newb quest: PIL image to texture in OpenGLContext

i am trying to display a PIL image in OpenGL using OpenGLContext. I cant seem to get OpenGLContext to take a PIL as an argument. im using the class imagetexture from the scenegraph package. anyone help plz?

I've used PIL, and pyopengl/pygame - but never together.
Right now, I don't know why it wouldn't work though...

Do you have an error message, or some code I could look at, preferably both?

def getData( self):
try:
fp1 =data1.rd3','rb')
except:
print 'error'
else:
s1 = fp1.read()
self.data1array = []
length1 = len(s1)
for i in range(1,length1,2):
num1 = ord(s1[i])
if num1 > 127:
num1 &= 127
else:
num1 += 128
self.data1array.append(chr(num1))
self.imagenew = string.join(self.data1array,'')
# print self.imagenew

self.im = Image.fromstring('L',(512,1235),self.imagenew)

# im = Image.fromstring("F", (512,1235), s, "raw", "F;16S", 0, 1)

it shold be a PIL at that last line. i need to convert that to a OpenGL texture

Ah.. i found this online it might be helpful...



http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/context/nehe6.html

This document discusses the NeHe6 tutorial by Jeff Molofee. It introduces texture mapping using PIL to load Images, and the use of the OnInit customisation point for Contexts.

i've seen this, but thaks anyhow

to take from the site...

im = open(imageName) <--- you've already got im defined....
try:
# get image meta-data (dimensions) and data
ix, iy, image = im.size[0], im.size[1], im.tostring("raw", "RGBA", 0, -1)
except SystemError:
# has no alpha channel, synthesize one, see the
# texture module for more realistic handling
ix, iy, image = im.size[0], im.size[1], im.tostring("raw", "RGBX", 0, -1)
# generate a texture ID
ID = glGenTextures(1)
# make it current
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, ID)
glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT,1)
# copy the texture into the current texture ID
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 3, ix, iy, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, image) <---- uses the image from im


So I guess if you've tried using this then what error do you have that it's not working?

Have you tried loading an image into pil instead of the fromstring option?

There's just not enough here for me to go on.