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+// Copyright (C) 2014  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
+// License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
+#ifndef DLIB_PYTHON_CONVERSION_H__
+#define DLIB_PYTHON_CONVERSION_H__
+
+#include "opaque_types.h"
+#include <dlib/python.h>
+#include <dlib/pixel.h>
+
+using namespace dlib;
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+
+template <typename dest_image_type>
+void pyimage_to_dlib_image(py::object img, dest_image_type& image)
+{
+    if (is_gray_python_image(img))
+        assign_image(image, numpy_gray_image(img));
+    else if (is_rgb_python_image(img))
+        assign_image(image, numpy_rgb_image(img));
+    else
+        throw dlib::error("Unsupported image type, must be 8bit gray or RGB image.");
+}
+
+template <typename image_array, typename param_type>
+void images_and_nested_params_to_dlib(
+        const py::object& pyimages,
+        const py::object& pyparams,
+        image_array& images,
+        std::vector<std::vector<param_type> >& params
+)
+{
+    // Now copy the data into dlib based objects.
+    py::iterator image_it = pyimages.begin();
+    py::iterator params_it = pyparams.begin();
+
+    for (unsigned long image_idx = 0;
+         image_it != pyimages.end()
+           && params_it != pyparams.end();
+         ++image_it, ++params_it, ++image_idx)
+    {
+        for (py::iterator param_it = params_it->begin();
+             param_it != params_it->end();
+             ++param_it)
+          params[image_idx].push_back(param_it->cast<param_type>());
+
+        pyimage_to_dlib_image(image_it->cast<py::object>(), images[image_idx]);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // DLIB_PYTHON_CONVERSION_H__