VIPS from Python 3 VIPS Library Using VIPS How to use the VIPS library from Python Using VIPS from Python VIPS comes with a convenient, high-level C API. You should read the API docs for full details, but this section will try to give a brief overview. The vips program is handy for getting a summary of an operation's parameters. VIPS from Python example #!/usr/bin/python import sys import logging #logging.basicConfig(level = logging.DEBUG) from gi.repository import Vips a = Vips.Image.black(100, 100) b = a.bandjoin(2) b.write_to_file("x.v") txt = Vips.Image.text("left corner", dpi = 300) c = txt.ifthenelse(2, [0, 255, 0], blend = True) c.write_to_file("x2.v")