Resolution info is optional in JPEG files (it's a part of the JFIF standard, not JPEG itself) and even if present, it may not be expressed in dots per inch. PIL only sets the "dpi" field if the information is there, leaving it to your code to provide a suitable default value (or behaviour) for your application. You can do e.g.
dpi = im.info.get("dpi", (72, 72)) If the JFIF header is present, but the resolution isn't specified as DPI, you can check if the "jfif_unit" and "jfif_density" fields contain information useful for your application; their contents are described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_File_Interchange_Format#JFIF_segment_format </F> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Samuel Moore <blindlemon...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to determine DPI from images. Can anyone help? > > I tried: > > > > img = Image.open(“Hamerkop.jpg”) > > img.info[“dpi”] > > > > but it doesn’t work for all jpegs. > > > > Python 2.5.1 > > PIL 1.1.7 > > > > Regards, > > Sam > > _______________________________________________ > Image-SIG maillist - image-...@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/image-sig > > _______________________________________________ Image-SIG maillist - Image-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/image-sig