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Python PIL | Image.crop() method

Last Updated : 17 Jun, 2021
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PIL is the Python Imaging Library which provides the python interpreter with image editing capabilities. PIL.Image.crop() method is used to crop a rectangular portion of any image.
 

Syntax: PIL.Image.crop(box = None)
Parameters: 
box - a 4-tuple defining the left, upper, right, and lower pixel coordinate.
Return type: Image (Returns a rectangular region as (left, upper, right, lower)-tuple).
Return: An Image object. 
 


Code #1: 
 

Python3
# Importing Image class from PIL module from PIL import Image # Opens a image in RGB mode im = Image.open(r"C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\geeks.png") # Size of the image in pixels (size of original image) # (This is not mandatory) width, height = im.size # Setting the points for cropped image left = 5 top = height / 4 right = 164 bottom = 3 * height / 4 # Cropped image of above dimension # (It will not change original image) im1 = im.crop((left, top, right, bottom)) # Shows the image in image viewer im1.show() 

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Code #2: 
 

Python3
# Importing Image class from PIL module from PIL import Image # Opens a image in RGB mode im = Image.open(r"C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\network.png") # Setting the points for cropped image left = 155 top = 65 right = 360 bottom = 270 # Cropped image of above dimension # (It will not change original image) im1 = im.crop((left, top, right, bottom)) # Shows the image in image viewer im1.show() 

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