[Image-SIG] [ANN] FreeImagePy 1.0.0

[Michele Petrazzo]

Bob Klimek wrote:
> Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> 
>>> What are the advantages over PIL (speed, features, ...)?
>>>   
>>
>> FI -> FreeImage
>> FIPY -> FreeImagePy
>>
>> Good question :)
>> I don't know very well PIL, but this is that I saw: ...
>>  
>>
> Hi Michele,
> 
> I have high hopes for FreeImagePy as I definitely intend to use it. 

Fantastic!

> But 
> after installation on my Win2000 machine running python 2.4.1, when I 
> typed the import statement, this is what I got.
> 
>  >>> import FreeImagePy
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in -toplevel-
>    import FreeImagePy
>  File "H:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\FreeImagePy\FreeImagePy.py", line 
> 29, in -toplevel-
>    import ctypes as C
> ImportError: No module named ctypes
>  >>>

This problem has a very simple solution. FIPY need ctypes for work (for 
call the external FI library). You can find it here:

http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/
or here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71702

> 
> Bob
> 

Michele