ppmdither(1)
NAME
ppmdither - ordered dither for color images
SYNOPSIS
ppmdither [-dim power] [-red shades] [-green shades] [-blue shades] [ppmfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input, and applies dithering to it to reduce
the number of colors used down to the specified number of shades for
each primary. The default number of shades is red=5, green=9, blue=5,
for a total of 225 colors. To convert the image to a binary rgb format
suitable for color printers, use -red 2 -green 2 -blue 2.
OPTIONS
- -dim power The size of the dithering matrix. The dithering matrix
- is a square whose dimension is a power of 2. power is that power of 2. The default is 4, for a 16 by 16 matrix.
- -red shades The number of red shades to be used, including black;
- minimum of 2.
- -green shades The number of green shades to be used, including black;
- minimum of 2.
- -blue shades The number of blue shades to be used, including black;
- minimum of 2.
SEE ALSO
pnmdepth(1), ppmquant(1), ppm(5)
AUTHOR
- Copyright (C) 1991 by Christos Zoulas.