Python Image Manipulation

[Scott Brady Drummonds]

Can anyone recommend the easiest way of generating thumbnail images using a
Python library? I've seen that the Python Image Library (PIL) seems to do
this but it isn't installed on my available systems. I'd prefer to use
something distributed with Python, if possible, but will install the library
that makes this functionality easy as a second choice.

Thanks!
Scott

 

[deelan]

Can anyone recommend the easiest way of generating thumbnail images using a
Python library? I've seen that the Python Image Library (PIL) seems to do
this but it isn't installed on my available systems. I'd prefer to use
something distributed with Python, if possible, but will install the library
that makes this functionality easy as a second choice.

i'm not aware of python built-in functions to resize images,
but with PIL is dead easy to make thumbnails, check:

from "Python is Kung-Fu for the Web":
<http://blog.mans.de/archives/2004/03/28/python-is-kung-fu-for-the-web/>

import Image
im = Image.open(filename)
im.thumbnail((200, 200), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im.save(thumbnail, "JPEG", quality = 80, optimize = 1)

you can also feed to open() a file(-like) object, instead
of a filename.

HTH,
deelan.

 

[Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju]

Can anyone recommend the easiest way of generating thumbnail images using a
Python library? I've seen that the Python Image Library (PIL) seems to do
this but it isn't installed on my available systems. I'd prefer to use
something distributed with Python, if possible, but will install the library
that makes this functionality easy as a second choice.

Thanks!
Scott

The easiest way is using PIL. There is sample code in the PIL
documentation that you can use directly.