Getting PIL to work for Windows
Dale Strickland-Clark
dale at out-think.NOSPAMco.uk
Sun Nov 5 21:47:15 EST 2000
"Colin Meeks" <colin at programmedintegration.com> wrote:
>I've just downloaded the Windows distribution of PIL and am having touble
>getting it to work. I can import the module OK, but when I try to resize
>something I get an error. The code I am using is :
>
> import Image
>
> outfile = "image10_tn"
> Image.open("image10.jpg").resize(128).save(outfile, "JPEG")
>
>When I run this I get the following error
>
>Traceback (innermost last):
> File "C:\python\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 311, in
>RunScript
> exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
> File "C:\CJB\Meeks Website\images\Wedding\reception\thumb.py", line 4, in
>?
> Image.open("image10.jpg").resize(128).save(outfile, "JPEG")
> File "C:\PYTHON\PIL\Image.py", line 626, in resize
> self.load()
> File "C:\PYTHON\PIL\ImageFile.py", line 125, in load
> self.load_prepare()
> File "C:\PYTHON\PIL\ImageFile.py", line 175, in load_prepare
> self.im = Image.core.new(self.mode, self.size)
> File "C:\PYTHON\PIL\Image.py", line 40, in __getattr__
> raise ImportError, "The _imaging C module is not installed"
>ImportError: The _imaging C module is not installed
>
>Anyone know how I get the _imaging C module (I assume this is the
>_imaging.dll file) installed.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Colin
>
This is a FAQ. The solution to which is also in the FAQ. I don't have
the URL handy and I don't remember the fix, but when I hit this
problem a while ago, I found the answer in Deja.com from a few months
ago.
I'm sure someone will be along shortly with a pointer if you don't
have any luck with this.
--
Dale Strickland-Clark
Out-Think Ltd
Business Technology Consultants
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