.show()

The .show() method in the Python Pillow library opens and displays an image using the system’s default image viewer. It’s a convenient way to quickly inspect images during development or testing without saving them to disk.

Syntax

image.show(title=None, command=None)

Parameters

• image: An instance of the Image class from the Pillow library.
• title (Optional): A string specifying the window title (may not work on all platforms).
• command (Optional): A shell command specifying an alternative image display method. This is rarely needed in typical use cases.

Example

The following example opens and displays an image file, example.jpg, using the system’s default image viewer:

from PIL import Image

# Open an existing image
image = Image.open("example.jpg")

# Display the image
image.show()

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