How to save a NumPy array as 16-bit single channel PNG image? [duplicate]

Question

I have an image in NumPy array format and I want save it to my disk. I used this code:

from PIL import Image
....
Image.fromarray(img).save('res.png')

But it saved as 8-bit. How can I make it save as 16-bit?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:33:29Z

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I believe the answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/25814423/727533 may be what you're looking for. It describes using PyPNG to output a NumPy array as a PNG.

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answered Mar 21, 2016 at 6:01

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