How to read a raw image using PIL?

Question

I have a raw image where each pixel corresponds to a 16 bits unsigned integer. I am trying to read using the PIL Image.fromstring() function as in the following code:

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Answer 1

If all else fails, you can always read the source code. For PIL, the downloads are here.

You never said exactly what format the pixel data in the 16 bits unsigned integers was in, but I'd guess it's something like RRRRRGGGGGGBBBBBB, (5-bits Red, 6-bits Green, 5-bits Blue), or RRRRRGGGGGBBBBBA (5-bits Red, 5-bits Green, 5-bits Blue, 1-bit Alpha or Transparency). I didn't see support for those formats after a very quick peek at the some of the sources myself, but can't say one way or the other for sure.

On the same web page where the PIL downloads are, they mention that one can send questions to the Python Image SIG mailing list and provide a link for it. That might be a better source than asking here.

Hope this helps.