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Detect and Remove Blurry Images in Python with OpenCV

Automatically scan a directory of images, detect blur using Laplacian variance, and remove blurry images with a dry-run option for safety.

opencv image-processing automation
Python
from pathlib import Path
import cv2
import numpy as np

def is_blurry(image_path, threshold=100.0):
    """
    Detect if an image is blurry using Laplacian variance.
    Returns True if blurry, False otherwise.
    """
    img = cv2.imread(str(image_path), cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
    if img is None:
        return True…
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