Code for post "Transforming manga pages for lazy western readers"

transforming-manga-pages-for-lazy-western-readers-script-2.py

def create_image_with_inverted_text_placement(base_image, data):
    width, height = base_image.size
    new_image = Image.new('RGBA', (width, height), (255, 255, 255, 0))

    data = json.loads(data)
    for index, item in enumerate(data):
        x, y = item['location']
        box_width, box_height = item['width'], item['height']
        if box_width <= 0 or box_height <= 0:
            continue

        new_x = width - x - box_width
        cropped_image = base_image.crop((x, y, x + box_width, y + box_height))
        cropped_image = cropped_image.convert('RGBA')
        new_image.paste(cropped_image, (new_x, y), cropped_image)

    return new_image