Sometimes, we want to resize an image using PIL and maintain its aspect ratio with Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to resize an image using PIL and maintain its aspect ratio with Python.
How to resize an image using PIL and maintain its aspect ratio with Python?
To resize an image using PIL and maintain its aspect ratio with Python, we can use the resize method.
For instance, we write
from PIL import Image
basewidth = 300
img = Image.open('somepic.jpg')
wpercent = basewidth / float(img.size[0])
hsize = int(float(img.size[1]) * float(wpercent))
img = img.resize((basewidth, hsize), Image.ANTIALIAS)
img.save('somepic.jpg')
to open the image at the given path with Image.open.
Then we calculate the proportion to scale the image by with
basewidth / float(img.size[0])
Next we calculate the new height with
int(float(img.size[1]) * float(wpercent))
Then we call img.resize with the new dimensions and assign the returned image object back to img.
And then we call save to save the resized image.
Conclusion
To resize an image using PIL and maintain its aspect ratio with Python, we can use the resize method.