PIL

If you are looking for a powerful image processing library for your Python interpreter, the Python Imaging Library (PIL) might be exactly what you need. This library is designed to support a wide range of file formats and provide users with sophisticated graphics and image processing capabilities.

The good news is that PIL has been tested on various platforms, including Windows NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, and major Unix systems, such as Alpha, Solaris, and Intel among others. In fact, the developers believe that the library should work on most modern platforms - it has even been used on Crays!

You can easily find the distribution of PIL on the official site, where you will also find detailed information about commercial and free support options, PIL add-ons, answers to frequently asked questions, and more.

If you want to try out the development versions of PIL, such as alphas and betas, you can download them from the link provided on the site.

Finally, please note that the PIL handbook is not included in the distribution itself. However, you can easily access the latest version by checking the drafts on the official website.