.TH "pfsoutppm" 1
.SH NAME
pfsoutppm, pfsouttiff, pfsoutrgbe, pfsoutexr \- Write images or frames
in one of the several formats
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pfsoutppm
(<file> [--srgb] [--frames <range>])  [<file>...]

.B pfsouttiff
(<file> [--srgb] [--frames <range>])  [<file>...]

.B pfsoutrgbe
(<file> [--frames <range>])  [<file>...]

.B pfsoutexr
(<file> [--frames <range>])  [<file>...]

.SH DESCRIPTION
This command can be used to write pfs frames piped to standard input
in one of the several recognized formats. See the manual page of
pfsinppm to get a list of available formats. 
.PP
To write images to standard output use a single dash '-' instead
of filename.
.PP
Each file name can contain a \%%d pattern, which is substituted with frame
numbers. The pattern has the same syntax as C
.I printf
command. For example, you can use \%%04d to make the frame number
four digit with proceedings zeros. You can select the frames using the
following options (the options must be always given after the file
name):
.TP
.B \--frames <range>
Range is given in mathlab / octave format:

.B "startframe:step:endframe"

Frame numbers start with
.B "startframe"
(default 0), are increased by
.B "step"
(default 1) and stop at
.B "endframe"
You can skip one of those values, for example
.I "1:100"
for frames 1,2,...,100 and
.I 0:2:
for frame 0,2,4,... up to the last file that exists.
.TP
.B --srgb, -s
Apply the sRGB non-linearity (approximately 2.2 gamma) before writing
a file. This can be used instead of using \fIpfsgamma -g 2.2\fR to
store the result of some tone-mapping operators. The option will
compress contrast to make sure that tone values are properly shown on
a display. It should be only used with linearized (not gamma
corrected) images that are normalized to the 0-1 range.
.TP
\fB--bit-depth\fR <val>, \fB-b <val>
Enforce bit-depth (per color
channel). The allowed values are from 8 to 32. If not specified, the
bit depth from the pfs stream ('BITDEPTH' tag) will be used
instead. If the 'BITDEPTH' tag is missing, the ImageMagick default
value will be used (usually 16). The bit depth of actually stored file
may be lower of that specified, if the file format does not support
higher bit depths.

.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
 pfsin memorial.tiff | pfsoutrgbe memorial.hdr
Converts from one HDR format to another
.TP
pfsin test.jpg | pfsout test.png
Convert from one image format to another.
.TP
 pfsin --linear test.jpg | pfsout --srgb test.png
The same as above, but apply inverse gamma correction after reading
an image (--linear) and then apply gamma correction before writing an
image (--srgb).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pfsout (1)
.BR pfsinppm (1)
.SH BUGS
Writing TIFF files with pfsouttiff seems to be broken, but pfsoutimgmagick
can be used instead. pfsout will attempt to use pfsoutimgmagick and
fall back to pfsouttiff if pfstools were not compiled with
ImageMagick.

Please report bugs and comments on implementation to 
the discussion group http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools