How to get each pixel value from a picture file!

[Lucas]

Thank you for your answer.

I have some new questions:

1)  the value of return from getpixel() is a RGB number?
         print im.getpixel((44,55))   ----> (160,160,160)

2) I want to put a number into the picture for encryption(replace least
significant bit (LSB) of image intensity with message bit).

    If i use putpixel((44,55),0) , the number 0 will be changed RGB
value or others.?

3)         pix = im.load()
            print pix[44,55]
            pix[44, 55] = value
 my python cannt identify "[x,y]" ??

Steve Holden wrote:
> Lucas wrote:
> > I want to change some pixel value in the picture file. how to do it?
> >
> The most popular way is probably the Python Image Library, known to its
> friends as PIL:
>
>    http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
>
> You will see from
>
>    http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/image.htm
>
> that images have .getpixel() and .putpixel() methods that will allow you
> to read and set individual pixels if you want. Be aware that the
> forthcoming release will give faster access using something called
> "pixel access objects", about which I know nothing.
>
> > If I read the file in binary mode, a bit == a pixel ?
> >
> Only for monochrome images, of course. Greyscale and color images have
> more bits per pixel, and some formats use a palette mapping to allow
> high color-fidelity with fewer bits per pixel (GIF is one such format).
>
> Download PIL and play with it. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun, and
> you can do a surprising amount of processing just noodling around in an
> interactive interpreter session.
>
> regards
>   Steve
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