Getting list of pixel values from PIL

Question

Guys, I\'m looking for a bit of assistance. I\'m a newbie programmer and one of the problems I\'m having at the minute is trying to convert a black & white .jpg

Answer 1

Python shouldn't crash when you call getdata(). The image might be corrupted or there is something wrong with your PIL installation. Try it with another image or post the image you are using.

This should break down the image the way you want:

from PIL import Image
im = Image.open('um_000000.png')

pixels = list(im.getdata())
width, height = im.size
pixels = [pixels[i * width:(i + 1) * width] for i in xrange(height)]