format conversion of an image in python

Question

I have to write an application for image processing in python. does anyone know how to convert the file type of an image from JPEG to TIFF?

Answer 1

Use the Python Imaging Library (PIL).

from PIL import Image
img = Image.open('image.jpeg')
img.save('image.tiff')

Ref: http://effbot.org/imagingbook/image.htm