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| author | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2018-11-06 15:48:39 +0000 |
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| committer | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2018-11-06 15:48:39 +0000 |
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diff --git a/pamtotga.html b/pamtotga.html index dd7d9c2f..c2e5d023 100644 --- a/pamtotga.html +++ b/pamtotga.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Pamtotga User Manual</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <H1>pamtotga</H1> -Updated: 04 November 2018 +Updated: 06 November 2018 <BR> <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> @@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ pamtotga - convert a Netpbm image to a TrueVision Targa file <H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2> <B>pamtotga</B> -[<B>-mono|-cmap|-rgb</B>] +[<B>-mono|-cmap|-cmap16|-rgb</B>] [<B>-norle</B>] [<b>-name=</b><i>name</i> +[<B>-verhose</B>] [<I>pamfile</I>] <P>All options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix. You @@ -51,21 +52,23 @@ image with maxval 255. <DL COMPACT> <DT><B>-cmap</B> <DD> -Make output Targa file of type 24 bit colormapped. Each color is 8 bits -each of red, green, and blue, stored as 3 bytes for each distinct color in -the image. +Make output Targa file use a color map (palette) to make the output smaller. +<p> +Each color in the color map is 3 bytes, 8 bits each of red, green, and blue, +unless the input is black and white or grayscale, in which case each color in +the palette is represented by one byte. <p>Input must contain no more than 256 distinct colors and must not contain - transparency information. +transparency information. <p>(The transparency limitation is not a limitation of the format, but - of <b>pamtotga</b>. Implementing a color map that contains transparency - information is harder to implement). +of <b>pamtotga</b>. Implementing a color map that contains transparency +information is harder to implement). <DT><B>-cmap16</B> <DD> -Same as <b>-cmap</b>, except colors are 5 bits each of red, green, and blue, -stored as two bytes(16 bits) for each distinct color in the image. +Same as <b>-cmap</b>, except a color map entry for full color input is 5 +bits each of red, green, and blue, stored as two bytes (16 bits). <p>Restrictions are the same as for <b>-cmap</b>. @@ -103,6 +106,11 @@ the first period (or the whole thing if there is no period). It truncates it as necessary to meet TGA standards. If you specify (or default to) Standard Input, <b>pamtotga</b> omits the image ID from the TGA header. +<dt><b>-verbose</b> +<dd>This causes <b>pamtotga</b> to issues messages about the conversion +process. + + </DL> <H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2> |