# phpman > man > mtvtoppm(1)

> **TLDR:** Convert an MTV or PRT ray tracer file to a PPM image.
>
- Convert an MTV or PRT ray tracer file to a PPM image:
  `mtvtoppm {{path/to/file.mtv}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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

## SYNOPSIS
       **mtvtoppm** [_mtvfile_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads an input file from Mark VanDeWettering's MTV ray tracer.  Produces 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)