Easy image rendering?

[jaysherby]

Can someone tell me what's the absolute easiest way of putting an image
on to the screen in Python without just opening it up in an
application? What's the simplest way to just put something up on the
screen?

[Pontus Ekberg]

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:27:50 -0700, ja*******@gmail.com wrote:

Can someone tell me what's the absolute easiest way of putting an image
on to the screen in Python without just opening it up in an
application? What's the simplest way to just put something up on the
screen?

If you are using PIL you could use im.show(); but all that does is saving
the image data to a file and opening that file in an external
application (xv on UNIX). At least you don't have to do it yourself.

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jayCan someone tell me what's the absolute easiest way of putting an
jayimage on to the screen in Python without just opening it up in an
jayapplication? What's the simplest way to just put something up on
jaythe screen?

Maybe something like this:

import PIL.Image
img = PIL.Image.open(open("someimage.png", "rb"))
img.show()

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import PIL.Image
img = PIL.Image.open(open("someimage.png", "rb"))
img.show()

No need for the extra open. Sorry...

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[jaysherby]

No good. No external applications. What else is there? Worst case
scenario, what's the easiest way to do GUI?

Pontus Ekberg wrote:

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:27:50 -0700, ja*******@gmail.com wrote:

Can someone tell me what's the absolute easiest way of putting an image
on to the screen in Python without just opening it up in an
application? What's the simplest way to just put something up on the
screen?

If you are using PIL you could use im.show(); but all that does is saving
the image data to a file and opening that file in an external
application (xv on UNIX). At least you don't have to do it yourself.

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>If you are using PIL you could use im.show(); but all that does is
saving the image data to a file and opening that file in an external
application (xv on UNIX). At least you don't have to do it yourself.

jayNo good. No external applications. What else is there? Worst case
jayscenario, what's the easiest way to do GUI?

You can still use PIL. Just feed the result to Tkinter. Check out the
ImageTk module that's part of PIL:

http://www.pythonware.com/library/pi...ok/imagetk.htm

Check this thread for some hints from Fredrik Lundh on combining PIL and
Tkinter:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ly/007379.html

I'm sure when he gets up in Europe he'll be able to provide some more useful
pointers.

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[jaysherby]

I think that you've put me on the right track, but my eventual goal is
to be able to put the pictures on the screen with a full-screen
interface. Not in a visible window, with just the picture and then a
black backdrop for it.

sk**@pobox.com wrote:

If you are using PIL you could use im.show(); but all that does is
>saving the image data to a file and opening that file in an external
>application (xv on UNIX). At least you don't have to do it yourself.

jayNo good. No external applications. What else is there? Worst case
jayscenario, what's the easiest way to do GUI?

You can still use PIL. Just feed the result to Tkinter. Check out the
ImageTk module that's part of PIL:

http://www.pythonware.com/library/pi...ok/imagetk.htm

Check this thread for some hints from Fredrik Lundh on combining PIL and
Tkinter:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ly/007379.html

I'm sure when he gets up in Europe he'll be able to provide some more useful
pointers.

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[bearophileHUGS]

ja*******@gmail.com:

my eventual goal is
to be able to put the pictures on the screen with a full-screen
interface. Not in a visible window, with just the picture and then a
black backdrop for it.

Pygame (plus PIL if you need) can do that, Pygame manages full screens
too.

Bye,
bearophile