Introduction to Image Analysis

Learn about the features and requirements of the Image Analysis API.

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What is the Image Analysis API?

The Computer Vision Image Analysis API extracts visual elements from image inputs, thereby giving it the ability to recognize specific features. It can recognize human faces, brand logos, and even check for adult content. Additionally, it can describe images in human-understandable words.

Using the Image Analysis API, we can gather valuable information from images by performing the following actions:

  • Tagging visual elements
  • Image categorization
  • Logo and object detection
  • Image description
  • Facial recognition
  • Thumbnail generation
  • Content moderation
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Requirements

For an image to be processed by the Image Analysis service, it must meet the following requirements:

  • The image must be of one of the following formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, or BMP.
  • The file must not be larger than 4 MB.
  • The image dimensions must be at least 50 x 50 pixels.