If you put your thumb on the right part of his face, he is on weed.
If you change it, an put it on the left side, he is on crack.

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Hello! My 2 cents... if you are going for image processing then go with Matlab. Try to convert your gf image by finding a threshold for which all the searched dots or spots (the things she is trying to count) are made white and the rest of the image remains black.
After that all you have to do is apply another function that will give you the number of the specific white spots.

I hope I understood well and this might help you. If not, sorry and gl!

@linuxxx I totally agree, but it's also 'danger' there

Actually, it's a greeting so the correct way is "Hello, world!". Don't mind me, just making the world a better place.

@chasb96 thanks, mate! I wasn't expecting such a complex answer.