Robin Becker wrote: > I'm trying to determine the transparency information for a png > image. With gif images I can determine the colour that is used for > transparent areas using im.info['transparency']. For the png > images of interest there is no such entry in the info dict. I > assume that's because of the way png does transparency. I'm > guessing I need the alpha channel, but is there a way to get hold > of it?
For accessing the alpha channel, there is an RGBA mode for PNG files: http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/format-png.htm Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #58: high pressure system failure -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list