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pamshadedrelief — Generate a shaded relief from an elevation map. See also: `pamcrater`, `ppmrelief`. More information

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Problem

How to use the pamshadedrelief command: Generate a shaded relief from an elevation map. See also: pamcrater, ppmrelief. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamshadedrelief.html>.

Solution

pamshadedrelief — Generate a shaded relief from an elevation map. See also: pamcrater, ppmrelief. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamshadedrelief.html>.

Generate a shaded relief image with the input image interpreted as an elevation map:

pamshadedrelief < {{path/to/input.pam}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Gamma adjust the image by the specified factor:

pamshadedrelief < {{path/to/input.pam}} {{[-g|-gamma]}} {{factor}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Code Snippets

Generate a shaded relief image with the input image interpreted as an elevation map

pamshadedrelief < {{path/to/input.pam}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Gamma adjust the image by the specified factor

pamshadedrelief < {{path/to/input.pam}} {{[-g|-gamma]}} {{factor}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pamshadedrelief

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