NAME

       ppmtopict - convert a portable pixmap into a Macintosh PICT file

SYNOPSIS

       ppmtopict [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads a portable pixmap as input.  Produces a Macintosh PICT file as output.

       The  generated  file  is only the data fork of a picture.  You will need a program such as
       mcvert to generate a Macbinary or a BinHex file that contains the necessary information to
       identify the file as a PICT file to MacOS.

       Even though PICT supports 2 and 4 bits per pixel, ppmtopict always generates an 8 bits per
       pixel file.

BUGS

       The picture size field is only correct if the output is to a file since writing into  this
       field  requires  seeking  backwards  on  a  file.  However the PICT documentation seems to
       suggest that this field is not critical anyway since it is only the lower 16 bits  of  the
       picture size.

SEE ALSO

       picttoppm(1), ppm(5), mcvert(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1990 by Ken Yap <ken@cs.rocester.edu>.

                                          15 April 1990                              ppmtopict(1)