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| author | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2010-05-10 15:45:53 +0000 |
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| committer | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2010-05-10 15:45:53 +0000 |
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diff --git a/pamtopnm.html b/pamtopnm.html index 67657ae7..24971df7 100644 --- a/pamtopnm.html +++ b/pamtopnm.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Pamtopnm User Manual</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <H1>pamtopnm</H1> -Updated: 03 August 2000 +Updated: 10 May 2010 <BR> <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> @@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ and its depth and maxval are appropriate. If this is not the case, <P>However, you can override the tuple type requirement with the <B>-assume</B> option. +<p><b>pamtopnm</b> produces a PPM image if the input PAM has depth 3 or 4; it +produces PGM or PBM if the input PAM has depth 1 or 2. Whether it produced +PGM or PBM depends upon the maxval: PBM for 1, PGM for anything higher. The +tuple type does not play a role in determining the output type. You can +use Netpbm programs such as <b>pgmtopgm</b> to generate a different PNM +output, but remember that Netpbm program that expects PGM input will take +PBM and so on. + <P>As with any Netpbm program that reads PAM images, <B>pamtopnm</B> also reads PNM images as if they were PAM. In that case, <B>pamtopnm</B>'s functions reduces to simply copying the input to the |