This is the complete and correct code. Can anyone say what;s wrong? Thanks in advance.
import pygame import StringIO putimage = pygame.image.load("88keykbd.png") buff = StringIO.StringIO() buff.name = '88keykbd.png' pygame.image.save(putimage, buff) putimage = buff.getvalue() print "buff:", type(buff), "myimage:", type(putimage), "getimage:", type(putimage) print len(putimage) with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'w') as newfile: newfile.write(putimage) with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'r') as newfile: getimage= newfile.read() print len(getimage) On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Noel Garwick <noel.garw...@gmail.com> wrote: > since myimage is using pygame.image.load, it might be indexed? On the > other hand, it's also possible that pygame.image.save is actually > performing some compression when it saves to a png format? I'm not sure > offhand, but something to check out. > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:02 AM, diliup gabadamudalige <dili...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Sorry there was a small error in the previous message. My apologies. >> >> import pygame >> import StringIO >> >> myimage = pygame.image.load("88keykbd.png") >> buff = StringIO.StringIO() >> buff.name = '88keykbd.png' >> pygame.image.save(myimage, buff) >> >> putimage = buff.getvalue() >> print "buff:", type(buff), "myimage:", type(myimage), "getimage:", >> type(putimage) >> >> print len(putimage) >> with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'w') as newfile: >> newfile.write(putimage) >> >> with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'r') as newfile: >> getimage= newfile.read() >> print len(getimage) >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:30 PM, diliup gabadamudalige <dili...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> can any good soul out there tell me why these two files are not the same >>> size? >>> >>> import pygame >>> import StringIO >>> >>> myimage = pygame.image.load("88keykbd.png") >>> buff = StringIO.StringIO() >>> buff.name = '88keykbd.png' >>> pygame.image.save(myimage, buff) >>> >>> putimage = buff.getvalue() >>> print "buff:", type(buff), "myimage:", type(myimage), "getimage:", >>> type(putimage) >>> >>> print len(getimage) >>> with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'w') as newfile: >>> newfile.write(putimage) >>> >>> with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'r') as newfile: >>> getimage= newfile.read() >>> print len(getimage) >>> >>> len(putimage) and len(getimage) are hugely different in size and I can't >>> see why as it is putimage that is written to file and then read back as >>> getimage. >>> >>> Clarification on this would be immensly welcome. >>> >>> Thank you in advance >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:53 PM, diliup gabadamudalige < >>> dili...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Radomir, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the response. >>>> ok. This is what i want to do >>>> i want to try to convert images into a string format and store them on >>>> disk. Better if they are unprintable characters. >>>> then when i want to see them i will run them thrugh a decryption python >>>> script and viola they will be displayed in pygame >>>> when i close the program again i will have only the encoded 'imageds' >>>> on the hd. >>>> I did this using >>>> >>>> get_screen = SCREEN.subsurface(0, 0, SCREENW, SCREENH) >>>> with open(image_filename, "rb") as imageFile: >>>> imagestr = base64.b64encode(imageFile.read()) >>>> ## create the text file name to save to disk >>>> text_filename = newpath + "s" + str(va.page) + ".dat" >>>> ## save imagestr(image as a textfle) to disk >>>> with open(text_filename, "wb") as f: >>>> f.write(imagestr) >>>> >>>> I wanted a better way and hence the question. >>>> >>>> stringio or cstringio is fine. i can save the string to disk but how >>>> can i convert it back to an image file? >>>> >>>> Thank you for your help. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Radomir Dopieralski < >>>> pyg...@sheep.art.pl> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 08/11/2014 09:53 PM, diliup gabadamudalige wrote: >>>>> > type(f) gives <type 'instance'> >>>>> > yourimage = f.getvalue() >>>>> > with open('myscrambledimage.dat', 'w') as f: >>>>> > f.write(yourimage) >>>>> > so i coukld write this file to disk >>>>> > >>>>> > now how can i convert this back to an image? >>>>> > Thanks in advance >>>>> >>>>> What are you actually tryig to do? >>>>> I'm sure there is a simpler way. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The Sheep >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Diliup Gabadamudalige >>>> >>>> http://www.diliupg.com >>>> http://soft.diliupg.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> ********************************************************************************************** >>>> This e-mail is confidential. 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