.TH r.composite 1grass "" "GRASS 6.4.2" "Grass User's Manual"
.SH NAME
\fI\fBr.composite\fR\fR  - Combines red, green and blue raster maps into a single composite raster map.
.SH KEYWORDS
raster, composite
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBr.composite\fR
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\fBr.composite help\fR
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\fBr.composite\fR [-\fBdc\fR] \fBred\fR=\fIname\fR \fBgreen\fR=\fIname\fR \fBblue\fR=\fIname\fR  [\fBlevels\fR=\fIinteger\fR]   [\fBlev_red\fR=\fIinteger\fR]   [\fBlev_green\fR=\fIinteger\fR]   [\fBlev_blue\fR=\fIinteger\fR]  \fBoutput\fR=\fIname\fR  [--\fBoverwrite\fR]  [--\fBverbose\fR]  [--\fBquiet\fR] 
.SS Flags:
.IP "\fB-d\fR" 4m
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Dither
.IP "\fB-c\fR" 4m
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Use closest color
.IP "\fB--overwrite\fR" 4m
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Allow output files to overwrite existing files
.IP "\fB--verbose\fR" 4m
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Verbose module output
.IP "\fB--quiet\fR" 4m
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Quiet module output
.PP
.SS Parameters:
.IP "\fBred\fR=\fIname\fR" 4m
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Name of raster map to be used for 
.IP "\fBgreen\fR=\fIname\fR" 4m
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Name of raster map to be used for 
.IP "\fBblue\fR=\fIname\fR" 4m
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Name of raster map to be used for 
.IP "\fBlevels\fR=\fIinteger\fR" 4m
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Number of levels to be used for each component
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Options: \fI1-256\fR
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Default: \fI32\fR
.IP "\fBlev_red\fR=\fIinteger\fR" 4m
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Number of levels to be used for 
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Options: \fI1-256\fR
.IP "\fBlev_green\fR=\fIinteger\fR" 4m
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Number of levels to be used for 
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Options: \fI1-256\fR
.IP "\fBlev_blue\fR=\fIinteger\fR" 4m
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Number of levels to be used for 
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Options: \fI1-256\fR
.IP "\fBoutput\fR=\fIname\fR" 4m
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Name for output raster map
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.SH DESCRIPTION
This program combines three raster maps to form a
composite RGB map. For each input map layer, the corresponding
component from the map's color table is used (e.g. for
the red map, the red component is used, and so on). In
general, the maps should use a gray-scale color table.
.SH NOTES
The default number of intensity levels for each component is 32,
resulting in a total of 32768 possible colors (equivalent to 15 bits
per pixel). If significantly more levels than this are used, not only
will \fIr.composite\fR take longer to run, but displaying the
resulting layer with \fId.rast\fR will
also be significantly slower.
.PP
Floyd-Steinberg dithering is optionally used with the \fB-d\fR flag.
.SH EXAMPLE
Creating a composite RGB raster using 32 color levels per layer, with dithering:
\fC
.DS
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r.composite -d red=elevation.r green=elevation.g blue=elevation.b output=elev.composite
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.DE
\fR
.SH SEE ALSO
\fI
d.rast,
d.rgb,
r.blend,
r.colors
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\fI
Wikipedia Entry: Floyd-Steinberg dithering
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.SH AUTHOR
Glynn Clements
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\fILast changed: $Date: 2008-02-26 20:04:18 +0100 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) $\fR
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