""" Function for applying watermarks to images. Original found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/362879 """ try: import Image import ImageEnhance except ImportError: try: from PIL import Image from PIL import ImageEnhance except ImportError: raise ImportError("The Python Imaging Library was not found.") def reduce_opacity(im, opacity): """Returns an image with reduced opacity.""" assert opacity >= 0 and opacity <= 1 if im.mode != "RGBA": im = im.convert("RGBA") else: im = im.copy() alpha = im.split()[3] alpha = ImageEnhance.Brightness(alpha).enhance(opacity) im.putalpha(alpha) return im def apply_watermark(im, mark, position, opacity=1): """Adds a watermark to an image.""" if opacity < 1: mark = reduce_opacity(mark, opacity) if im.mode != "RGBA": im = im.convert("RGBA") # create a transparent layer the size of the image and draw the # watermark in that layer. layer = Image.new("RGBA", im.size, (0, 0, 0, 0)) if position == "tile": for y in range(0, im.size[1], mark.size[1]): for x in range(0, im.size[0], mark.size[0]): layer.paste(mark, (x, y)) elif position == "scale": # scale, but preserve the aspect ratio ratio = min(float(im.size[0]) / mark.size[0], float(im.size[1]) / mark.size[1]) w = int(mark.size[0] * ratio) h = int(mark.size[1] * ratio) mark = mark.resize((w, h)) layer.paste(mark, ((im.size[0] - w) / 2, (im.size[1] - h) / 2)) else: layer.paste(mark, position) # composite the watermark with the layer return Image.composite(layer, im, layer) def test(): im = Image.open("test.png") mark = Image.open("overlay.png") watermark(im, mark, "tile", 0.5).show() watermark(im, mark, "scale", 1.0).show() watermark(im, mark, (100, 100), 0.5).show() if __name__ == "__main__": test()