Pillow

Pillow is a popular Python imaging library that provides extensive file format support, efficient internal representation, and powerful image processing capabilities. It is a fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL) and is actively maintained, offering tools for opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats.

Also known as: PIL, Python Imaging Library, Pillow-PIL, Pillow library, Python Pillow

Why learn Pillow?

Developers should learn Pillow when working on projects that involve image processing, such as web applications needing image uploads and resizing, data analysis with image data, or automation tasks like batch image editing. It is essential for tasks like creating thumbnails, applying filters, converting formats, and extracting metadata from images in Python environments.

Learning Resources

• docs: Pillow Documentation
• tutorial: Real Python: Image Processing with Pillow
• tutorial: GeeksforGeeks: Python Pillow Tutorial
• video: YouTube: Pillow Tutorial by Corey Schafer
• course: Coursera: Python for Everybody Specialization