Tkinter Image transparency

Question

So I have 2 images that I would like to display on top of each other. The image on top should have transparency so that the one on the bottom is visible.

Here is my

Answer 1

Try this

from PIL import Image, ImageTk
from Tkinter import Tk, Label

root = Tk()

def RBGAImage(path):
    return Image.open(path).convert("RGBA")

face = RBGAImage("faces/face.gif")
eyes = RBGAImage("faces/eyes1.png")

face.paste(eyes, (0, 0), eyes)

facepic = ImageTk.PhotoImage(face)

label1 = Label(image=facepic)
label1.grid(row = 0, column = 0)

root.mainloop()

I do not have both your source images, so I can not be sure it will work with them. Please provide the originals of both if there is any issue.

Answer 2

You can use Image.alpha_composite to create a new composited image.

from PIL import Image, ImageTk
from Tkinter import Tk, Label

root = Tk()

def RBGAImage(path):
    return Image.open(path).convert("RGBA")

face = RBGAImage("faces/face.gif")
eyes = RBGAImage("faces/eyes1.png")

c = Image.alpha_composite(face, eyes)

facepic = ImageTk.PhotoImage(c)

label1 = Label(image=facepic)
label1.grid(row = 0, column = 0)

root.mainloop()