#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (c) 2016 Jérémie DECOCK (http://www.jdhp.org)

# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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# THE SOFTWARE.

# See: http://pillow.readthedocs.org/en/3.0.x/reference/Image.html#PIL.Image.Image.crop

import PIL.Image as pil_img     # PIL.Image is a module not a class...

def main():
    """Main function"""

    img = pil_img.open("julie_lebrun.jpeg")  # It works also with .png, .jpg, ...

    box_coordinates = (200, 400, 500, 700)
    crop_img = img.crop(box=box_coordinates)

    crop_img.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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