{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "mtvtoppm",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mtvtoppm/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T14:27:17Z",
    "synopsis": "mtvtoppm [mtvfile]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "mtvtoppm - convert output from the MTV or PRT ray tracers into a portable pixmap\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "mtvtoppm [mtvfile]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Reads an input file from Mark VanDeWettering's MTV ray tracer.  Produces a portable pixmap as\noutput.\n\nThe PRT raytracer also produces this format.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ppm(5)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.\n\n\n\n02 February 1989                               mtvtoppm(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "mtvtoppm - convert output from the MTV or PRT ray tracers into a portable pixmap",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "ppm",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/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}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}