StartUp.txt

pip install opencv-python
Install Homebrew from here
A bunch of dependencies are needed for dlib:

brew install cmake
brew install boost
brew install boost-python
brew install dlib
pip3 install numpy
pip3 install scipy
pip3 install scikit-image
pip3 install dlib
If this does not work, try:

python3 -m pip install dlib

from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54719496/how-to-install-dlib-for-python-on-mac

pip install mediapipe

packages installed:
absl-py                 2.1.0
attrs                   23.2.0
cffi                    1.16.0
click                   8.1.7
contourpy               1.2.1
cycler                  0.12.1
dlib                    19.24.4
face-recognition        1.3.0
face-recognition-models 0.3.0
flatbuffers             24.3.25
fonttools               4.53.0
imageio                 2.34.2
importlib_metadata      8.0.0
importlib_resources     6.4.0
jax                     0.4.30
jaxlib                  0.4.30
kiwisolver              1.4.5
lazy_loader             0.4
matplotlib              3.9.0
mediapipe               0.10.14
ml-dtypes               0.4.0
networkx                3.2.1
numpy                   2.0.0
opencv-contrib-python   4.10.0.84
opencv-python           4.10.0.84
opt-einsum              3.3.0
packaging               24.1
pillow                  10.3.0
pip                     24.1
protobuf                4.25.3
pycparser               2.22
pyparsing               3.1.2
python-dateutil         2.9.0.post0
scikit-image            0.24.0
scipy                   1.13.1
setuptools              70.1.1
six                     1.16.0
sounddevice             0.4.7
tifffile                2024.6.18
wheel                   0.43.0
zipp                    3.19.2

for demo Images   ttps://github.com/mcwhorpj/demoImages

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-opencv-cv2-erode-method/?ref=lbp
fix erros in cmake
https://hatchjs.com/error-cmake-must-be-installed-to-build-dlib/
OPENCV documentation
https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/da/d6e/tutorial_py_geometric_transformations.html