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# Utilities

## Utilities

Utility and helper functions for working with 🌍 Diffusers.

### numpy\_to\_pil

**diffusers.utils.numpy\_to\_pil**

[\<source>](https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/v0.21.0/src/diffusers/utils/pil_utils.py#L37)

( images )

Convert a numpy image or a batch of images to a PIL image.

### pt\_to\_pil

**diffusers.utils.pt\_to\_pil**

[\<source>](https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/v0.21.0/src/diffusers/utils/pil_utils.py#L27)

( images )

Convert a torch image to a PIL image.

### load\_image

**diffusers.utils.load\_image**

[\<source>](https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/v0.21.0/src/diffusers/utils/loading_utils.py#L9)

( image: typing.Union\[str, PIL.Image.Image] ) → `PIL.Image.Image`

Parameters

* **image** (`str` or `PIL.Image.Image`) — The image to convert to the PIL Image format.

Returns

`PIL.Image.Image`

A PIL Image.

Loads `image` to a PIL Image.

### export\_to\_gif

**diffusers.utils.export\_to\_gif**

[\<source>](https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/v0.21.0/src/diffusers/utils/export_utils.py#L31)

( image: typing.List\[PIL.Image.Image]output\_gif\_path: str = None )

### export\_to\_video

**diffusers.utils.export\_to\_video**

[\<source>](https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/v0.21.0/src/diffusers/utils/export_utils.py#L118)

( video\_frames: typing.List\[numpy.ndarray]output\_video\_path: str = None )

### make\_image\_grid

**diffusers.utils.make\_image\_grid**

[\<source>](https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/v0.21.0/src/diffusers/utils/pil_utils.py#L53)

( images: typing.List\[PIL.Image.Image]rows: intcols: intresize: int = None )

Prepares a single grid of images. Useful for visualization purposes.