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+# python-photo-skin-detection
+Python Script that runs multiple skin detection algorithms on an image
+
+### Python Skin Detection Algorithm Script
+
+This is a python script which will take a given image and run it through multiple algorithms 
+to save new images that tries to guess what parts of the image are skin.
+The algorithms that are run are based on the 
+Explicitly Defined Skin Region Model,
+Colour Segmentation in Normalization rg Colour Model,
+Colour Segmentation in HSV Colour Model and
+Color Segmentation in YCBCR Color Model.
+
+### Setup
+
+Run `pip3 install requirements.txt` to install any modules you might be missing for this script.
+
+### Running Scripts
+
+You can run the script by running `python3 SkinDetection.py`
+this will use the default image path which leads to `Images/skin.jpg`.
+
+If you wish to use a different image just add a command line argument of the path to that image.
+For example: `python3 SkinDetection.py Images/skin1.png`.
+
+Saving locations for each algorithm is hard coded within each function.
+Each algorithm has its own unique name so you can tell which image is generated by which algorithm.
+Just be sure to change the name of an image or move it if you want to keep it saved
+or else it will be overwritten the next time the script is run.
+
+It is also possible to run each individual function through the python CLI
+but you will have to be sure to add the path of the image as an argument.