This page lists Pillow features that are deprecated, or have been removed in past major releases, and gives the alternatives to use instead.
Below are features which are considered deprecated. Where appropriate,
a DeprecationWarning is issued.
.. deprecated:: 9.5.0
The :py:class:`~PIL.EpsImagePlugin.PSFile` class has been deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 11 (2024-10-15). This class was only made as a helper to be used internally, so there is no replacement. If you need this functionality though, it is a very short class that can easily be recreated in your own code.
.. deprecated:: 10.0.0
Since Pillow's C API is now faster than PyAccess on PyPy, :py:mod:`~PIL.PyAccess` has been deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 11.0.0 (2024-10-15). Pillow's C API will now be used by default on PyPy instead.
Image.USE_CFFI_ACCESS, for switching from the C API to PyAccess, is
similarly deprecated.
Deprecated features are only removed in major releases after an appropriate period of deprecation has passed.
.. deprecated:: 8.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
Support for Tk/Tcl 8.4 was removed in Pillow 10.0.0 (2023-07-01).
.. deprecated:: 8.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
im.category was removed along with the related Image.NORMAL,
Image.SEQUENCE and Image.CONTAINER attributes.
To determine if an image has multiple frames or not,
getattr(im, "is_animated", False) can be used instead.
.. deprecated:: 8.3.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
Since deprecation in Pillow 8.3.0, the convert_dict_qtables method no longer
performed any operations on the data given to it, and has been removed.
.. deprecated:: 8.4.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
Before Pillow 8.3.0, ImagePalette required palette data of particular lengths by
default, and the size parameter could be used to override that. Pillow 8.3.0
removed the default required length, also removing the need for the size parameter.
.. deprecated:: 9.1.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
The file argument in :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageShow.Viewer.show_file()` has been
removed and replaced by path.
In effect, viewer.show_file("test.jpg") will continue to work unchanged.
.. deprecated:: 9.1.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
A number of constants have been removed.
Instead, enum.IntEnum classes have been added.
Note
Additional Image constants were deprecated in Pillow 9.1.0, but that
was reversed in Pillow 9.4.0 and those constants will now remain available.
See :ref:`restored-image-constants`
| Removed | Use instead |
|---|---|
Image.LINEAR |
Image.BILINEAR or Image.Resampling.BILINEAR |
Image.CUBIC |
Image.BICUBIC or Image.Resampling.BICUBIC |
Image.ANTIALIAS |
Image.LANCZOS or Image.Resampling.LANCZOS |
ImageCms.INTENT_PERCEPTUAL |
ImageCms.Intent.PERCEPTUAL |
ImageCms.INTENT_RELATIVE_COLORMETRIC |
ImageCms.Intent.RELATIVE_COLORMETRIC |
ImageCms.INTENT_SATURATION |
ImageCms.Intent.SATURATION |
ImageCms.INTENT_ABSOLUTE_COLORIMETRIC |
ImageCms.Intent.ABSOLUTE_COLORIMETRIC |
ImageCms.DIRECTION_INPUT |
ImageCms.Direction.INPUT |
ImageCms.DIRECTION_OUTPUT |
ImageCms.Direction.OUTPUT |
ImageCms.DIRECTION_PROOF |
ImageCms.Direction.PROOF |
ImageFont.LAYOUT_BASIC |
ImageFont.Layout.BASIC |
ImageFont.LAYOUT_RAQM |
ImageFont.Layout.RAQM |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_FORMAT_JPEG |
BlpImagePlugin.Format.JPEG |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_ENCODING_UNCOMPRESSED |
BlpImagePlugin.Encoding.UNCOMPRESSED |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_ENCODING_DXT |
BlpImagePlugin.Encoding.DXT |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_ENCODING_UNCOMPRESSED_RAW_RGBA |
BlpImagePlugin.Encoding.UNCOMPRESSED_RAW_RGBA |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_ALPHA_ENCODING_DXT1 |
BlpImagePlugin.AlphaEncoding.DXT1 |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_ALPHA_ENCODING_DXT3 |
BlpImagePlugin.AlphaEncoding.DXT3 |
BlpImagePlugin.BLP_ALPHA_ENCODING_DXT5 |
BlpImagePlugin.AlphaEncoding.DXT5 |
FtexImagePlugin.FORMAT_DXT1 |
FtexImagePlugin.Format.DXT1 |
FtexImagePlugin.FORMAT_UNCOMPRESSED |
FtexImagePlugin.Format.UNCOMPRESSED |
PngImagePlugin.APNG_DISPOSE_OP_NONE |
PngImagePlugin.Disposal.OP_NONE |
PngImagePlugin.APNG_DISPOSE_OP_BACKGROUND |
PngImagePlugin.Disposal.OP_BACKGROUND |
PngImagePlugin.APNG_DISPOSE_OP_PREVIOUS |
PngImagePlugin.Disposal.OP_PREVIOUS |
PngImagePlugin.APNG_BLEND_OP_SOURCE |
PngImagePlugin.Blend.OP_SOURCE |
PngImagePlugin.APNG_BLEND_OP_OVER |
PngImagePlugin.Blend.OP_OVER |
.. deprecated:: 9.1.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
The stub image plugin FitsStubImagePlugin has been removed.
