Question

Can i resize images in python to given height and width,i use python 2.5, and i tried as this tutorial http://effbot.org/imagingbook/introduction.htm, and i installed PIL library for images,but when i try to write:

import Image
im = Image.open("test.jpg")

i got undefined variable from import:open
although import Imagedoesn’t give errors?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Your import appears to be the problem. Use this instead of “import Image”:

from PIL import Image

Then go on like so:

image = Image.open('/example/path/to/image/file.jpg/')
image.thumbnail((80, 80), Image.ANTIALIAS)
image.save('/some/path/thumb.jpg', 'JPEG', quality=88)