PIL / Pillow Image

This modules contain helper function to deal with PIL / Pillow Images.

Note

Please note that the [PIL] (pillow) extra dependency must be installed to allow functions from this module to work.

pyguetzli.pil_image.process_pil_image(image, quality=95)[source]

Generates an optimized JPEG from a PIL image. If the image has an alpha channel (transparency), it will be overlaid on a black background.

Parameters:

  • image – the PIL image

  • quality – the output JPEG quality (default 95)

Returns:

Optimized JPEG bytes

Return type:

bytes

Raises:

ImportError – PIL / Pillow cannot be imported.

import pyguetzli
from PIL import Image

image = Image.open("./test/image.jpg")
optimized_jpeg = pyguetzli.process_pil_image(image)