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## NAME
       mtvtoppm - convert output from the MTV or PRT ray tracers into a porta-
       ble pixmap

## SYNOPSIS
       mtvtoppm [mtvfile]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads an input file from Mark VanDeWettering's MTV  ray  tracer.   Pro-
       duces a portable pixmap as output.

       The PRT raytracer also produces this format.

## SEE ALSO
       [ppm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.

                               02 February 1989                    [mtvtoppm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtvtoppm/1/markdown)