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James Gallagher
James is a technical writer at Roboflow, with experience writing documentation on how to train and use state-of-the-art computer vision models.
Latest Posts by James Gallagher
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Announcing the Roboflow SXSW Scavenger Hunt
Play the computer vision-powered Roboflow SXSW Scavenger Hunt for a chance to earn a $1,000 prize.
• 6 min read
Represent Chess Boards Digitally with Computer Vision
In this guide, learn how Shai Nisan used computer vision to translate a photo of a chess board into FEN notation.
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Generate Image Augmentations with Roboflow
In this guide, you'll learn how to generate augmented images for your dataset on the Roboflow platform.
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How to Use the Roboflow Fish Detection API
In this guide, we show how to use the Roboflow fish detection API to identify fish in image assets.
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How to Send Roboflow Model Predictions to Zapier Webhooks
In this guide, we show how to send prediction data from a Roboflow model to Zapier via webhooks.
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How to Use the Roboflow Bird Detection API
Learn how to use the Roboflow bird detection API to identify different species of birds.
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How to Use the Roboflow People Detection API
Learn how to use the Roboflow people detection API to identify the locations of people in an image.
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How to Use the Roboflow License Plate Detection API
Learn how to use the Roboflow license plate detection API in production using a range of deployment options.
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How to Crop Computer Vision Model Predictions
This article shows how to use cv2 to crop regions of interest in a computer vision project.
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Launch: Calculate Polygon Coordinates with PolygonZone
This guide shows how to use PolygonZone to draw polygons on an image and retrieve their coordinates for computer vision applications.
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How to Use Roboflow Models in CVAT
In this article, we show how to use public Roboflow models to speed up annotating in CVAT.
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How to Deploy YOLOv5 Models with Roboflow
In this article, learn how to deploy a computer vision model using custom YOLOv5 weights to Roboflow.
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How to Save Computer Vision Predictions to a Google Sheet
In this guide, we walk through how to save predictions from a computer vision model to a Google Sheet.
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How to Deploy a YOLOv8 Model Using Roboflow and Repl.it
In this guide, we walk through how to train and deploy a YOLOv8 model using Roboflow, Google Colab, and Repl.it.
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How to Count Objects in an Image Using Python
In this article, we show how to count occurrences of objects in an image using Python.
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Narrate the Contents of a Room with Computer Vision
In this guide, learn how to use text-to-speech with computer vision models to narrate the objects in a room.
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How to Deploy a YOLOv8 Model to a Raspberry Pi
In this article, you'll learn how to deploy a YOLOv8 model onto a Raspberry Pi.
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How to Blur a Bounding Box in Python
Consider a scenario where you are building a model to detect cars on a street. If a car is parked on a street designated with no parking, you want to take a photo so that you can track the license plate of the car.
But, taking a photo would include
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How to Draw a Bounding Box Prediction Label with Python
In this article, we show how to use the cv2 library to draw bounding box prediction labels in Python.
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Launch: Deploy YOLOv8 with Roboflow
In this tutorial, we show how to upload your own YOLOv8 model weights to deploy on the Roboflow platform.
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Launch: Version, Export, and Train Models in the Roboflow Python Package
In this article, we discuss the new version, export, and train model features in the Roboflow pip package.
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Launch: Use Universe Models for Label Assist and Training
In this guide, learn how to use public models on Roboflow Universe to assist you with labeling and to speed up the process of building an accurate model.
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Monitor Movement in Retail Stores with Computer Vision
In this article, we walk through how to monitor movement in areas of a retail store using computer vision
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