The Python Papers

The Python Papers

Opening Images with Python and Pillow

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Mike Driscoll
Apr 01, 2025
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The Python Imaging Library (PIL) is a 3rd party Python package that adds image processing capabilities to your Python interpreter. It allows you to process photos and do many common image file manipulations. The current version of this software is in Pillow, which is a fork of the original PIL to support Python 3. Several other Python packages, such as …

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