# phpman > man > pnmshear(1)

> **TLDR:** Shear a PNM image.
>
- Shear a PNM image by the specified angle:
  `pnmshear {{angle}} {{path/to/input.pnm}} > {{path/to/output.pnm}}`
- Specify the color of the background in the sheared image:
  `pnmshear {{-b|-background}} {{blue}} {{angle}} {{path/to/input.pnm}} > {{path/to/output.pnm}}`
- Do not perform anti-aliasing:
  `pnmshear {{-n|-noantialias}} {{angle}} {{path/to/input.pnm}} > {{path/to/output.pnm}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       pnmshear - shear a portable anymap by some angle

## SYNOPSIS
       **pnmshear** [**-noantialias**] _angle_ [_pnmfile_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a  portable anymap as input.  Shears it by the specified angle and produces a portable
       anymap as output.  If the input file is in color, the output will be too, otherwise  it  will
       be grayscale.  The angle is in degrees (floating point), and measures this:
           +-------+  +-------+
           |       |  |\       \
           |  OLD  |  | \  NEW  \
           |       |  |an\       \
           +-------+  |gle+-------+
       If the angle is negative, it shears the other way:
           +-------+  |-an+-------+
           |       |  |gl/       /
           |  OLD  |  |e/  NEW  /
           |       |  |/       /
           +-------+  +-------+
       The angle should not get too close to 90 or -90, or the resulting anymap will be unreasonably
       wide.

       The shearing is implemented by looping over the source pixels and distributing  fractions  to
       each  of the destination pixels.  This has an "anti-aliasing" effect - it avoids jagged edges
       and similar artifacts.  However, it also means that the original colors or gray levels in the
       image  are  modified.   If you need to keep precisely the same set of colors, you can use the
### -noantialias
       If  you  want anti-aliasing and don't care about the precise colors, but still need a limited
       *number* of colors, you can run the result through _ppmquant_.

       All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.

## SEE ALSO
       [pnmrotate(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmrotate/1/markdown), [pnmflip(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmflip/1/markdown), [pnm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnm/5/markdown), [ppmquant(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmquant/1/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.



                                           12 January 1991                               [pnmshear(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmshear/1/markdown)