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ppmtobmp
!!!ppmtobmp
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


ppmtobmp - convert a portable pixmap into a BMP file
!!SYNOPSIS


__ppmtobmp__ [[__-windows__] [[__-os2__]
[[__-bpp=__''bits_per_pixel'']
[[''ppmfile'']
!!DESCRIPTION


Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a Microsoft
Windows or OS/2 BMP file as output.
!!OPTIONS


All options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique
prefix and you can use a double dash in place of the single
dash, GNU-style.


__-windows__


Tells the program to produce a Microsoft Windows BMP file.
(This is the default.)


__-os2__


Tells the program to produce an OS/2 BMP file. (Before
August 2000, this was the default).


__-bpp__


This determines how many bits per pixel you want the BMP
file to contain. Only 1, 4, 8, and 24 are possible. By
default, __ppmtobmp__ chooses the smallest number with
which it can represent all the colors in the input image. If
you specify a number too small to represent all the colors
in the input image, __ppmtobmp__ tells you and
terminates. You can use __ppmquant__ or __ppmdither__
to reduce the number of colors in the image.
!!NOTES


To get a faithful reproduction of the input image, the
maxval of the input image must be 255. If it is something
else, __ppmtobmp__ the colors in the BMP file may be
slightly different from the colors in the
input.


Windows icons are not BMP files. Use __ppmtowinicon__ to
create those.
!!SEE ALSO


bmptoppm(1), ppmtowinicon(1),
ppmquant(1), ppmdither(1),
ppm(5)
!!AUTHOR


Copyright (C) 1992 by David W. Sanderson.
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