{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "mtvtoppm",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtvtoppm/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-09-01T20:51:10Z",
    "synopsis": "mtvtoppm [mtvfile]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "mtvtoppm - convert output from an MTV or PRT ray tracer into a PPM\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "mtvtoppm [mtvfile]\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This program is part of Netpbm(1).\n\nmtvtoppm reads an input file from Mark VanDeWettering's MTV ray tracer and produces a PPM im‐\nage as output.\n\nThe PRT raytracer also produces this format.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "There  are  no  command line options defined specifically for mtvtoppm, but it recognizes the\noptions common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See \u001b]8;;index.html#commonoptions\u001b\\ Common Options\u001b]8;;\u001b\\ .)\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ppm(1)\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DOCUMENT SOURCE": {
            "content": "This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from  HTML  source.   The  master\ndocumentation is at\n\nhttp://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/mtvtoppm.html\n\nnetpbm documentation                      02 February 1989                   Mtvtoppm User Manual(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "mtvtoppm - convert output from an MTV or PRT ray tracer into a PPM",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "ppm",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/1/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Convert an MTV or PRT ray tracer file to a PPM image.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Convert an MTV or PRT ray tracer file to a PPM image",
                "command": "mtvtoppm {{path/to/file.mtv}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}