Python - Image To MNIST array (28x28=784)

Here is a simple program that convert an Image to an array of length 784 i.e 28x28 mnist array
1. First image in converted into mode 'L' i.e black and white
2. Image is resized
3. Image is sharpened (smooth pixels)
4.Image is pasted on canvas of size 28x28
5.Convert the image to array
Code :) :

[shreyasshingare]

this was just what i was looking for! thanks a ton!!

[chetantalele]

The link in the description is not working. Its asking for access

[mohamedtouati]

how can i get the bounding boxes of the object into image trained from xml file in automatically way with python?

[ankitajadhav]

I have an error that shows 'unindent does not match any outer identation level' so what I have to do?

[jonasdbtr]

Is there any possible way to save the save the MNIST array?