pcxtoppm

   Updated: 19 April 2004
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NAME

   pcxtoppm - convert a PCX file into a PPM image

SYNOPSIS

   pcxtoppm [-stdpalette] [-verbose] [pcxfile]

DESCRIPTION

   This program is part of Netpbm.

   pcxtoppm reads a PCX file as input and produces a PPM image as
output.

   pcxtoppm recognizes the following PCX types:
     * 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 uses a predefined
standard
       palette if the image does not provide one. "Does not  pro-
vide one" means
       the palette in the PCX header 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
	  This option causes pcxtoppm to use its predefined stan-
dard palette
	  even if the PCX image provides its own. This	is  mean-
ingful only for
	  an image in the 16 color paletted PCX format.
	  The  image may appear to provide its own palette but in
fact be
	  created  by  a  program  too	primitive  to  understand
palettes that
	  created a random palette by accident.



SEE ALSO

   ppmtopcx, ppm

AUTHORS

   Copyright 1990 by Michael Davidson.

   Modified  1994 by Ingo Wilken (Ingo.Wilken@informatik.uni-old-
enburg.de)
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Table Of Contents

     * NAME
     * SYNOPSIS
     * DESCRIPTION
     * OPTIONS
     * SEE ALSO
     * AUTHORS

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. convert
2. file
3. as
4. at
5. ppmtopcx