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

transforming-manga-pages-for-lazy-western-readers-script-3.py

def overlay_flipped_with_transparent(base_image, transparent_image, final_output_image_path='final_output_image.png'):
    flipped_base_image = base_image.transpose(Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT).convert('RGBA')

    if transparent_image.mode != 'RGBA':
        transparent_image = transparent_image.convert('RGBA')

    combined_image = Image.alpha_composite(flipped_base_image, transparent_image)

    if final_output_image_path.lower().endswith('.jpg') or final_output_image_path.lower().endswith('.jpeg'):
        combined_image = combined_image.convert('RGB')

    combined_image.save(final_output_image_path)