# phpman > man > ppmtv(1)

> **TLDR:** Make a PPM Image look like taken from an American TV.
>
- Give the PPM image an American TV appearance:
  `ppmtv {{dim_factor}} {{path/to/file.ppm}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}`
- Suppress all informational messages:
  `ppmtv {{-q|-quiet}}`
- Display version:
  `ppmtv {{-v|-version}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       ppmtv - make a portable pixmap look like taken from an American TV

## SYNOPSIS
       ppmtv dimfactor [ppmfile]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a  portable  pixmap as input. Dims every other row of image data down by the specified
       dim factor. This factor may be in the range of 0.0 (the alternate lines are totally black) to
       1.0 (original image).

       This  creates  an effect similar to what I've once seen in the video clip 'You could be mine'
       by Guns'n'Roses. In the scene I'm talking about you can see John  Connor  on  his  motorbike,
       looking  up from the water trench (?)  he's standing in. While the camera pulls back, the im-
       age gets 'normal' by brightening up the alternate rows of it. I thought this would be an  in-
       teresting effect to try in MPEG. I did not yet check this out, however.  Try for yourself.

## SEE ALSO
       [ppm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/markdown), [ppmdim(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmdim/1/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1993 by Frank Neumann

                                         16 November 1993                                [ppmtv(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmtv/1/markdown)