Resize and Crop images with Python and PIL

crop_and_resize.py

from PIL import Image, ImageChops

def trim(im, border):
  bg = Image.new(im.mode, im.size, border)
  diff = ImageChops.difference(im, bg)
  bbox = diff.getbbox()
  if bbox:
    return im.crop(bbox)

def create_thumbnail(path, size):
  image = Image.open(path)
  name, extension = path.split('.')
  options = {}
  if 'transparency' in image.info:
    options['transparency'] = image.info["transparency"]
  
  image.thumbnail((size, size), Image.ANTIALIAS)
  image = trim(image, 255) ## Trim whitespace
  image.save(name + '_new.' + extension, **options)
  return image