Tkinter error: Couldn't recognize data in image file

Question

I\'m trying to put a jpg image to a tkinter canvas. tkinter gives me this error:

couldn\'t recognize data in image file

I use th

Answer 1

Install PIL/Pillow with:

pip install Pillow

or:

sudo pip install pillow

from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageTk
import tkinter

image = Image.open('bll.jpg')
image = image.resize((20, 20))
image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(image)

canv = Canvas(root, width=80, height=80, bg='white')
canv.grid(row=2, column=3)

img = PhotoImage(file=image)

Also using .PNG instead of .JPG is better for Tkinter.