Paste RBG image without its background onto another picture (PIL)

Question

So I need to post an RGB picture (with transparent background) onto background image, but when I am trying to post it with image.paste() I get transparent background through which I don't see the background I want. What should I do?

Thanks!

Code (its just that):

        skin = Image.open("./temp2.png")
        skin = skin.resize((148, 355))
        stats.paste(skin,(42,232))

        stats.save("temp.png")

Images:

Image I want to paste

The background I want to paste it on

Wanted Result

Actual Result (gray is transparent)

user_13784930 · Answer

You can use alpha composite in PIL to paste an image and keep the alpha channels for transparency.

stats = Image.open("stats.png")
skin = Image.open("skin.png")
skin = skin.resize((148, 355))
stats.alpha_composite(skin,(42,232))

stats.save("temp.png")

Resulting image:

Paste RBG image without its background onto another picture (PIL)

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