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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.

                                                04 September 1989                                      ppmpat(1)