# ppmtopict(1) - man - phpMan [ppmtopict(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmtopict/1/markdown) General Commands Manual [ppmtopict(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmtopict/1/markdown) ## NAME ppmtopict - convert a portable pixmap into a Macintosh PICT file ## SYNOPSIS **ppmtopict** [_ppmfile_] ## DESCRIPTION Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a Macintosh PICT file as output. The generated file is only the data fork of a picture. You will need a program such as _mcvert_ to generate a Macbinary or a BinHex file that contains the necessary information to identify the file as a PICT file to MacOS. Even though PICT supports 2 and 4 bits per pixel, _ppmtopict_ always generates an 8 bits per pixel file. ## BUGS The picture size field is only correct if the output is to a file since writing into this field requires seeking backwards on a file. However the PICT documentation seems to suggest that this field is not critical anyway since it is only the lower 16 bits of the picture size. ## SEE ALSO [picttoppm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/picttoppm/1/markdown), [ppm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/markdown), [mcvert(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mcvert/1/markdown) ## AUTHOR Copyright (C) 1990 by Ken Yap <>. 15 April 1990 [ppmtopict(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmtopict/1/markdown)