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ProgrammingHero1/snap_dead
A toy face-filter script that drops PNG overlays (sunglasses, pirate hats, beards) onto detected faces using OpenCV and Haar cascades. It's a demo project, not a library — the entire thing is one file and a handful of PNGs.
The Haar cascade approach actually works offline with no GPU and no model download beyond what ships with OpenCV. Good as a minimal working example for face detection + affine overlay math. Low barrier to entry for anyone learning OpenCV for the first time.
Haar cascades are 2000s-era tech — they fail badly on non-frontal faces, poor lighting, and glasses. No requirements.txt or environment setup. Dead since January 2024, 29 forks and zero issues suggest nobody is building on it. This is a weekend tutorial project, not something you'd ship or reference in production.