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<H1>ppmtopgm</H1>
Updated: 10 April 2000
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<H2>NAME</H2>
ppmtopgm - convert a PPM image to a PGM image
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>ppmtopgm</B>
[<I>ppmfile</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<p><b>ppmtopgm</b> reads a PPM as input and produces a PGM as output.
The output is a "black and white" rendering of the original
image, as in a black and white photograph. The quantization formula
<b>ppmtopgm</b> uses is g = .299 r + .587 g + .114 b.
<P>Note that although there is a <B>pgmtoppm</B> program, it is not
necessary for simple conversions from pgm to ppm , because any ppm
program can read pgm (and pbm ) files automatically. <B>pgmtoppm</B>
is for colorizing a pgm file. Also, see <B>ppmtorgb3</B> for a
different way of converting color to gray. And <B>ppmdist</B>
generates a grayscale image from a color image, but in a way that
makes it easy to differentiate the original colors, not necessarily a
way that looks like a black and white photograph.
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<PRE>
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is gray, and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is a quantization error.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="pgmtoppm.html">pgmtoppm</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="ppmtorgb3.html">ppmtorgb3</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="rgb3toppm.html">rgb3toppm</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="ppmdist.html">ppmdist</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="ppm.html">ppm</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="pgm.html">pgm</A></B>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
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