6. Image close
6.1. Close
Use the
Image.close() method to close the file pointer.This operation will destroy the image core and release its memory. The image data will be unusable afterward.
This function is required to close images that have multiple frames or have not had their file read and closed by the load() method.
In the code below, a jpg is opened and modified, in place, then saved, then closed.
from PIL import Image
im = Image.open('shapes_jpgs/x.jpg')
im.draft("L", (im.width // 2, im.height // 2))
# im.show()
im.save("shapes_jpgs/box_half_grey.png")
im.close()