[Image-SIG] Image.resize problem

[David Dahl]

Ah, yes... I am a python newbie, so it's takes a little time ot get  
used to.

That worked, Thanks!

d

On 10 Sep 2005, at 23:28, Steve Holden wrote:

> David Dahl wrote:
>
>> For some reason Image.resize will not work for me. Here is my method:
>> import Image
>> def resize_image(self,infile,outfile):
>>          im = Image.open(infile)
>>          size = 800, 600
>>          im.resize(size)
>>          im.save(outfile,'JPEG' )
>> The files is written, but it is the same size as the original  
>> file.  The thumbnail function works fine, maybe that is all I  
>> need? What is  the real difference between resize() and thumbnail()?
>>
> The problem is occurring because im.resize() isn't an in-place  
> update: it returns a new image!
>
> Try
>
>         im = im.resize(size)
>
> and see if that improves things.
>
> regards
>  Steve
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