Porting¶
Porting existing PIL-based code to Pillow
Pillow is a functional drop-in replacement for the Python Imaging Library. To
run your existing PIL-compatible code with Pillow, it needs to be modified to
import the Image
module from the PIL
namespace instead of the
global namespace. Change this:
import Image
to this:
from PIL import Image
The _imaging
module has been moved. You can now import it like this:
from PIL.Image import core as _imaging
The image plugin loading mechanism has changed. Pillow no longer
automatically imports any file in the Python path with a name ending
in ImagePlugin.py
. You will need to import your image plugin
manually.
Pillow will raise an exception if the core extension can’t be loaded for any reason, including a version mismatch between the Python and extension code. Previously PIL allowed Python only code to run if the core extension was not available.