TclError: couldn't recognize data in image file "background.png"

Question

I've switched over to Python 2.7 (from 3.4) recently, and I'm having trouble reading a .png file with Tkinter Photoimage class. I say:

background = "background.png"
photo = tk.PhotoImage(file=background)

But I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 36, in <module>
    photo = tk.PhotoImage(file=background)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 3323, in __init__
    Image.__init__(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 3279, in __init__
    self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't recognize data in image file "background.png"

Does this answer your question? [Tkinter error: Couldn't recognize data in image file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47357090/tkinter-error-couldnt-recognize-data-in-image-file) — Karl Knechtel, Feb 22 '23 at 21:26

the_prole · Answer 1 · 2016-04-25T07:03:01.107

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img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open(background))

edited Apr 25 '16 at 07:03

answered Nov 28 '14 at 00:12

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Where should the name `Image` come from, and how does this address the problem? – Karl Knechtel Feb 22 '23 at 21:26
Can you [edit] your answer to include an explanation of your code? – Michael M. Feb 23 '23 at 02:23

TclError: couldn't recognize data in image file "background.png"

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