[Image-SIG] BUG? PIL does not recognise alpha channel in attached png file

[Laura & Edward Cannon]

I confirm the results PIL 1.16 Python 2.5.2
Seems pretty odd. What program did you use to create the image?

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Root <root at smithpolglase.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The attached image shows an alpha channel when viewed with gimp or eog, but
> not when loading with PIL (version 1.1.6-3ubuntu1 as supplied with Ubuntu
> Karmic AMD64 Desktop):
>
>
>>>> import Image
>>>> im = Image.open("seabreeze.png")
>>>> print im.format
> PNG
>>>> print im.size
> (599, 264)
>>>> print im.mode
> RGB
>
>
> When I save the file using im.save(), and then open with gimp or eog, the
> alpha channel is removed (to be expected given that the mode is read as
> RGB).
>
> Is this is a bug?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Justin.
>
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