ppmpat(1)              UNIX System V(04 September 1989)               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.



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SEE ALSO
      pnmtile(1), ppmquant(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
      Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.

















































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