something else instead of PIL?

[Reimar Bauer]

imageguy schrieb:
> On Dec 17, 3:48 pm, Reimar Bauer <R.Ba... at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> what has happened to PIL? No updates since two years.
>>
>> Or does one know an alternative lib for resizing images?
>>
>> cheers
>> Reimar
> 
> I have found the FreeImage library with the Python bindings quite
> workable. I work with multi-page TIF images and this seemed to be the
> best option.
> 
>  The FreeImage library seems to be actively maintained too (Last
> release in July 08 with updates to many of the image processing plug-
> ins).  The python bindings took me a bit to understand as they try to
> emulate PIL, however they are implemented using ctypes, so you can
> change/manage yourself if needed.  I found working directly with the
> functions exported from the .dll the best option and gave the best
> performance.
> 
> Freeimage site: http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/
> Python bindings: http://freeimagepy.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Hope that helps.  Good luck.  Working with images/graphics can make my
> brain hurt sometimes.
> 
> g.
> 
> 

thanks!

Reimar