PTCROP(1)

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version 2.9.23 · 11 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PTCROP(1) — the libpano13 tools era 💖

okay bestie, you found the manpage for PTcrop, part of LIBPANO13 TOOLS ✨ this is the one you want when your TIFF is giving "huge empty border" energy 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

PTcrop — crop TIFF images 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

PTcrop [options] tiff_file(s)

one lil command, some options if you're feeling fancy, and one or more TIFF files. that's the whole vibe 💅

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so here's the tea: PTcrop is a command-line tool that crops a TIFF image down to its bounding rectangle — bestie it literally finds the actual content and trims off the sad empty edges 🔥

and the iconic part?? it preserves its original dimensions 👑 so the image gets cropped, but the page/canvas size stays exactly what it was. iykyk, that matters a lot for panoramas.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -p prefix — prefix for output files. if you don't say anything it defaults to cropped%4d. very much "name your children" energy 🍼
  • -f — force processing: it will overwrite output files if they already exist. it says it right there in the manpage: use with care. not me being dramatic, that's the actual warning 😭
  • -x — delete source files. also use with care. like, it will genuinely yeet your originals. protect your files bestie 🙈
  • -q — quiet run 🤫 no chatter, just vibes.
  • -h — output help summary. the classic "help me pls" button 🆘

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • PTuncrop(1) — the other half of the story, go read it too 🦋

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

Panorama Tools was originally created by Professor Helmut Dersch, and it's now maintained by Bruno Postle <bruno@postle.net> 💜

PTcrop was written by Daniel M German <dmgerman@uvic.ca> ⭐

this manpage was written by Cyril Brulebois <cyril.brulebois@enst-bretagne.fr> and is licensed under the same terms as the libpano13 package itself 📜

also real quick — if you're about to hit -x or -f, breathe. the manpage said "use with care" for a reason, queen 👑💖

okay that's the whole page, ily, go crop something iconic ✨ Version: 2.9.23 · 2025-10-25 — mwah, signed sealed delivered by your fav manpage periodt 💅🌸

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