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pamstack(1) pamstack(1)

NAME
pamstack - stack planes of multiple PAM images into one PAM image

SYNOPSIS
pamstack [-tupletype tupletype] [inputfilespec]

All options may be abbreviated to the shortest unique prefix.

DESCRIPTION
Reads multiple PAM or PNM images as input. Produces a PAM image as output, consisting of
all the planes (channels) of the inputs, stacked in the order specified.

The output is the same dimensions as the inputs, except that the depth is the sum of the
depths of the inputs. It has the same maxval. pamstack fails if the inputs are not all
the same width, height, and maxval. The tuple type is a null string unless you specify the
-tupletype option.

pamchannel does the opposite of pamstack: It extracts individual planes from a single PAM.

Use pamtopnm to convert a suitable PAM image to a more traditional PNM (PBM, PGM, or PPM)
image.

One example of using pamstack is that some Netpbm programs accept as input a PAM that rep-
resents graphic image with transparency information -- tuple type "RGBA". In Netpbm, such
images were traditionally represented as two images - a PPM for the color and a PGM for
the transparency. To convert a PPM/PGM pair into PAM(RGBA) input that newer programs
require, do something like this:

pamstack -tupletype=RGBA myimage.ppm myalpha.pgm | pamtouil >myimage.uil

OPTIONS
-tupletype tupletype
This specified the tuple type name to be recorded in the output. You may use any
string up to 255 characters. Some programs recognize some names. If you omit this
option, the default tuple type name is null.