Hand Detection with OpenCV and cvzone

This is a simple Python project that uses your webcam to detect hand gestures in real-time using the cvzone library.

• 🎥 Built with OpenCV + cvzone
• ✋ Supports Left and Right hands
• 🎯 Recognizes special gestures like Steady, Cheers, and Metal

📦 Requirements

! Python 3.7+ ! Webcam (Internal/External)

Install the required libraries:

pip install opencv-python pip install cvzone

🧠 What It Detects

This app recognizes finger patterns such as: Gesture Pattern Description Steady [1, 0, 0, 0, 0] Thumb up 👍 Cheers [1, 0, 0, 0, 1] Thumb + Pinky 🍻 Metal [1, 1, 0, 0, 1] Rock n' Roll 🤘 or you can add if you want?

🧪 Features

🔄 Webcam flipped for mirror effect

🧠 Smart detection using cvzone.HandTrackingModule

🖼️ Fullscreen display with gesture feedback

👐 Multi-hand support (maxHands=2)

📌 Notes

If you're not using fullscreen, you can remove the related lines in the code.

You can customize gestures and add more based on fingersUp result.

Works best in good lighting and uncluttered background.

💖 Credits

Sorry if the results are not good because I am still a student studying in this field Uses cvzone and opencv-python.