Finger Counter

This project detects hands and counts fingers using a 21 point hand landmark overlay

Features

• Real‑time hand landmark detection and skeleton overlay
• Left/Right hand labeling
• Image and webcam modes

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• OpenCV
• MediaPipe
• NumPy

See requirements.txt for exact versions.

Setup

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

• Image:

python finger_counter.py --image path/to/image.jpg

• Webcam (default camera index 0):

python finger_counter.py --webcam

• Select a different camera:

python finger_counter.py --webcam --cam-index 1