NAME

       ppmtotga - convert portable pixmap into a TrueVision Targa file

SYNOPSIS

       ppmtotga [-mono|-cmap|-rgb] [-norle] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads a portable pixmap as input.  Produces a TrueVision Targa file as output.

OPTIONS

       -mono  Forces  Targa  file to be of type 8 bit monochrome.  Input must be a portable bitmap or a portable
              graymap.

       -cmap  Forces Targa file to be of type 24 bit colormapped.  Input must be a portable bitmap,  a  portable
              graymap or a portable pixmap containing no more than 256 distinct colors.

       -rgb   Forces Targa file to be of type 24 bit unmapped color.

       -norle Disables  run-length encoding, in case you have a Targa reader which can't read run-length encoded
              files.

       All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.  If no file  type  is  specified  the  most
       highly  constained compatible type is used, where monochrome is more constained than colormapped which is
       in turn more constained than unmapped.

BUGS

       Does not support all possible Targa file types.  Should really be in PNM, not PPM.

SEE ALSO

       tgatoppm(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Mark Shand and Jef Poskanzer.

                                                 28 October 1991                                     ppmtotga(1)