FITS images can be read without a handler through :mod:`~PIL.FitsImagePlugin` instead.
.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
Several functions for computing the size and offset of rendered text have been removed:
| Removed | Use instead |
|---|---|
FreeTypeFont.getsize() and FreeTypeFont.getoffset() |
:py:meth:`.FreeTypeFont.getbbox` and :py:meth:`.FreeTypeFont.getlength` |
FreeTypeFont.getsize_multiline() |
:py:meth:`.ImageDraw.multiline_textbbox` |
ImageFont.getsize() |
:py:meth:`.ImageFont.getbbox` and :py:meth:`.ImageFont.getlength` |
TransposedFont.getsize() |
:py:meth:`.TransposedFont.getbbox` and :py:meth:`.TransposedFont.getlength` |
ImageDraw.textsize() and ImageDraw.multiline_textsize() |
:py:meth:`.ImageDraw.textbbox`, :py:meth:`.ImageDraw.textlength` and :py:meth:`.ImageDraw.multiline_textbbox` |
ImageDraw2.Draw.textsize() |
:py:meth:`.ImageDraw2.Draw.textbbox` and :py:meth:`.ImageDraw2.Draw.textlength` |
Previous code:
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/FreeMono.ttf")
width, height = font.getsize("Hello world")
left, top = font.getoffset("Hello world")
im = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
width, height = draw.textsize("Hello world")
width, height = font.getsize_multiline("Hello\nworld")
width, height = draw.multiline_textsize("Hello\nworld")
Use instead:
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/FreeMono.ttf")
left, top, right, bottom = font.getbbox("Hello world")
width, height = right - left, bottom - top
im = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
width = draw.textlength("Hello world")
left, top, right, bottom = draw.multiline_textbbox((0, 0), "Hello\nworld")
width, height = right - left, bottom - top
.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
The undocumented fill parameter of :py:meth:`.FreeTypeFont.getmask2` has been
removed.
.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
The box parameter was unused and has been removed.
.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
Qt 5 reached end-of-life on 2020-12-08 for open-source users (and will reach EOL on 2023-12-08 for commercial licence holders).
Support for PyQt5 and PySide2 has been removed from ImageQt. Upgrade to
PyQt6 or
PySide6 instead.
.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
This undocumented method has been removed.
.. deprecated:: 5.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 9.0.0
Use __version__ instead.
It was initially removed in Pillow 7.0.0, but temporarily brought back in 7.1.0 to give projects more time to upgrade.
.. deprecated:: 7.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 9.0.0
The command parameter has been removed. Use a subclass of
:py:class:`.ImageShow.Viewer` instead.
.. deprecated:: 7.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 9.0.0
Use :py:meth:`.Image.Image.show` instead. If custom behaviour is required, use :py:func:`.ImageShow.register` to add a custom :py:class:`.ImageShow.Viewer` class.
.. deprecated:: 7.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 9.0.0
IOError was merged into OSError in Python 3.3.
So, ImageFile.raise_ioerror has been removed.
Use ImageFile.raise_oserror instead.
.. deprecated:: 8.1.0
.. versionremoved:: 9.0.0
Support for FreeType 2.7 has been removed.
We recommend upgrading to at least FreeType 2.10.4, which fixed a severe vulnerability introduced in FreeType 2.6 (:cve:`2020-15999`).
.. deprecated:: 1.1.2
.. versionremoved:: 8.0.0
im.offset() has been removed, call :py:func:`.ImageChops.offset()` instead.
It was documented as deprecated in PIL 1.1.2,
raised a DeprecationWarning since 1.1.5,
an Exception since Pillow 3.0.0
and NotImplementedError since 3.3.0.
.. deprecated:: 2.0.0
.. versionremoved:: 8.0.0
Image.fromstring()has been removed, call :py:func:`.Image.frombytes()` instead.im.fromstring()has been removed, call :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.frombytes()` instead.im.tostring()has been removed, call :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.tobytes()` instead.
