how to embed an image in a text widget

Question

I know it is possible to embed an image in a Tkinter text widget, but I\'ve been unable to find some simple example code. Specifically, I need to embed a jpg, so according t

Answer 1

PhotoImage only handles GIF and PGM/PPM files. In order to use JPEG with Tkinter, you can use the Python Imaging Library (PIL) to create a PhotoImage.

from PIL import Image, ImageTk

img = Image.open("yourimg.jpg")
photoImg = ImageTk.PhotoImage(img)

Alternatively you could just one of the other supported formats for PhotoImage if possible.