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ppmpat - make a pretty pixmap |
ppmpat -gingham2|-g2|-gingham3| -g3|-madras|-tartan| -poles|-squig|-camo| -anticamo width height |
Produces a portable pixmap of the specified width and height, with a pattern in it. This program is mainly to demonstrate use of the ppmdraw routines, a simple but powerful drawing library. See the ppmdraw.h include file for more info on using these routines. Still, some of the patterns can be rather pretty. If you have a color workstation, something like ppmpat -squig 300 300 | ppmquant 128 should generate a nice background. |
The different flags specify various different pattern types: |
-gingham2 |
A gingham check pattern. Can be tiled. |
-gingham3 |
A slightly more complicated gingham. Can be tiled. |
-madras |
A madras plaid. Can be tiled. |
-tartan |
A tartan plaid. Can be tiled. |
-poles |
Color gradients centered on randomly-placed poles. May need to be run through ppmquant. |
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-squig |
Squiggley tubular pattern. Can be tiled. May need to be run through ppmquant. |
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-camo |
Camouflage pattern. May need to be run through ppmquant. |
-anticamo |
Anti-camouflage pattern - like -camo, but ultra-bright colors. May need to be run through ppmquant. |
All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix. |
Some of the patterns are from "Designer’s Guide to Color 3" by Jeanne Allen. |
pnmtile(1), ppmquant(1), ppm(5) |
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer. |