Image.open() cannot identify image file - Python?

Question

I am running Python 2.7 in Visual Studio 2013. The code previously worked ok when in Spyder, but when I run:

import numpy as np import scipy as sp import math as mt import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import Image import random  # (0, 1) is N SCALE = 2.2666 # the scale is chosen to be 1 m = 2.266666666 pixels MIN_LENGTH = 150 # pixels  PROJECT_PATH = 'C:\\cimtrack_v1' im = Image.open(PROJECT_PATH + '\\ST.jpg') 

I end up with the following errors:

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>   File "C:\cimtrack_v1\PythonApplication1\dr\trajgen.py", line 19, in <module>     im = Image.open(PROJECT_PATH + '\\ST.jpg')   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py", line 2020, in open     raise IOError("cannot identify image file") IOError: cannot identify image file 

Why is it so and how may I fix it?

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As suggested, I have used the Pillow installer to my Python 2.7. But weirdly, I end up with this:

>>> from PIL import Image Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named PIL   >>> from pil import Image Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named pil  >>> import PIL.Image Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named PIL.Image  >>> import PIL Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named PIL 

All fail!

Answer 1

I had a same issue.

from PIL import Image 

instead of

import Image 

fixed the issue

Answer 2

So after struggling with this issue for quite some time, this is what could help you:

from PIL import Image 

instead of

import Image 

Also, if your Image file is not loading and you're getting an error "No file or directory" then you should do this:

path=r'C:\ABC\Users\Pictures\image.jpg' 

and then open the file

image=Image.open(path)