[reportlab-users] PIL frombuffer question

[Paul Guse]

> Paul Guse wrote:

>> Well I partially answered my own question. I can get a pixel buffer to 

>> write to the canvas as an image with the following code:

>>

>> mode = 'RGB'

>> img = PIL.Image.frombuffer (mode, (100,100), b, "raw", mode, 0, 1)

>> img.fp = ""

>>

>> i = ImageReader (img)

>> c.drawImage (i, 100, 100, 100, 100)

>>

>> If I don't set img.fp I get an attribute error. This draws the image to 

>> the pdf correctly.

>> Anyways, this seems like a bit of a hack, and I'm sure there's a better 

>> way to do it. Also, it would be great to be able to create a platypus 

>> flowable out of a pixel buffer.

>> Does anyone have any tips for doing this?

>>

>> Paul

>>

> .......

>

> We're probably assuming something about how Pil images are used in the

> ImageReader class. However, this must be a kind of strange way to do 

> things. Why

> draw into a pixel buffer when you can draw directly to the pdf?

> -- 


I'm using python as an embedding scripting language and I don't want to 
rewrite all my drawing classes to draw in python too. Trying to keep python 
isolated and only expose a general interface class. So  objects can draw 
normally without knowing about python, but the pixel data from that draw can 
be used as an image by python.
I found a way to make this work. I just made my own flowable image class. 
Ripped the platypus Image class and modified it to take a pixel buffer, 
create an ImageReader object, and draw that image. Seem to work well.




> Robin Becker



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