Re: Opening TIFF and HPGL files using Python PIL getting IO Errors

HPGL is a vector format used for old HP printers, PIL doesn't open
vector art, so no help there, you need a separate converter to turn it
into a raster format. look at
http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/format-tiff.htm for
more information about loading tiff files in PIL.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Satya Gundapaneni
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I am new to Python.
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> I have a requirement to extract some portion of the image and save that
> portion.
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> After some investigation in net I found out that Python and PIL has the
> capability to crop and the image and save that image to different file.
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> But the problem I am facing is  I am not able to open TIFF and HPGL files.
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> When I try to open TIFF images I am getting  “IOError: decoder group4 not
> available”
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> While opening HPGL images I am getting “IOError: cannot identify image file”
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> Will I be able to open TIFF and HPGL files in PIL or not? All my images are
> in either TIFF or HPGL formats.
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> Appreciate your help.
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> Regards,
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> Satyanarayana Gundapaneni
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> Zimmer Inc.
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> Warsaw, IN 46580
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