They issued a DeprecationWarning since 2.0.0,
an Exception since 3.0.0
and NotImplementedError since 3.3.0.
.. deprecated:: 3.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 8.0.0
Some attributes in :py:class:`PIL.ImageCms.CmsProfile` have been removed. From 6.0.0,
they issued a DeprecationWarning:
| Removed | Use instead |
|---|---|
color_space |
Padded :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.xcolor_space` |
pcs |
Padded :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.connection_space` |
product_copyright |
Unicode :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.copyright` |
product_desc |
Unicode :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.profile_description` |
product_description |
Unicode :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.profile_description` |
product_manufacturer |
Unicode :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.manufacturer` |
product_model |
Unicode :py:attr:`~.CmsProfile.model` |
.. deprecated:: 6.0.0
.. versionremoved:: 7.0.0
Python 2.7 reached end-of-life on 2020-01-01. Pillow 6.x was the last series to support Python 2.
.. deprecated:: 6.1.0
.. versionremoved:: 7.0.0
Implicitly closing the image's underlying file in Image.__del__ has been removed.
Use a context manager or call Image.close() instead to close the file in a
deterministic way.
Previous method:
im = Image.open("hopper.png")
im.save("out.jpg")
Use instead:
with Image.open("hopper.png") as im:
im.save("out.jpg")
.. deprecated:: 6.0.0
.. versionremoved:: 7.0.0
The version constants of individual plugins have been removed. Use PIL.__version__
instead.
| Removed | Removed | Removed |
|---|---|---|
BmpImagePlugin.__version__ |
Jpeg2KImagePlugin.__version__ |
PngImagePlugin.__version__ |
CurImagePlugin.__version__ |
JpegImagePlugin.__version__ |
PpmImagePlugin.__version__ |
DcxImagePlugin.__version__ |
McIdasImagePlugin.__version__ |
PsdImagePlugin.__version__ |
EpsImagePlugin.__version__ |
MicImagePlugin.__version__ |
SgiImagePlugin.__version__ |
FliImagePlugin.__version__ |
MpegImagePlugin.__version__ |
SunImagePlugin.__version__ |
FpxImagePlugin.__version__ |
MpoImagePlugin.__version__ |
TgaImagePlugin.__version__ |
GdImageFile.__version__ |
MspImagePlugin.__version__ |
TiffImagePlugin.__version__ |
GifImagePlugin.__version__ |
PalmImagePlugin.__version__ |
WmfImagePlugin.__version__ |
IcoImagePlugin.__version__ |
PcdImagePlugin.__version__ |
XbmImagePlugin.__version__ |
ImImagePlugin.__version__ |
PcxImagePlugin.__version__ |
XpmImagePlugin.__version__ |
ImtImagePlugin.__version__ |
PdfImagePlugin.__version__ |
XVThumbImagePlugin.__version__ |
IptcImagePlugin.__version__ |
PixarImagePlugin.__version__ |
.. deprecated:: 6.0.0
.. versionremoved:: 7.0.0
Qt 4 reached end-of-life on 2015-12-19. Its Python bindings are also EOL: PyQt4 since 2018-08-31 and PySide since 2015-10-14.
Support for PyQt4 and PySide has been removed from ImageQt. Please upgrade to PyQt5
or PySide2.
.. deprecated:: 5.3.0
.. versionremoved:: 7.0.0
Setting the size of a TIFF image directly (eg. im.size = (256, 256)) throws
an error. Use Image.resize instead.
.. deprecated:: 5.2.0
.. versionremoved:: 6.0.0
VERSION (the old PIL version, always 1.1.7) has been removed. Use
__version__ instead.
.. deprecated:: 4.3.0
.. versionremoved:: 6.0.0
Several undocumented functions in ImageOps have been removed. Use the equivalents
in ImageFilter instead:
| Removed | Use instead |
|---|---|
ImageOps.box_blur |
ImageFilter.BoxBlur |
ImageOps.gaussian_blur |
ImageFilter.GaussianBlur |
ImageOps.gblur |
ImageFilter.GaussianBlur |
ImageOps.usm |
ImageFilter.UnsharpMask |
ImageOps.unsharp_mask |
ImageFilter.UnsharpMask |
.. deprecated:: 4.0.0
.. versionremoved:: 6.0.0
PIL.OleFileIO was removed as a vendored file in Pillow 4.0.0 (2017-01) in favour of
the upstream olefile Python package, and replaced with an ImportError in 5.0.0
(2018-01). The deprecated file has now been removed from Pillow. If needed, install from
PyPI (eg. python3 -m pip install olefile).