NAME

       pfsinmulti - read several streams of frames and write pfs streams to named pipes

SYNOPSIS

       pfsinmulti pfsinmulti <file> [--frames f:s:t] [--skip-frames] [<file>...] -- command @1 @2
       [@3 ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Use this command to read several animation sequences and write them  to  pfsstreams.  This
       command  is  useful  with those pfs programs, which take several pfs streams as arguments.
       For example, the following command can be used to combine two animations so that there are
       stitched together:

         pfsinmulti anim_a-%04d.hdr anim_b-%04d.hdr -- pfscat @1 @2

       arguments  @1 and @2 are replaced with named pipes for anim_a-%04d.hdr and anim_b-%04d.hdr
       frames respectively. command argument is obligatory and it must  be  preceded  with  '--'.
       There should be as many @1, @2, .., @n arguments as there are animation sequences given as
       input.

       Arguments --frames, --skip-frames and other options are handled the same way as  in  pfsin
       program. Also pfsinmulti recognizes the same file formats as pfsin.

       Technically,  pfsinmulti  creates  a  named pipe for each pfsstream, replaces @n arguments
       with the names of those pipes and deletes the pipes when command finishes.

EXAMPLES

       pfsinmulti image1.hdr image2.hdr -- cat @1 @2 | pfsview

              Does the same as 'pfsv image1.hdr image2.hdr' but in much more sophisticated way.

SEE ALSO

       pfsin(1)

BUGS

       This command currently does not handle multiple frames given with a %d pattern in case  of
       LDR formats: JPEG, PNG, PNM.

       Please report bugs and comments to Rafal Mantiuk <mantiuk@mpi-sb.mpg.de>.

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