python - How to draw text with image in background?

Question

I want to make something like this python.

I have the image in background and write text with transparent fill, so that image shows up.

Answer 1

Here's one way I found to do it using the Image.composite() function which is documented here and here.

The approach used is described (very) tersely in this answer to the question
Is it possible to mask an image in Python Imaging Library (PIL)? by @Mark Ransom…the following is just an illustration of applying it to accomplish what you want do.

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont

BACKGROUND_IMAGE_FILENAME = 'cookie_cutter_background_cropped.png'
RESULT_IMAGE_FILENAME = 'cookie_cutter_text_result.png'
THE_TEXT = 'LOADED'
FONT_NAME = 'arialbd.ttf'  # Arial Bold

# Read the background image and convert to an RGB image with Alpha.
with open(BACKGROUND_IMAGE_FILENAME, 'rb') as file:
    bgr_img = Image.open(file)
    bgr_img = bgr_img.convert('RGBA')  # Give iamge an alpha channel.
    bgr_img_width, bgr_img_height = bgr_img.size
    cx, cy = bgr_img_width//2, bgr_img_height//2  # Center of image.

# Create a transparent foreground to be result of non-text areas.
fgr_img = Image.new('RGBA', bgr_img.size, color=(0, 0, 0, 0))

font_size = bgr_img_width//len(THE_TEXT)
font = ImageFont.truetype(FONT_NAME, font_size)

txt_width, txt_height = font.getsize(THE_TEXT)  # Size of text w/font if rendered.
tx, ty = cx - txt_width//2, cy - txt_height//2  # Center of text.

mask_img = Image.new('L', bgr_img.size, color=255)
mask_img_draw = ImageDraw.Draw(mask_img)
mask_img_draw.text((tx, ty), THE_TEXT, fill=0, font=font, align='center')

res_img = Image.composite(fgr_img, bgr_img, mask_img)
res_img.save(RESULT_IMAGE_FILENAME)
res_img.show()

Which, using the following BACKGROUND_IMAGE:

produced the image shown below, which is it being viewed in Photoshop so the transparent background it has would be discernible (not to scale):

Here's an enlargement, showing the smoothly rendered edges of the characters: