pbmtomda

Updated: 03 June 1999
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NAME

pbmtomda - convert a PBM image to a Microdesign .mda

SYNOPSIS

pbmtomda [-d] [-i] [--] [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION

This program is part of Netpbm.

pbmtomda reads a PBM image as input and produces a MicroDesign 2 area file (.MDA) as output.

If you do not specify pbmfile, pbmtomda uses Standard Input.

OPTIONS

In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably -quiet, see Common Options), pbmtomda recognizes the following command line options:

-d: Halve the height of the output file, to compensate for the aspect ratio used in MicroDesign files.
-i: Invert the colors used.
--: End of options (use this if the filename starts with "-")

LIMITATIONS

There's no way to produce files in MicroDesign 3 format. MD3 itself and mdatopbm can read files in either format.