title: Installing/Using Pillow on Python 3.6 and Visual Studio
body: <p>Alright, I need some pointers. I am missing something. I am trying to use Pillow through Python 3.6. The platform I use is Visual Studio 2017. I can't get it to work.</p>
  
  <p>I downloaded Pillow from this website:
  <a href="https://pypi.org/project/Pillow/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pypi.org/project/Pillow/</a>
  And ran the installer.</p>
  
  <p>According to my research, I need pip to install it; which comes built-in python 3.6. I have seen sign that it is actually installed through my module in visual studio (pip 9.0.3). I simply need to use the following line:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>from pip.commands import install</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>and also tried</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>import pip</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Now, according to this:
  <a href="https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/5.2.x/installation.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/5.2.x/installation.html</a>
  All I have to do is</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>pip install Pillow</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Though other sites indicate that PIL is still being used. I have tried both without success. Pillow is not recognized and a error comes in: invalid syntax.</p>
  
  <p>I am clearly doing something wrong. I consulted some youtube tutorial; they all skip that part. They download then go straight to their coding platform and it works. 
   I can only guess I have additional steps to do with Visual Studio.
  Also... The location of my files might be out of whack due to IT security on my work laptop. Could that be an issue?</p>