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I am using macOS and installed pillow in the terminal with code pip3 install pillow and I got the version 8.0.1.

But I cannot import it in Pycharm. I typed from PIL import Image and an error message show ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PIL' . then I changed PIL to pillow from pillow import Image, it works but cannot find Image class.

How can I fix it?

Waldi
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lukk
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  • Try `path/your/favourite/python -m pip install pillow`. – zvone Oct 29 '20 at 18:11
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    When you get it installed properly, `from PIL import Image` is the right way to do it. – martineau Oct 29 '20 at 18:14
  • did I install python3 on the right path? I typed `which python3` in the terminal and it turns `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3` – lukk Oct 29 '20 at 19:07
  • You have to make sure that Pycharm is using the same Python env where you installed Pillow (meaning it should use the same `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/..`) – Gino Mempin Oct 30 '20 at 00:11
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    Does this answer your question? [PyCharm doesn't recognise installed module](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31235376/pycharm-doesnt-recognise-installed-module) – Gino Mempin Oct 30 '20 at 00:12

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Pillow not pillow.

run pip uninstall pillow then run pip install Pillow.

Moha369
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    [It is case-insensitive](https://stackoverflow.com/q/26503509/2745495). Installing `pillow` or `Pillow` is the same. The problem is with the OP's Pycharm env. – Gino Mempin Oct 30 '20 at 00:13
  • @GinoMempin its not only me who says this, check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/35395516/11132419). i checked the question you've posted before answering so i don't answer a wrong answer, but then i found out it is case sensitive in this case. – Moha369 Oct 30 '20 at 10:09
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Is very likely that your Pycharm has created a virtual environment for the project and is not using the same library as the python on the system.

If that is the case, go to Settings > Project > Python Interpreter, press on the plus sign (+), write Pillow on the search bar, select the right package, and add it to your interpreter running on PyCharm.

I recommend the use of the pipenv tool to manage your project dependencies for each project. It helps you to maintain the project dependencies separated from the system or other projects.

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Not sure if the solutions given have worked for everyone but try but writing the imports out separately. I tried everything and by accident this worked. So try as below, I hope this works for anyone who needs the help

from PIL import Image

from PIL import ImageTk
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Ekam
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  • `from PIL import Image` was already mentioned in the question and is the line that's giving the problem. Why do you think this would solve anything? Since you wrote "by accident this worked", I guess you had a different (unrelated) problem at the time. – wovano Oct 21 '21 at 05:30