# Using shape inside a picture as template for matching

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/using-shape-inside-a-picture-as-template-for-matching/8615>\
**Category:** Python\
**Tags:** shape, object-detection, matchtemplate, detection, imgproc\
**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/using-shape-inside-a-picture-as-template-for-matching/8615 "2022-05-02T14:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![skrippsta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@skrippsta](https://forum.opencv.org/u/skrippsta)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/using-shape-inside-a-picture-as-template-for-matching/8615/1 "2022-05-02T14:25:23Z")

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Hey, I want to build a program that will detect shapes and use them as a template for the Template Matching- or Shape Matching- algorithm . In the next step identical shapes inside the image will be marked.  
Do you think this kind of idea is possible?