["python","image","image-processing","python-imaging-library"]
How to merge a transparent png image with another image using PIL

I have a transparent png image foo.png and I've opened another image with: im = Image.open("foo2.png") Now what I need is to merge foo.png with foo2.png. (foo.png contains some text and I want to print that text on foo2.png)
from PIL import Image background = Image.open("test1.png") foreground = Image.open("test2.png") background.paste(foreground, (0, 0), foreground) background.show() First parameter to .paste() is the image to paste. Second are coordinates, and the secret sauce is the third parameter. It indicates a mask that will be used to paste the image. If you pass a image with transparency, then the alpha channel is used as mask. Check the docs.