[Tutor] Displaying .jpg in Tkinter (Python 3.1)

[Dirk Wangsadirdja]

Hi,

with Tkinter, you can only display GIF and PGM/PPM images.

when you try to create an PhotoImage object from another file format
(JPG for example), it will give you an error.

Alan Gauld wrote:
> 
> "Dirk Wangsadirdja" <dirk at pensiun.com> wrote
> 
>> is there anyway to display a .jpg (or other type) images in Tkinter 
>> with Python 3.1?
> 
> You can display a limited set of image types, including GIF and
> JPG in Tkinter without PIL. Several Widgets take an image including
> the Canvas and Text widgets. I think a label can be an image too,
> but am not certain.
> 
> The trick is to crate an PhotoImage object  from your file and insert that
> into the widget. To change the widget you modify the image object
> not the widget.
> 
> See here for more info:
> 
> http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/photoimage.htm
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
>