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NAME
pbmmask - create a mask bitmap from a regular bitmap
SYNOPSIS
pbmmask [-expand] [pbmfile]
DESCRIPTION
This program is part of Netpbm(1)
pbmmask reads a PBM image as input and Generates a corresponding mask
of the foreground areas as another PBM image.
The color to be interpreted as 'background' is determined automati-
cally. Regardless of which color is background, the mask will be white
where the background is and black where the figure is.
This lets you do a masked paste like this, for objects with a black
background:
pbmmask obj > objmask
pnmpaste < dest -and objmask <x> <y> | pnmpaste -or obj <x> <y>
For objects with a white background, you can either invert them or add
a step:
pbmmask obj > objmask
pnminvert objmask | pnmpaste -and obj 0 0 > blackback
pnmpaste < dest -and objmask <x> <y> | pnmpaste -or blackback <x> <y>
Note that this three-step version works for objects with black back-
grounds too, if you don't care about the wasted time.
You can also use masks with grayscale and color images, using the
pnmarith tool. For instance:
ppmtopgm obj.ppm | pamditherbw -threshold | pbmmask > objmask.pbm
pnmarith -multiply dest.ppm objmask.pbm > t1.ppm
pnminvert objmask.pbm | pnmarith -multiply obj.ppm - > t2.ppm
pnmarith -add t1.ppm t2.ppm
An interesting variation on this is to pipe the mask through pnmsmooth
before using it. This makes the boundary between the two images less
sharp.
OPTIONS
-expand
Expands the mask by one pixel out from the image. This is use-
ful if you want a little white border around your image. (A
better solution might be to turn the pbmlife program into a gen-
eral cellular automaton tool...)
SEE ALSO
ppmcolormask(1) , pnmpaste(1) , pnminvert(1) , pnmarith(1) ,
pnmsmooth(1)
pbm(5) ,
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer.
netpbm documentation 08 August 1989 Pbmmask User Manual(0)
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