Tkinter: Pyimage is not working in a Function

Question

I was trying to code a small window in a program that is giving you feedback about your statistics in the game. The output is working fine, but the image i tried to edit is not working. I tried to define the image global, i tried to take the direct path, i tried to change the suffix of the picture i want to edit (right now it's a .gif -file) but nothing is working. Whats wrong? What is my mistake?

import tkinter 
def blackhole():    
    Black=tkinter.Tk()
    Black.title("BlackHole")
    schrift=tkinter.Label(Black,text="BlackHole: Game got reseted!")
    schrift.pack()
    Medal=tkinter.Label(Black,text="Congretulation! You earn the Bronze Medal!")
    Medal.pack()
    knopf=tkinter.Button(Black,text="Ok",command=submit)
    knopf.pack()
    canvas = tkinter.Canvas(Black, width=250, height=250)
    canvas.pack()
    tk_img = tkinter.PhotoImage(file = '/Users/Hannes/Desktop/Klickbot/b.gif')
    canvas.create_image(150, 150, image=tk_img)

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 07 '17 at 12:40

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To include images with Tkinter you should use Pillow (PIL).

https://python-pillow.org/

Run pip install Pillow from the terminal to install.

Sample usage:

from PIL import ImageTk, Image
img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open("logo.png"))
panel = Label(root, image=self.img)
panel.pack(side="top", fill="both", expand="yes")

edited Dec 07 '17 at 12:40

scrpy

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answered Dec 07 '17 at 10:28

F. Leone

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The question asks about a .gif image, and with .gif you don't need PIL or Pillow. – Bryan Oakley Dec 07 '17 at 13:05
Still the answer is relevant imo because it will work. My bad tho, didn`t pay enough attention on that. Downvoting it is non-sense. – F. Leone Dec 07 '17 at 13:17
While it will work, it's still not relevant to the question that was asked. The question was specifically about creating an image in a function, which is a known problem with a known solution. Your answer doesn't address that. I suppose it's possible that Pillow doesn't have the same problems with garbage collection, but since the original problem is actually about garbage collection and you don't address that issue, I don't think this answer is useful because it doesn't explain _why_. – Bryan Oakley Dec 07 '17 at 13:41

Tkinter: Pyimage is not working in a Function

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