Special Effects algorithm, library and books [closed]

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I am looking at The Special Effects In Picasa article.

Where can I find the following:

1. C/C++ or Java open source library to do it
2. Good books and/or articles to learn the algorithms how to do it myself

Thanks in advance for your help.

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You can achieve most of the effects on that page by color manipulation (white balance) and spatial filtering.

Before you go down the path of using libraries to achieve this, I recommend playing around with image manipulation software like GIMP and trying to replicate the effects. After you're sure you know what you're doing, go ahead and try and code it up.

For libraries, have a look at opencv. There are also Java wrappers for that library if that is your language of choice (Java has its own imaging libraries as well, but I haven't used them). For books, my personal favorite is Gonzalez & Woods -- the first few chapters will get you started. For articles, Google is your friend.