Error when trying to open an image

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/16/2014 2:37 PM, Abdul Abdul wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to open an image using the `Python Imaging Library` as follows:
>
> from PIL import Image
> img = Image.open('xyz.jpg')
>
> But, got the following error:
>
> File "C:/Users/abc/PycharmProjects/untitled/open_image.py", line 2, in
> <module>
>      from PIL import Image
>    File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py", line 62, in <module>

Answer is on line above.  Good for you for posting traceback.

>      from PIL import _imaging as core
> ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
> Why is that? How can I solve this issue?

PIL does not work with 3.x.  Get pillow instead.

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Terry Jan Reedy