Reputation: 17129
I'm missing something at a very basic level when it comes to loading an image using PIL and displaying it in a window created by Tkinter. The simplest form of what I'm trying to do is:
import Tkinter as TK
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
im = Image.open("C:\\tinycat.jpg")
tkIm = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im)
tkIm.pack()
TK.mainloop()
When I try to run the code above, I get the following:
RuntimeError: Too early to create image
Exception AttributeError: "PhotoImage instance has no attribute
'_PhotoImage__photo'" in <bound method PhotoImage.__del__ of
<PIL.ImageTk.PhotoImage instance at 0x00C00030>> ignored
I've confirmed the file is present and can be opened in an image editor and also that it can be displayed using im.show(). What am I missing?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 6536
Reputation: 47
It's very true what Meredith said you need to add that line for sure!
I would like to show you my image formatting and then compare it to yours and see if there any different, my code for a image is
master.image = PhotoImage(file="Banditlogo.gif")
w = Label(master, image=master.image)
w.photo = master
w.pack()
And your code is
im = Image.open("C:\\tinycat.jpg")
tkIm = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im)
tkIm.pack()
We are both using PIL with PhotoImage I can't help wondering are both ways correct? At this point in time I don't have enough knowledge to fully answer your PIL question but it is interesting to compare both codes as they are different. I can only suggest doing what I do when it comes to example codes people share with me, and that is "if mine don't work, try the example code and see if that fixes the code" when I find something that works I stick with it.
Would someone with more understanding of Tkinter please explane the workings of, How do I use PIL with Tkinter?
Knowledge is power so please share.
Upvotes: -1
Reputation: 4919
Tkinter has to be instantiated before you call ImageTk.PhotoImage():
TK.Tk()
Upvotes: 6