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<H1>pamtopdbimg</H1>
Updated: 25 September 2010
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<H2>NAME</H2>
pamtodbimg - convert a Netpbm image to a Palm Pilot Image Viewer PDB Image
<H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>pamtopdbimg</B>
[<b>-notefile=</b><i>filename</i>]
[<b>-title=</b><i>text</i>]
[<b>-compressed</b>]
[<b>-uncompressed</b>]
[<b>-maybecompressed</b>]
[<b>-4depth</b>]
[<I>netpbmfile</I>]
<H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<p><b>pamtopdbimg</b> reads a Netpbm image as input and produced a Palm Pilot
Image Viewer image (and Image record in a PDB file) as output.
<p>If the Netpbm image is black and white, the Pilot image is monochrome.
Otherwise, the Pilot image is either 4-level or 16-level grayscale, depending
on the <b>-4depth</b> option.
<H2 id="options">OPTIONS</H2>
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<DT><B>-title=</B><i>text</i>
<DD>
The title of the image, to be included in the image.
<DT><B>-compressed</B>
<DT><B>-uncompressed</B>
<DT><B>-maybecompressed</B>
<DD>You may specify only one of these.
<b>-compressed</b> says to generate the image in compressed format.
<b>-uncompressed</b> says to generate the image in uncompressed format.
<b>-maybecompressed</b> says to generate whichever format is smaller
(the compression algorithm sometimes actually makes the data larger).
<DT><B>-4depth</B>
<DD>
This option makes <b>pamtopdbimg</b> create the image in 16-level
grayscale (4 bits per pixel) format. If you don't specify this,
<b>pamtopdbimg</b> uses 4-level (2 bits per pixel) format.
<p>This option has no effect when the input is black and white
(maxval 1). In that case, <b>pamtopdbimg</b> generates the monochrome
(1 bit per pixel) format regardless.
<DT><B>-notefile=</B><i>filename</i>
<DD>
Attach the note in the specified file to the image.
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If you don't specify this, <b>pamtopdbimg</b> does not attach any note.
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<H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="pdbimgtopam.html">pdbimgtopam</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="palmtopnm.html">palmtopnm</A></B>,
<A HREF="pam.html">pam</A>,
<h2 id="history">HISTORY</h2>
<p><b>pamtopdbimg</b> was new in Netpbm 10.52 (September 2010).
It was modelled after Eric A. Howe's <b>imgvtopbm</b> package, which
dates back to September 1997.
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<LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A>
<LI><A HREF="#options">OPTIONS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#seealso">SEE ALSO</A>
<LI><A HREF="#history">HISTORY</A>
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