#ifndef CVUTILS_HPP
#define CVUTILS_HPP

#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp" // types are in opencv2/core/types_c.h

class CvCapture;

/// constant that indicates if the image should be flipped

//static const int flipImage = CV_CVTIMG_FLIP;

/** Allocates a new IplImage. */
IplImage* allocateImage(const int& width, const int& height, const int& depth, const int& channels);

IplImage* allocateImage(const CvSize& size, const int& depth, const int& channels);

/** Goes to the target frame number, by querying frame, 
    supposing the video input is currently at current frame number.
    Returns the frame number that was reached.*/
int goToFrameNum(CvCapture* inputVideo, const int& currentFrameNum, const int& targetFrameNum);

#endif
