What does PIL mean in LIBRARIES

PIL is a free and open-source library for image processing and image editing in Python. It provides a wide range of image processing functions, including image resizing, cropping, rotating, flipping, and transforming.

To install PIL, you can use the pip package manager:

pip install Pillow

This will install the latest version of PIL, which is a fork of the original PIL library.

PIL provides a comprehensive set of features for image processing, including:

• Image resizing, cropping, rotating, and flipping
• Image transformations (e.g., perspective transformations, affine transformations)
• Image color manipulation (e.g., color quantization, color conversion)
• Support for various image formats (e.g., JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF)
• Image filtering and effects (e.g., Gaussian blur, sharpening, edge detection)

To resize an image using PIL, you can use the resize() method of the Image object:

from PIL import Image

# Open the image
image = Image.open("image.jpg")

# Resize the image to a new size
resized_image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))

# Save the resized image
resized_image.save("resized_image.jpg")

To crop an image using PIL, you can use the crop() method of the Image object:

from PIL import Image

# Open the image
image = Image.open("image.jpg")

# Define the crop area
crop_area = (left, top, right, bottom)

# Crop the image
cropped_image = image.crop(crop_area)

# Save the cropped image
cropped_image.save("cropped_image.jpg")