looks like sift and surf have been depreciated.

sift = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create() not working even though have contrib installed

That thread has a similar question and the selected answer is this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52514095/11013286

answered Jan 13 '20 at 19:14

Clay Roberts

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 13 '20 at 21:15

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i may be wrong but i think cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create() only works in the old version

edited Jan 13 '20 at 21:15

Jawad

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answered Jan 13 '20 at 20:24

PizzaBoii

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module 'cv2.cv2' has no attribute 'xfeatures2d' (OpenCV 4.1.2)

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