HOW TO INSTALL OPENCV 3.0.0 IN WINDOWS 8

Although I always recommend using Linux on any of its variants, Windows is still being used by the majority of beginners in Computer Vision. Therefore, after receiving many requests, here is an explanation on how to install OpenCV 3 in Windows 8 :

and how to set up your Visual Studio 2013 environment to start programming computer vision applications:

Here is the source code for the test described on the video, it just prints out the version of OpenCV installed on your system:

#include <iostream>
#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

void main()
{
  std::cout << "OpenCV Version: " << CV_VERSION << std::endl;
}