ppmtotga(1)             UNIX System V(28 October 1991)              ppmtotga(1)


NAME
      ppmtotga - convert portable pixmap into a TrueVision Targa file

SYNOPSIS
      ppmtotga [-mono|-cmap|-rgb] [-norle] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION
      Reads a portable pixmap as input.  Produces a TrueVision Targa file as
      output.

OPTIONS
      -mono Forces Targa file to be of type 8 bit monochrome.  Input must be a
            portable bitmap or a portable graymap.

      -cmap Forces Targa file to be of type 24 bit colormapped.  Input must be
            a portable bitmap, a portable graymap or a portable pixmap
            containing no more than 256 distinct colors.

      -rgb  Forces Targa file to be of type 24 bit unmapped color.

      -norle
            Disables run-length encoding, in case you have a Targa reader which
            can't read run-length encoded files.

      All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.  If no file
      type is specified the most highly constained compatible type is used,
      where monochrome is more constained than colormapped which is in turn
      more constained than unmapped.

BUGS
      Does not support all possible Targa file types.  Should really be in PNM,
      not PPM.

SEE ALSO
      tgatoppm(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
      Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Mark Shand and Jef Poskanzer.
















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