want to learn image processing

[MUKESH.K.S]

I want to do image processing based projects, but i don't know where from i have to start. Can anyone suggest good tutorials or books that gives some practical knowledge about image or signal processing. I also heard about that the matlab software is too slow , Is there is any better alternative for matlab?

 

[shirish heller]

Digital Image Processing - Rafael C. Gonzalez is a complete package
but if u have a time constraint and want to learn faster u should download image processing codes from net and try to understand various functions believe me its much faster.

u can start with a basic red color tracking code....
image processing speeds on matlab are good but in video processing u might face some lags....