PPM2TIFF(1)

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version 4.7.2 · 16 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💅 NAME 💅

ok so ppm2tiff — she makes a TIFF file out of PPM, PGM and PBM image files. bestie behavior, fr fr. this is the PPM2TIFF(1) page from the LibTIFF manual, and yes we're getting into it.

✨ Synopsis ✨

ppm2tiff [ options ] [ input.ppm ] output.tif

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ppm2tiff takes a file that's in PPM, PGM or PBM format and converts it into a TIFF. like a glow-up but for image formats, no cap.

By default, the TIFF image is created with data samples packed (PlanarConfiguration=1), compressed with the Packbits algorithm (Compression=32773), and with each strip no more than 8 kilobytes. those are the default vibes 💅 but you can override them, or just explicitly specify them, with the options down below.

If the PPM file contains greyscale data, then the PhotometricInterpretation tag is set to 1 (min-is-black). otherwise it's set to 2 (RGB). she reads the room and picks accordingly ✨

If no PPM file is specified on the command line, ppm2tiff will read from the standard input. yes, she'll take it straight from stdin, very main character of her.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -c compress — specify a compression scheme to use when writing image data: -c none for no compression, -c packbits for PackBits compression (this one will be used by default 💖), -c lzw for Lempel-Ziv & Welch compression, -c jpeg for baseline JPEG compression, -c zip for Deflate compression, -c g3 for CCITT Group 3 (T.4) compression, and -c g4 for CCITT Group 4 (T.6) compression. pick your fighter 🥊
  • -r striprows — write data with a specified number of rows per strip. by default the number of rows/strip is selected so that each strip is approximately 8 kilobytes. so if you don't say anything, she's doing the 8k math herself, periodt.
  • -R resolution — mark the resultant image to have the specified X and Y resolution, in dots/inch. both axes, one number, iconic.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • tiffinfo (1)
  • tiffcp (1)
  • tiffmedian (1)
  • libtiff (3tiff)

go read those too, iykyk 🫶

💜 AUTHOR 💜

LibTIFF contributors 🌈

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

ok that's the whole page bestie, you're literally a ppm2tiff expert now 💅 this was LibTIFF version 4.7, dated Jun 27, 2026 — slay, go convert something 🌸✨

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