cannot open an image file in python

Question

import Image


imageFile = "C:\Users\Abhi\Desktop\cbir-p\images.jpg"
im1 = Image.open(imageFile)



Error: 
File "C:\Users\Abhi\Desktop\cbir-p\im1.py", line 5, in <module>
    im1 = Image.open(imageFile)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py", line 2025, in open
    raise IOError("cannot identify image file")
IOError: cannot identify image file

help me, I have installed all the necessary packages PIL ,Pillow ,Opencv etc.

stackoverflow.com/questions/16387069/open-images-python also make sure the imagepath is correct — xhallix
– xhallix, Commented Feb 20, 2014 at 6:13
You could also try using raw image paths as explained here: stackoverflow.com/a/21060179/1349663 — user1349663
– user1349663, Commented Feb 20, 2014 at 6:17
can you try from PIL import Image instead of image and let us know if any change occur — duck
– duck, Commented Feb 20, 2014 at 6:33
from PIL import Image works while import Image gives an error — user3320033
– user3320033, Commented Feb 20, 2014 at 15:07

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:45:06Z

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hey it's not for your file path problem...

it's for your missing JPEG support in your PIL here is my solution explained here. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59718/python-imaging-library-pil-decoder-jpeg-not-available-how-to-fix

Go to here to download the lib libjpeg package. or just

brew install libjpeg

enter image description here

edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:45

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