{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "ppmqvga",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmqvga/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-16T10:11:05Z",
    "synopsis": "ppmqvga [ options ] [ input file ]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "ppmqvga - 8 plane quantization\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "ppmqvga [ options ] [ input file ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "ppmqvga quantizes PPM files to 8 planes, with optional Floyd-Steinberg dithering.  Input is a\nPPM file from the file named, or standard input of no file is provided.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Options",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-d"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-q",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-q"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v",
                    "content": "mation  on the resulting mapping. May be repeated to generate loads of internal table output,\nbut generally only useful once.\n",
                    "flag": "-v"
                }
            ]
        },
        "EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "ppmqvga -d myimage.ppm | ppmtogif >myimage.gif\n\ntgatoppm zombie.tga | ppmqvga | ppmtotif > zombie.tif\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ppmquant\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DIAGNOSTICS": {
            "content": "Error messages if problems, various levels of optional progress reporting.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "LIMITATIONS": {
            "content": "none known.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Original by Lyle Rains (lrains@netcom.com) as ppmq256 and ppmq256fs combined, documented, and\nenhanced by Bill Davidsen (davidsen@crd.ge.com)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "Copyright": {
            "content": "Copyright 1991,1992 by Bill Davidsen, all rights reserved.  The program and documentation may\nbe freely distributed by anyone in source or binary format. Please clearly note any changes.\n\n\n\nlocal                                     PPMQVGA(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "ppmqvga - 8 plane quantization",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-q",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "mation on the resulting mapping. May be repeated to generate loads of internal table output, but generally only useful once."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [
        "ppmqvga -d myimage.ppm | ppmtogif >myimage.gif",
        "tgatoppm zombie.tga | ppmqvga | ppmtotif > zombie.tif"
    ],
    "see_also": []
}