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Object Detection Effect (dependencies)

Shawn Conway edited this page Jan 4, 2022 · 8 revisions

In order to use the new Object Detection video effect, it requires a few files that are not shipped with OpenShot. These files can be downloaded, and saved into your C:\Users\USER\.openshot_qt\yolo\ folder. Be sure that you save them with the correct file names (listed below):

Required Files:

Windows: You can also run these commands to download the files

curl -o %HOMEPATH%/.openshot_qt/yolo/yolov3.cfg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexeyAB/darknet/master/cfg/yolov3.cfg
curl -o %HOMEPATH%/.openshot_qt/yolo/yolov3.weights https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov3.weights
curl -o %HOMEPATH%/.openshot_qt/yolo/obj.names https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pjreddie/darknet/master/data/coco.names

Linux & Mac: You can also run these commands to download the files

wget -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexeyAB/darknet/master/cfg/yolov3.cfg -O ~/.openshot_qt/yolo/yolov3.cfg
wget -c https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov3.weights -O ~/.openshot_qt/yolo/yolov3.weights
wget -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pjreddie/darknet/master/data/coco.names -O ~/.openshot_qt/yolo/obj.names