pcxtoppm
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 9 April 1990
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NAME
pcxtoppm - convert a PCX file into a portable pixmap
SYNOPSIS
pcxtoppm
[
-stdpalette]
[
-verbose]
[
pcxfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a PCX file as input.
Produces a portable pixmap as output.
Supported PCX types are:
- Colormapped files with 2-16 colors.
-
"Packed pixel" format (1, 2 or 4 bits/pixel, 1 plane) or bitplane format (1
bit/pixel, 1-4 planes). The program checks the colormap and uses an internal
one if the provided colormap is completely black.
- Colormapped files with 256 colors
-
8 bits/pixel, 1 plane, colormap at the end of the file.
- 24bit truecolor files
-
24bit RGB: 8 bits/pixel, 3 planes.
- 32bit truecolor files
-
24bit RGB + 8bit intensity: 8 bits/pixel, 4 planes.
OPTIONS
- -stdpalette
-
Enforce the use of the internal colormap for files with 16 colors or less.
SEE ALSO
ppmtopcx(1),
ppm(5)
AUTHORS
Copyright (C) 1990 by Michael Davidson.
Modified 1994 by Ingo Wilken (
Ingo.Wilken@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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