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pgmtopbm(1) PBM Plus pgmtopbm(1)
NAME
pgmtopbm - convert a portable graymap into a portable bitmap
SYNOPSIS
pgmtopbm [-floyd|-fs | -threshold | -dither8|-d8 | -
cluster3|-c3|-cluster4|-c4|-cluster8|-c8] [-value <val>]
[pgmfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable graymap as input. Produces a portable bit-
map as output. The default quantization method is boustro-
phedonic Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion (-floyd). Also
available are simple thresholding; Bayer's ordered dither
(-dither8) with a 16x16 matrix; three different sizes of
45-degree clustered-dot dither (-cluster3, -cluster4, -clus-
ter8);
Floyd-Steinberg will almost always give the best looking
results; however, looking good is not always what you want.
For instance, thresholding can be used in a pipeline with
the ppmconvol tool, for tasks like edge and peak detection.
And clustered-dot dithering gives a newspaper-ish look, a
useful special effect.
The -value flag alters the thresholding value for Floyd-
Steinberg and simple threshholding. It should be a real
number between 0 and 1. Above 0.5 means darker images;
below 0.5 means lighter.
All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique pre-
fix.
Note that there is no pbmtopgm converter, because any pgm
program can read pbm files automagically.
REFERENCES
The only reference you need for this stuff is "Digital Half-
toning" by Robert Ulichney, MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-21009-6.
SEE ALSO
pbmreduce(1), pgm(5), pbm(5)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
software and its documentation for any purpose and without
fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
notice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu-
mentation. This software is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranty.
Printed 5/25/90 26 July 1988 1