PNG(nged)

Writes the current display to a PNG image file.

📅 published 7.44.0, from nixpkgs unstable

💅 PNG (nged) — bestie edition

okay so real talk: this is the png command from the BRL-CAD User Commands manual, section nged. she's a little icon and she's here to screenshot your whole vibe ✨

🦋 NAME

png — writes the current display to a PNG image file. that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate. 📸

🌸 SYNOPSIS

png [-c r/g/b] [-s size] file

🎀 DESCRIPTION

Writes the current GED display to the specified PNG file. yes bestie, whatever is on your screen right now? it's going in a file. main character energy fr fr 💖

The implementation supports the following options:

  • -c r/g/b — sets the background color using RGB values separated by non-numeric delimiters. so like, 0/0/0 or 255-255-255, the delimiters just gotta be not-numbers, iykyk 🎨
  • -s size — sets the output image size in pixels. heads up though: the implementation requires a size of at least 50. don't try to be cute and go smaller 🫶
Without options, the command writes a 512x512 PNG image with a white background. no flags, no stress, iconic default behavior 💅

⭐ EXAMPLES

The examples show common uses of png. let's get into it 👑

✨ Example 1. Write the current display to a PNG file.

mged>png view.png

Writes the current display to view.png. simple. clean. slayed. 🌈

✨ Example 2. Write a larger PNG with a black background.

mged>png -c 0/0/0 -s 1024 view.png

Writes a 1024x1024 PNG image using a black background. big image, dark mode, absolutely obsessed 🖤🔥

👑 AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team — legends, honestly, we stan 🫶

💀 BUG REPORTS

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org. if something's acting up, tell the devs, not me — I'm just the messenger bestie 😭📧

and that's the whole page! brought to you by BRL-CAD, filed under PNG(nged) — go forth and screenshot responsibly, mwah 💖✨🎀

📦 where this page comes from