Partial Blur

[Diez B. Roggisch]

chicorbleak at gmail.com schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for an image manipulation library which would allow me to
> blur an oval-shaped part of my picture, instead of the whole thing. I
> couldn't find a way to do this using the
> tools I see in the API of Python Imaging Library.

Create a copy of the picture (or a rectangle just large enough) with 
e.g. Image.crop() followed by a load.

Then blur that image using the appropriate filter.

Using the composite-function you should be able to compose the old image 
with the new + an oval mask.

HTH,

Diez