Feature Matching.py

import numpy as np
import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline

#reading images in grayscale format
image1 = cv2.imread('messi.jpg',0)
image2 = cv2.imread('team.jpg',0)

#finding out the keypoints and their descriptors
keypoints1,descriptors1 = cv2.detectAndCompute(image1,None)
keypoints2,descriptors2 = cv2.detectAndCompute(image2,None)

#matching the descriptors from both the images 
bf = cv2.BFMatcher()
matches = bf.knnMatch(ds1,ds2,k = 2)


#selecting only the good features
good_matches = []
for m,n in matches:
    if m.distance < 0.75*n.distance:
        good.append([m])

image3 = cv2.drawMatchesKnn(image1,kp1,image2,kp2,good,flags = 2)