Cannot import name 'Image'

Question

I'm trying to set up Python Imaging Library, but I'm getting an error.

>>> from imaging import Image Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: cannot import name 'Image'

I've set up Python 3.5.2 on Windows 10. The over-arching goal here is to use an image processing library to analyze some images. I want to do things like count all non-white (or relatively white) pixels, note their positions and then compare with another similar image.

My directory:

did you create file imaging.py with element Image inside ? PIL needs from PIL import Image — furas
– furas, Commented Dec 23, 2016 at 3:12
how did you install this imaging ? I don't have it in pip. — furas
– furas, Commented Dec 23, 2016 at 3:24

An Huy · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-23 03:13:27Z

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You are importing a wrong module. To install PIL I used

 pip install pillow

then you can use:

from PIL import Image

in your python code.

answered Dec 23, 2016 at 3:13

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whatwhatwhat Over a year ago

See my edited question - I put in the images of my directory. Assume that I've already downloaded, now I just need to know how to access it correctly.

An Huy Over a year ago

@whatwhatwhat: I think you should install by "pip" or "easy install". You did not install the module correctly.

An Huy Over a year ago

Or you can try this one: put __ init __.py in the folder and call the file with from imaging.PIL import Image

Akiva · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-06 05:37:34Z

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you probably named your project as "PIL.py", change it :)

answered Jun 6, 2019 at 5:37

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Yunnosch Over a year ago

This might be insightful. But it needs more explanation why it could cause the problem and how the proposed solution could help.

jeppoo1 Over a year ago

This was the cause for me, thank you! The error was "cannot import name 'Image' from partially initialized module 'PIL" (most likely due to a circular import)

iam_anirban · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-12 16:15:44Z

If you have saved your file with the name "PIL.py" then it's a problem. In my case, I did the same thing that's why I was here to find the solution. When I changed the name of the file then it worked properly.

Actually, we can't save a python file with the exact same name as a python library which we are going to use in that file.

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