ImportError: Imageio Pillow plugin requires Pillow, not PIL!

[bymayanksingh]

Hey,
I am facing this error:

python3 example.py
Iteration 0
Iteration 1
Iteration 2
Handout written to: output/index.html
Saved figure: output/figure-0.png
Handout written to: output/index.html
Saved figure: output/figure-1.png
Saved figure: output/figure-2.png
Saved figure: output/figure-3.png
Handout written to: output/index.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "example.py", line 69, in
doc.add_image(image_a, 'png', width=0.4)
File "~/handout/handout.py", line 52, in add_image
imageio.imsave(os.path.join(self._directory, filename), image)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 259, in imwrite
writer = get_writer(uri, format, "i", **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 180, in get_writer
format = formats.search_write_format(request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/imageio/core/format.py", line 706, in search_write_format
if format.can_write(request):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/imageio/core/format.py", line 192, in can_write
return self._can_write(request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/imageio/plugins/pillow.py", line 113, in _can_write
Image = self._init_pillow()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/imageio/plugins/pillow.py", line 88, in _init_pillow
"Imageio Pillow plugin requires " "Pillow, not PIL!"
ImportError: Imageio Pillow plugin requires Pillow, not PIL!

[epogrebnyak]

Did you try pip install imageio or pip install --upgrade imageio?

[bymayanksingh]

Yes, tried these commands too, still facing the error.

[bymayanksingh]

Hey thanks, I used pip3 install --upgrade pillow,
python3 example.py is working now without any errors.

[epogrebnyak]

Glad it worked! Can you please close issue now?

[chrischma]

Thank you very much!