[FIXED] use of 'load_img' requiers PIL and pillow is installed

Issue

I was training a model for images using tensorflow and keras.

history = model.fit_generator(
    train_data_gen,
    steps_per_epoch=8000, #batch_size
    epochs=epochs,
    validation_data=val_data_gen,
    validation_steps=800 # batch_size
)

I got this error:

ImportError: Could not import PIL.Image. The use of `load_img` requires PIL.

Pillow is already installed in my conda environment. How can I resolve this?

Solution

You have to update the environment as below if you are not specific to the versions

pip install --upgrade tensorflow keras numpy pandas sklearn pillow

But if you are specific to versions then

pip install pillow

Note: If only install pillow then you need deactivate and reactivate the virtual environment.

Answered By - bsquare