How do I resize an image using PIL and maintain its aspect ratio?

Question

Is there an obvious way to do this that I\'m missing? I\'m just trying to make thumbnails.

Answer 1

Open your image file

from PIL import Image
im = Image.open("image.png")

Use PIL Image.resize(size, resample=0) method, where you substitute (width, height) of your image for the size 2-tuple.

This will display your image at original size:

display(im.resize((int(im.size[0]),int(im.size[1])), 0) )

This will display your image at 1/2 the size:

display(im.resize((int(im.size[0]/2),int(im.size[1]/2)), 0) )

This will display your image at 1/3 the size:

display(im.resize((int(im.size[0]/3),int(im.size[1]/3)), 0) )

This will display your image at 1/4 the size:

display(im.resize((int(im.size[0]/4),int(im.size[1]/4)), 0) )

etc etc