CONVERT(1)

💅 CONVERT(1) — like, the whole vibe

okay bestie, welcome to the User Commands section of the manual, where we're talking about convert(1). Yes it's confusing that the command you actually type is spec2cie and not convert, no I will not be explaining that, it's just how it is. 🙈

✨ NAME ✨

Convert — Convert spectral .ti3 file. that's it. that's the whole job. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

spec2cie [options] input.ti3 output.ti3

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Convert spectral .ti3 file, Version 1.6.3. she's specific, she's got a version number, she's ready. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀 (yes again, she's an icon, she repeats herself)

spec2cie [options] input.ti3 output.ti3

now the options, one by one, no skipping, we don't do that here 💅

• -v — Verbose mode. she will tell you things. live commentary, main character energy.
• -I illum — Override the actual instrument illuminant that's sitting in the .ti3 file. your choices are: A, C, D50, D50M2, D65, F5, F8, F10 or file.sp. and heads up — file.sp is only used in conjunction with -f, so don't be out here using it solo, it's not that girl alone. 😭
• -f [illum] — Use Fluorescent Whitening Agent compensation. the simulated inst. illum. options are: M0, M1, M2, A, C, D50 (def.), D50M2, D65, F5, F8, F10 or file.sp. note that D50 is the default bestie, so if you say nothing, that's the vibe you're getting. 🫶
• -i illum — Choose the illuminant used for computing CIE XYZ from spectral data & FWA. your lineup: A, C, D50 (def.), D50M2, D65, F5, F8, F10 or file.sp. yes D50 is default here too. consistency queen. 👑
• -o observ — Choose the CIE Observer for spectral data. pick your fighter: 1931_2 (def), 1964_10, S&B 1955_2, shaw, J&V 1978_2. (1931_2 is the default, in case the little (def) wasn't loud enough. 🔥)
• -n — Don't output spectral values. sometimes less is more, sometimes you just don't want the numbers, and that's valid.
• -p — Plot each values spectrum. cute little graph moment, obsessed. 🌈
• input.ti3 — Measurement file. this is what you're feeding her.
• output.ti3 — Converted measurement file. this is what you're getting back, transformed, glowing, iconic. ✨

lowkey reminder: those (def.) / (def) labels are doing real work — they're the defaults, so if you don't pass the flag at all, that's what you get. no cap.

that's the whole page bestie, every flag accounted for, nothing left behind, we ate and left no crumbs. 🍓

sign-off time: this beauty is spec2cie, dated September 2014. she's been serving since 2014 and she's still here. periodt. 💜