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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def transform(images, out_dir, fname):
 """ Combines a list of images into a single sprite returning meta information """

        from PIL import Image as PILImage
        base = os.path.join(out_dir, "media", "images")
        width, height = images[0].image.size
        num_images_to_log = len(images)

        if num_images_to_log > Image.MAX_IMAGES:
            logging.warn(
                "The maximum number of images to store per step is %i." % Image.MAX_IMAGES)
            num_images_to_log = Image.MAX_IMAGES

        if width * num_images_to_log > Image.MAX_DIMENSION:
            max_images_by_dimension = Image.MAX_DIMENSION // width
            logging.warn("The maximum total width for all images in a collection is 65500, or {} images, each with a width of {} pixels. Only logging the first {} images.".format(max_images_by_dimension, width, max_images_by_dimension))
            num_images_to_log = max_images_by_dimension

        total_width = width * num_images_to_log
        sprite = PILImage.new(
            mode='RGB',
            size=(total_width, height),
            color=(0, 0, 0))
        for i, image in enumerate(images[:num_images_to_log]):
            location = width * i
            sprite.paste(image.image, (location, 0))
        util.mkdir_exists_ok(base)
        sprite.save(os.path.join(base, fname), transparency=0)
        meta = {"width": width, "height": height,
                "count": num_images_to_log, "_type": "images"}
        # TODO: hacky way to enable image grouping for now
        grouping = images[0].grouping
        if grouping:
            meta["grouping"] = grouping
        captions = Image.captions(images[:num_images_to_log])
        if captions:
            meta["captions"] = captions
        return meta