Python Imaging Library
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Python Imaging Library is an external library for the Python programming language
that adds support for opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats. Supports Python 2.2-2.7.
It is freely available under the Python Imaging Library license, a permissive free software license.
, GIF
, TIFF, and BMP.
It is also possible to create new file decoders to expand the library of file formats accessible.
Python (programming language)
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...
that adds support for opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats. Supports Python 2.2-2.7.
It is freely available under the Python Imaging Library license, a permissive free software license.
File formats
Some of the file formats supported include PNG, JPEGJPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
, GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
, TIFF, and BMP.
It is also possible to create new file decoders to expand the library of file formats accessible.