pcxtoppm(1)           AMIGA (9 April 1990)            pcxtoppm(1)



     NAME
          pcxtoppm - convert a PCX file into a portable pixmap

     SYNOPSIS
          pcxtoppm [-stdpalette] [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)


















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