Open 16-bit/24-bit windows bitmap using PIL

[Craig]

Hi there,

I'm trying to open a 256-colour windows BMP and a 24-bit windows BMP
with PIL usiing the following command:

Image.open("ima ge.bmp")

When I try and open the 24-bit BMP the error I get is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1 >", line 1, in <module>
im = Image.open("lig htbulb.bmp")
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Im age.py", line 1730, in open
return factory(fp, filename)
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Im ageFile.py", line 82, in
__init__
self._open()
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Bm pImagePlugin.py ", line 164,
in _open
self._bitmap(of fset=offset)
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Bm pImagePlugin.py ", line 96,
in _bitmap
raise IOError("Unsupp orted BMP header type (%d)" % len(s))
IOError: Unsupported BMP header type (108)

When I try and open the 256-colour BMP the error I get is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#3 >", line 1, in <module>
im = Image.open("lig htbulb2.bmp")
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Im age.py", line 1730, in open
return factory(fp, filename)
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Im ageFile.py", line 82, in
__init__
self._open()
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Bm pImagePlugin.py ", line 164,
in _open
self._bitmap(of fset=offset)
File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\PIL\Bm pImagePlugin.py ", line 120,
in _bitmap
raise IOError("Unsupp orted BMP compression (%d)" % compression)
IOError: Unsupported BMP compression (1)

I can open a windows monochrome bitmap fine using PIL but the colour
options are more desirable. I am using Windows 2000 if that is any
help and I am saving the different BMP's using Microsoft Paint. If you
could help that would be great.


Craig