Moved get_child_images() to ImageFile

Tests/test_image.py

@@ -989,6 +989,11 @@ def test_getxmp_padded(self) -> None:
         else:
             assert im.getxmp() == {"xmpmeta": None}
 
+    def test_get_child_images(self) -> None:
+        im = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1))
+        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+            assert im.get_child_images() == []
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("size", ((1, 0), (0, 1), (0, 0)))
     def test_zero_tobytes(self, size: tuple[int, int]) -> None:
         im = Image.new("RGB", size)

docs/deprecations.rst

@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ ExifTags.IFD.Makernote
 ``ExifTags.IFD.Makernote`` has been deprecated. Instead, use
 ``ExifTags.IFD.MakerNote``.
 
+Image.Image.get_child_images()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. deprecated:: 11.2.0
+
+``Image.Image.get_child_images()`` has been deprecated. and will be removed in Pillow
+13 (2026-10-15). It will be moved to ``ImageFile.ImageFile.get_child_images()``. The
+method uses an image's file pointer, and so child images could only be retrieved from
+an :py:class:`PIL.ImageFile.ImageFile` instance.
+
 Removed features
 ----------------
 

docs/releasenotes/11.2.0.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+11.2.0
+------
+
+Security
+========
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+:cve:`YYYY-XXXXX`: TODO
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+Backwards Incompatible Changes
+==============================
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+Deprecations
+============
+
+Image.Image.get_child_images()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. deprecated:: 11.2.0
+
+``Image.Image.get_child_images()`` has been deprecated. and will be removed in Pillow
+13 (2026-10-15). It will be moved to ``ImageFile.ImageFile.get_child_images()``. The
+method uses an image's file pointer, and so child images could only be retrieved from
+an :py:class:`PIL.ImageFile.ImageFile` instance.
+
+API Changes
+===========
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+API Additions
+=============
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+Other Changes
+=============
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO

docs/releasenotes/index.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ expected to be backported to earlier versions.
 .. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
 
+  11.2.0
   11.1.0
   11.0.0
   10.4.0

src/PIL/Image.py

@@ -1554,50 +1554,10 @@ def _reload_exif(self) -> None:
         self.getexif()
 
     def get_child_images(self) -> list[ImageFile.ImageFile]:
-        child_images = []
-        exif = self.getexif()
-        ifds = []
-        if ExifTags.Base.SubIFDs in exif:
-            subifd_offsets = exif[ExifTags.Base.SubIFDs]
-            if subifd_offsets:
-                if not isinstance(subifd_offsets, tuple):
-                    subifd_offsets = (subifd_offsets,)
-                for subifd_offset in subifd_offsets:
-                    ifds.append((exif._get_ifd_dict(subifd_offset), subifd_offset))
-        ifd1 = exif.get_ifd(ExifTags.IFD.IFD1)
-        if ifd1 and ifd1.get(ExifTags.Base.JpegIFOffset):
-            assert exif._info is not None
-            ifds.append((ifd1, exif._info.next))
-
-        offset = None
-        for ifd, ifd_offset in ifds:
-            current_offset = self.fp.tell()
-            if offset is None:
-                offset = current_offset
-
-            fp = self.fp
-            if ifd is not None:
-                thumbnail_offset = ifd.get(ExifTags.Base.JpegIFOffset)
-                if thumbnail_offset is not None:
-                    thumbnail_offset += getattr(self, "_exif_offset", 0)
-                    self.fp.seek(thumbnail_offset)
-                    data = self.fp.read(ifd.get(ExifTags.Base.JpegIFByteCount))
-                    fp = io.BytesIO(data)
-
-            with open(fp) as im:
-                from . import TiffImagePlugin
-
-                if thumbnail_offset is None and isinstance(
-                    im, TiffImagePlugin.TiffImageFile
-                ):
-                    im._frame_pos = [ifd_offset]
-                    im._seek(0)
-                im.load()
-                child_images.append(im)
+        from . import ImageFile
 
-        if offset is not None:
-            self.fp.seek(offset)
-        return child_images
+        deprecate("Image.Image.get_child_images", 13)
+        return ImageFile.ImageFile.get_child_images(self)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
     def getim(self) -> CapsuleType:
         """

src/PIL/ImageFile.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, cast
 
-from . import Image
+from . import ExifTags, Image
 from ._deprecate import deprecate
 from ._util import is_path
 
@@ -163,6 +163,57 @@ def __init__(
     def _open(self) -> None:
         pass
 
+    def get_child_images(self) -> list[ImageFile]:
+        child_images = []
+        exif = self.getexif()
+        ifds = []
+        if ExifTags.Base.SubIFDs in exif:
+            subifd_offsets = exif[ExifTags.Base.SubIFDs]
+            if subifd_offsets:
+                if not isinstance(subifd_offsets, tuple):
+                    subifd_offsets = (subifd_offsets,)
+                for subifd_offset in subifd_offsets:
+                    ifds.append((exif._get_ifd_dict(subifd_offset), subifd_offset))
+        ifd1 = exif.get_ifd(ExifTags.IFD.IFD1)
+        if ifd1 and ifd1.get(ExifTags.Base.JpegIFOffset):
+            assert exif._info is not None
+            ifds.append((ifd1, exif._info.next))
+
+        offset = None
+        for ifd, ifd_offset in ifds:
+            assert self.fp is not None
+            current_offset = self.fp.tell()
+            if offset is None:
+                offset = current_offset
+
+            fp = self.fp
+            if ifd is not None:
+                thumbnail_offset = ifd.get(ExifTags.Base.JpegIFOffset)
+                if thumbnail_offset is not None:
+                    thumbnail_offset += getattr(self, "_exif_offset", 0)
+                    self.fp.seek(thumbnail_offset)
+
+                    length = ifd.get(ExifTags.Base.JpegIFByteCount)
+                    assert isinstance(length, int)
+                    data = self.fp.read(length)
+                    fp = io.BytesIO(data)
+
+            with Image.open(fp) as im:
+                from . import TiffImagePlugin
+
+                if thumbnail_offset is None and isinstance(
+                    im, TiffImagePlugin.TiffImageFile
+                ):
+                    im._frame_pos = [ifd_offset]
+                    im._seek(0)
+                im.load()
+                child_images.append(im)
+
+        if offset is not None:
+            assert self.fp is not None
+            self.fp.seek(offset)
+        return child_images
+
     def get_format_mimetype(self) -> str | None:
         if self.custom_mimetype:
             return self.custom_mimetype

src/PIL/_deprecate.py

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def deprecate(
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
     elif when == 12:
         removed = "Pillow 12 (2025-10-15)"
+    elif when == 13:
+        removed = "Pillow 13 (2026-10-15)"
     else:
         msg = f"Unknown removal version: {when}. Update {__name__}?"
         raise ValueError(msg)