Python imaging alternatives

Question

I have python code that needs to do just a couple simple things to photographs: crop, resize, and overlay a watermark. I\'ve used PIL, and the resample/resize results are TERRIB

Answer 1

I've used PIL, and the resample/resize results are TERRIBLE.

They shouldn't be, as long as you:

1. use only Image.ANTIALIAS filtering for downscaling operations
2. use only Image.BICUBIC filtering for upscaling operations.
3. remember to convert to 'RGB' colour mode before the resize if you are using a paletted image
4. don't use .thumbnail(). it's crap
5. set the quality= level to something appropriate when saving JPEGs (the default is quite low)