CREATE(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this page is all about Create — the little tool that makes test images for you 💖 it literally creates test images, a default hex RGB surface, and a wedge. that's the whole vibe 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Create makes test images, a default hex RGB surface, and a wedge — Version 1.6.3 ✨ like it's giving "i just want something to point my profiler at" energy and honestly? iconic 👑

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

timage [-options] outfile.tif

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual 🕯️

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

• -t — generates a rectangular gamut boundary test chart 🟦🟥 so you can vibe check where your colorspace taps out
• -p steps — generates a colorspace step chart with L* steps^2 🪜 you pick how many steps, and it does the math, not you
• -r res — resolution in DPI, and the default is 200 📏 no cap, 200 is the baseline unless you say otherwise
• -s — smooth blend 🌈 the gradients get all soft and dreamy instead of steppy
• -x — 16 bit output ✨ more bits, more glory, more file size, we don't discuss it
• -4 — CMYK output 🖨️ for when you're living that print life
• -g prop — percentage towards grey, default is 0% 🩶 crank it up and watch everything get desaturated and sad (affectionate)
• outfile.tif — profile to check against 👀 this is where your output lands, so name it something cute

heads up bestie: the synopsis says outfile.tif and the option list describes it as the profile to check against — that's exactly what the original page says, so i'm not gonna gaslight you and change it 💀

🫶 that's the whole page 🫶

written by timage, dated September 2014, living in section CREATE(1) of the User Commands manual 📖✨ go forth and generate, you absolute main character 💖🌸🦋