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NAME
       ppmpat - make a pretty pixmap

SYNOPSIS
       ppmpat  -gingham2|-g2|-gingham3|  -g3|-madras|-tartan|  -poles|-squig|-camo|  -anticamo width
       height

DESCRIPTION
       Produces a portable pixmap of the specified width and height, with a pattern in it.

       This program is mainly to demonstrate use of the ppmdraw  routines,  a  simple  but  powerful
       drawing  library.   See  the  ppmdraw.h  include  file for more info on using these routines.
       Still, some of the patterns can be rather pretty.  If you have a color workstation, something
       like ppmpat -squig 300 300 | ppmquant 128 should generate a nice background.

OPTIONS
       The different flags specify various different pattern types:

       -gingham2
              A gingham check pattern.  Can be tiled.

       -gingham3
              A slightly more complicated gingham.  Can be tiled.

       -madras
              A madras plaid.  Can be tiled.

       -tartan
              A tartan plaid.  Can be tiled.

       -poles Color  gradients  centered  on  randomly-placed poles.  May need to be run through pp‐
              mquant.

       -squig Squiggley tubular pattern.  Can be tiled.  May need to be run through ppmquant.

       -camo  Camouflage pattern.  May need to be run through ppmquant.

       -anticamo
              Anti-camouflage pattern - like -camo, but ultra-bright colors.  May  need  to  be  run
              through ppmquant.

       All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.

REFERENCES
       Some of the patterns are from "Designer's Guide to Color 3" by Jeanne Allen.

SEE ALSO
       pnmtile(1), ppmquant(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.



                                          04 September 1989                                ppmpat(1)