man > pgmbentley(1)

TLDR: pgmbentley (tldr-pages)

Bentleyize a PGM image.

  • Apply the Bentley Effect on a PGM image
    pgmbentley {{path/to/input_file.pgm}} > {{path/to/output_file.pgm}}
Pgmbentley User Manual(1)              General Commands Manual             Pgmbentley User Manual(1)

NAME
       pgmbentley - Bentleyize a PGM image


SYNOPSIS
       pgmbentley [pgmfile]


DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       pgmbentley reads a PGM image as input and performs the Bentley Effect, and writes a PGM image
       as output.

       The  Bentley  Effect  is  described  in "Beyond Photography" by Holzmann, chapter 4, photo 4.
       It's a vertical smearing based on brightness.


OPTIONS
       There are no command line options defined specifically for pgmbentley, but it recognizes  the
       options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See ]8;;index.html#commonoptions\ Common Options]8;;\ .)


SEE ALSO
       pgmoil(1), ppmrelief(1), pgm(1)


AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1990 by Wilson Bent (whb AT hoh-2.com)

DOCUMENT SOURCE
       This  manual  page  was  generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master
       documentation is at

              http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pgmbentley.html

netpbm documentation                       11 January 1991                 Pgmbentley User Manual(1)

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