PILImageHandler

This image handler loads and manipulates the thumbnails with the help of PIL (the Python Imaging Library).

Inheritance Diagram

Inheritance diagram for class PILImageHandler

Methods Summary

__init__	Default class constructor.
HighlightImage	Adjust overall image brightness to highlight.
LoadThumbnail	Load the file and rescale it.

Class API

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class PILImageHandler(object)

This image handler loads and manipulates the thumbnails with the help of PIL (the Python Imaging Library).

Methods

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__init__(self)

Default class constructor.

Note

If PIL is not installed, this will raise an exception. PIL can be downloaded from http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ .

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HighlightImage(self, img, factor)

Adjust overall image brightness to highlight.

Parameters:

• img – an instance of Image;
• factor – unused in PILImageHandler.

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LoadThumbnail(self, filename, thumbnailsize)

Load the file and rescale it.

Parameters:

• filename – a file containing an image;
• thumbnailsize – the desired size of the thumbnail.