python imaging (PIL)

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JPEG decoding from binary data using PIL. Documentation is lacking in official PIL site: http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/image.htm

import Image
f = open("myimage.jpg", 'rb')
data = f.read()
im = Image.fromstring('RGB', (640,480), data, 'jpeg', 'RGB', '')