pgmtosbig

Updated: 18 January 2015
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pgmtosbig - convert PGM image to SBIG format

pgmtosbig [pgmfile]

This program is part of Netpbm.

pgmtosbig reads a PGM image as input and produces a Santa Barbara Instrument Group SBIG Type 3 image as output.

Note that this format is distinct from the SBIG ST-4 format.

The image is uncompressed
The image says it is from a "ST-6" camera
The image header has these lines:
- camera type
- height
- width
- saturation level

pgmtosbig was new in Netpbm 10.70, and was intended primarily as a test tool for sbigtopgm.