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picttoppm — Convert a Macintosh PICT file to a PPM image. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/

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Problem

How to use the picttoppm command: Convert a Macintosh PICT file to a PPM image. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/picttoppm.html>.

Solution

picttoppm — Convert a Macintosh PICT file to a PPM image. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/picttoppm.html>.

Convert a PICT file to a PPM image:

picttoppm {{path/to/file.pict}} > {{path/to/file.ppm}}

Force any images in the PICT file to be output at full resolution:

picttoppm {{[-fu|-fullres]}} {{path/to/file.pict}} > {{path/to/file.ppm}}

Do not assume that the input file contains a PICT header and execute quickdraw operations only:

picttoppm {{[-n|-noheader]}} {{[-quic|-quickdraw]}} {{path/to/file.pict}} > {{path/to/file.ppm}}

Code Snippets

Convert a PICT file to a PPM image

picttoppm {{path/to/file.pict}} > {{path/to/file.ppm}}

Force any images in the PICT file to be output at full resolution

picttoppm {{[-fu|-fullres]}} {{path/to/file.pict}} > {{path/to/file.ppm}}

Do not assume that the input file contains a PICT header and execute quickdraw operations only

picttoppm {{[-n|-noheader]}} {{[-quic|-quickdraw]}} {{path/to/file.pict}} > {{path/to/file.ppm}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/picttoppm

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