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Image Manipulation
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.. todo::
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Add introduction about image manipulation and its Python libraries.
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Python Imaging Library
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The `Python Imaging Library <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/>`_, or PIL
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for short, is *the* library for image manipulation in Python. Unfortunately, its
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development has stagnated, with its last release in 2009.
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Luckily for you, there's an actively-developed fork of PIL called `Pillow <http://python-imaging.github.io/>`_ -
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it's easier to install, runs on all operating systems, and supports Python 3.
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Installation
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Before installing Pillow, you'll have to install Pillow's prerequisites. Find
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the instructions for your platform `here <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.1.0#platform-specific-instructions>`_.
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After that, it's straightforward:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ pip install Pillow
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