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From: wes@uh.msc.umn.edu (Wes Barris)
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Subject: Re: Converting an image in a "raw" format to any standard one
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Date: 6 Sep 90 13:26:06 GMT
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In article <5715@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu>,
mzaik@kaa.eng.ohio-state.edu (Tahsin Mzaik) writes:
> We have a scanner which produces images in "raw" format (i.e. 
> the image data is stored as a 2-dimenstional array of bytes with no
> header).  The question is how to converted to a standard form using 
> one of the toolkits such as PBMplus.  I checked this toolkit but did
> not find what I want.  Any help.

If your "raw" format means 8 bits per pixel, you can use "pgm/rawtopgm" from
the PBMPLUS toolkit.

The Utah Raster Toolkit (URT) also provides ways to do this.  Check out
either "rawtorle" or "graytorle".

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