pfsoutpfm(1)

💖 NAME 💖

pfsoutpfm — writes your images or frames in PFM format 🎀

(and yes bestie, the original NAME line literally says "OpenEXR format" — we are just reporting what it says, we don't make the rules 💀)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pfsoutpfm (<file> [--frames <range>])  [<file>...]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so, use this command when you want to write frames in PFM format. Periodt.

Why do we care about PFM? Because PFM is what HDR Shop plug-ins use, and it's also supported by some recent versions of the NetPBM package — specifically the pamtopfm and pfmtopam commands. Slay. 💅

Your source pfs frames should be piped to the Standard Input — that's the vibe, that's the move.

And the best part? This command can handle both:

• color images (XYZ channels) 🎨
• grayscale images (Y channel) 🖤

So whatever you're feeding it, it's got you.

Wanna know the deets on the format of the pattern file names — you know, the ones used for saving multiple frames? Those live in the manual page of pfsoutppm. Go read that one too, iykyk 🫶

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

Here's the tea, live in action:

pfsin memorial.hdr | pfsoutpfm memorial.pfm

Converts from one HDR format to another — literally the glow-up from one format to the other ✨

pfsin memorial.hdr | pfsextractchannels Y | pfsoutpfm memorial.pfm

Stores memorial image as a grayscale PFM file. — channel extraction said "only Y, we're being minimal today" 🎀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• pfsout(1)
• pfsoutppm(1)
• pfsinpfm(1)

go read them, they're all iconic 👑

💀 BUGS 💀

Found a bug? Got comments on the implementation? Please report bugs and comments on implementation to the discussion group http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools — the group chat is right there, don't be shy 🌈

okay that's the whole page bestie, mwah 💖 This was pfsoutpfm(1) from the General Commands Manual — no date stamp on this one, she's timeless like that 👑 🎀 🦋