Converting 2D Numpy array of grayscale values to a PIL image

Question

Say I have a 2D Numpy array of values on the range 0 to 1, which represents a grayscale image. How do I then convert this into a PIL Image object? All attempts so far have yielded extremely strange scattered pixels or black images.

for x in range(image.shape[0]):
    for y in range(image.shape[1]):
        image[y][x] = numpy.uint8(255 * (image[x][y] - min) / (max - min))

#Create a PIL image.
img = Image.fromarray(image, 'L')

In the code above, the numpy array image is normalized by (image[x][y] - min) / (max - min) so every value is on the range 0 to 1. Then it is multiplied by 255 and cast to an 8 bit integer. This should, in theory, process through Image.fromarray with mode L into a grayscale image - but the result is a set of scattered white pixels.

Answer 1

I think the answer is wrong. The Image.fromarray( ____ , 'L') function seems to only work properly with an array of integers between 0 and 255. I use the np.uint8 function for this.

You can see this demonstrated if you try to make a gradient.

import numpy as np
from PIL import Image

# gradient between 0 and 1 for 256*256
array = np.linspace(0,1,256*256)

# reshape to 2d
mat = np.reshape(array,(256,256))

# Creates PIL image
img = Image.fromarray(np.uint8(mat * 255) , 'L')
img.show()

Makes a clean gradient

vs

import numpy as np
from PIL import Image

# gradient between 0 and 1 for 256*256
array = np.linspace(0,1,256*256)

# reshape to 2d
mat = np.reshape(array,(256,256))

# Creates PIL image
img = Image.fromarray( mat , 'L')
img.show()

Has the same kind of artifacting.

Answer 2

If I understood you question, you want to get a grayscale image using PIL.

If this is the case, you do not need to multiply each pixels by 255.

The following worked for me

import numpy as np
from PIL import Image

# Creates a random image 100*100 pixels
mat = np.random.random((100,100))

# Creates PIL image
img = Image.fromarray(mat, 'L')
img.show()

Answer 3

im = Image.fromarray(np.uint8(mat), 'L')

or

im = Image.fromarray(np.uint8(mat))

Apparently it accepts type np.uint8(insert array here), also may be able to remove 'L' for conciseness.