Hi guys im very new to opencv and visual studio so ive just been running other peoples code to test and see what its all about anyway ive tested a few but all of them if the program starts and the camera feed comes up its green I can still see myself slightly if I move but ye its not right.

Any idea please? here is the code im trying at the moment:

//objectTrackingTutorial.cpp

//Written by Kyle Hounslow 2013

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//*AREAS MARKED WITH ASTERISKS MODIFIED BY MARIA RAMOS //*DECEMBER 2014

define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE

include <sstream>

include <string>

include <iostream>

include <opencv\highgui.h>

include <opencv\cv.h>

include <chrono>

include <thread>

using namespace cv; //initial min and max HSV filter values. //these will be changed using trackbars int H_MIN = 0; int H_MAX = 256; int S_MIN = 0; int S_MAX = 256; int V_MIN = 0; int V_MAX = 256; //default capture width and height const int FRAME_WIDTH = 640; const int FRAME_HEIGHT = 480; //max number of objects to be detected in frame const int MAX_NUM_OBJECTS = 50; //minimum and maximum object area const int MIN_OBJECT_AREA = 20 * 20; const int MAX_OBJECT_AREA = FRAME_HEIGHTFRAME_WIDTH / 1.5; //names that will appear at the top of each window const string windowName = "Original Image"; const string windowName1 = "HSV Image"; const string windowName2 = "Thresholded Image"; const string windowName3 = "After Morphological Operations"; const string trackbarWindowName = "Trackbars"; void on_trackbar(int, void) {//This function gets called whenever a // trackbar position is changed

} string intToString(int number){

std::stringstream ss;
ss << number;
return ss.str();

} void createTrackbars(){ //create window for trackbars

namedWindow(trackbarWindowName, 0);
//create memory to store trackbar name on window
char TrackbarName[50];
sprintf(TrackbarName, "H_MIN", H_MIN);
sprintf(TrackbarName, "H_MAX", H_MAX);
sprintf(TrackbarName, "S_MIN", S_MIN);
sprintf(TrackbarName, "S_MAX", S_MAX);
sprintf(TrackbarName, "V_MIN", V_MIN);
sprintf(TrackbarName, "V_MAX", V_MAX);
//create trackbars and insert them into window
//3 parameters are: the address of the variable that is changing when the trackbar is moved(eg.H_LOW),
//the max value the trackbar can move (eg. H_HIGH), 
//and the function that is called whenever the trackbar is moved ...