NAME¶
ppmpat - make a pretty pixmap
SYNOPSIS¶
ppmpat -gingham2|
-g2|
-gingham3|
-g3|
-madras|
-tartan|
-poles|
-squig|
-camo|
-anticamo width height
DESCRIPTION¶
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.
OPTIONS¶
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.
- -squig
- Squiggley tubular pattern. Can be tiled. May need to be run
through ppmquant.
- -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.
REFERENCES¶
Some of the patterns are from "Designer's Guide to Color 3" by Jeanne
Allen.
SEE ALSO¶
pnmtile(1),
ppmquant(1),
ppm(5)
AUTHOR¶
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.