bmptopnm

Bmptopnm User Manual(0)                                Bmptopnm User Manual(0)

NAME

       bmptopnm - convert a BMP file into a PBM, PGM, or PNM image

SYNOPSIS

       bmptopnm [bmpfile]

DESCRIPTION

       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       bmptopnm reads a Microsoft Windows or OS/2 BMP file as input.  and pro-
       duces a PBM, PGM, or PNM image as output.  If the input is  colormapped
       and  contains only black and white, the output is PBM.  If the input is
       colormapped and contains only black white and gray, the output is  PGM.
       Otherwise, the output is PPM.

       This  program  cannot  convert  BMP  files  with compressed (run length
       encoded, JPEG, PNG) image data.   It  recognizes  the  compression  and
       issues an error message.

       Before  Netpbm  10.18  (September 2003), this program could not convert
       BMP images with the BI_BITFIELDS format ("compression type").  It would
       recognize the format and issue an error message.

        This  program  cannot  convert  OS/2  BMP files with 16 bits per pixel
       (only because the author did not  have  a  complete  specification  for
       them).   It  recognizes the format and issues an error message.  Before
       Netpbm 10.16 (June 2003), it also could not convert Windows  BMP  files
       with 16 bits per pixel.

SEE ALSO

       ppmtobmp(1), ppmtowinicon(1), ppm(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1992 by David W. Sanderson.



netpbm documentation           17 February 2002        Bmptopnm User Manual(0)