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- pbmmask(1) AMIGA (08 August 1989) pbmmask(1)
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- NAME
- pbmmask - create a mask bitmap from a regular bitmap
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- SYNOPSIS
- pbmmask [-expand] [pbmfile]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Reads a portable bitmap as input. Creates a corresponding
- mask bitmap and writes it out.
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- The color to be interpreted as "background" is determined
- automatically. Regardless of which color is background, the
- mask will be white where the background is and black where
- the figure is.
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- This lets you do a masked paste like this, for objects with
- a black background:
- pbmmask obj > objmask
- pnmpaste < dest -and objmask <x> <y> | pnmpaste -or obj <x> <y>
- For objects with a white background, you can either invert
- them or add a step:
- pbmmask obj > objmask
- pnminvert objmask | pnmpaste -and obj 0 0 > blackback
- pnmpaste < dest -and objmask <x> <y> | pnmpaste -or blackback <x> <y>
- Note that this three-step version works for objects with
- black backgrounds too, if you don't care about the wasted
- time.
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- You can also use masks with graymaps and pixmaps, using the
- pnmarith tool. For instance:
- ppmtopgm obj.ppm | pgmtopbm -threshold | pbmmask > objmask.pbm
- pnmarith -multiply dest.ppm objmask.pbm > t1.ppm
- pnminvert objmask.pbm | pnmarith -multiply obj.ppm - > t2.ppm
- pnmarith -add t1.ppm t2.ppm
- An interesting variation on this is to pipe the mask through
- the pnmsmooth script before using it. This makes the
- boundary between the two images less sharp.
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- -expand
- Expands the mask by one pixel out from the image. This
- is useful if you want a little white border around your
- image. (A better solution might be to turn the pbmlife
- tool into a general cellular automaton tool...)
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- SEE ALSO
- pnmpaste(1), pnminvert(1), pbm(5), pnmarith(1), pnmsmooth(1)
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- AUTHOR
- Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer.
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- Page 1 (printed 10/19/91)
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