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Navigate to the folder /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin, then open Nemo as root in that folder.

create a backup of imtools.py file by using below command.

sudo cp imtools.py imtools.py.bak

Open the original imtools.py in a text editor.

Find the lines that read as below and delete them.

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if Image.VERSION == '1.1.7':    def split(image):        """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7        :param image: input image        :type image: PIL image object        :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)        :rtype: tuple        """        image.load()        return image.split()else:    def split(image):        """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7        :param image: input image        :type image: PIL image object        :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)        :rtype: tuple        """        return image.split()

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def get_alpha(image):    """Gets the image alpha band. Can handles P mode images with transpareny.    Returns a band with all values set to 255 if no alpha band exists.    :param image: input image    :type image: PIL image object    :returns: alpha as a band    :rtype: single band image object    """    if has_alpha(image):        return split(image)[-1]    if image.mode == 'P' and 'transparency' in image.info:        return image.convert('RGBA').split()[-1]    # No alpha layer, create one.    return Image.new('L', image.size, 255)

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def get_alpha(image):    """Gets the image alpha band. Can handles P mode images with transpareny.    Returns a band with all values set to 255 if no alpha band exists.    :param image: input image    :type image: PIL image object    :returns: alpha as a band    :rtype: single band image object    """    if has_alpha(image):        return image.split()[-1]    if image.mode == 'P' and 'transparency' in image.info:        return image.convert('RGBA').split()[-1]    # No alpha layer, create one.    return Image.new('L', image.size, 255)

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