1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/g4f/image.py b/g4f/image.py
index 61081ea1..94b8c24c 100644
--- a/g4f/image.py
+++ b/g4f/image.py
@@ -20,23 +20,23 @@ def to_image(image: ImageType, is_svg: bool = False) -> Image.Image:
         try:
             import cairosvg
         except ImportError:
-            raise RuntimeError('Install "cairosvg" package for open svg images')
+            raise RuntimeError('Install "cairosvg" package for svg images')
         if not isinstance(image, bytes):
             image = image.read()
         buffer = BytesIO()
         cairosvg.svg2png(image, write_to=buffer)
-        image = Image.open(buffer)
+        return Image.open(buffer)
     if isinstance(image, str):
         is_data_uri_an_image(image)
         image = extract_data_uri(image)
     if isinstance(image, bytes):
         is_accepted_format(image)
-        image = Image.open(BytesIO(image))
+        return Image.open(BytesIO(image))
     elif not isinstance(image, Image.Image):
         image = Image.open(image)
         copy = image.copy()
         copy.format = image.format
-        image = copy
+        return copy
     return image
 
 def is_allowed_extension(filename: str) -> bool:
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def process_image(img: Image.Image, new_width: int, new_height: int) -> Image.Im
     Returns:
         Image.Image: The processed image.
     """
+    # Fix orientation
     orientation = get_orientation(img)
     if orientation:
         if orientation > 4:
@@ -148,7 +149,14 @@ def process_image(img: Image.Image, new_width: int, new_height: int) -> Image.Im
             img = img.transpose(Image.ROTATE_270)
         if orientation in [7, 8]:
             img = img.transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)
+    # Resize image
     img.thumbnail((new_width, new_height))
+    # Remove transparency
+    if img.mode != "RGB":
+        img.load()
+        white = Image.new('RGB', img.size, (255, 255, 255))
+        white.paste(img, mask=img.split()[3]) 
+        return white
     return img
 
 def to_base64(image: Image.Image, compression_rate: float) -> str:
@@ -163,8 +171,6 @@ def to_base64(image: Image.Image, compression_rate: float) -> str:
         str: The base64-encoded image.
     """
     output_buffer = BytesIO()
-    if image.mode != "RGB":
-        image = image.convert('RGB')
     image.save(output_buffer, format="JPEG", quality=int(compression_rate * 100))
     return base64.b64encode(output_buffer.getvalue()).decode()