ppmpat(1)

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)

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