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.TH "Pbmmake User Manual" 0 "13 December 2003" "netpbm documentation"

.SH NAME

pbmmake - create a blank bitmap of a specified size

.UN synopsis
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBpbmmake\fP
[\fB-white\fP|\fB-black\fP|\fB-gray\fP]
\fIwidth\fP
\fIheight\fP
.PP
You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.


.UN description
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This program is part of
.BR Netpbm (1)
.
.PP
\fBpbmmake\fP produces a PBM image of the specified width and
height, either all black, all white, or a dithered gray.  The default
is white.

.UN options
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
In addition to the usual \fB-white\fP and \fB-black\fP, this
program implements \fB-gray\fP.  This gives a simple 50% gray pattern
with 1's and 0's alternating.

.UN seealso
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pgmmake (1)
,
.BR ppmmake (1)
,
.BR pbm (5)


.UN author
.SH AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.