python - How to optimize this image iteration in numpy?

Question

I'm using this code to detect green color in the image.

The problem is this iteration is really slow.

How to make it faster? If it is using numpy, How to do it in numpy way?

def convertGreen(rawimg):
    width, height, channels = rawimg.shape
    size = (w, h, channels) = (width, height, 1)
    processedimg = np.zeros(size, np.uint8)
    for wimg in range(0,width):
        for himg in range(0,height):
            blue = rawimg.item(wimg,himg,0)
            green = rawimg.item(wimg,himg,1)
            red = rawimg.item(wimg,himg,2)
            exg = 2*green-red-blue
            if(exg > 50):
                processedimg.itemset((wimg,himg,0),exg)

    return processedimg

Answer 1

Try simply this:

blue = rawimg[:,:,0]
green = rawimg[:,:,1]
red = rawimg[:,:,2]
exg = 2*green-red-blue
processedimg = np.where(exg > 50, exg, 0)