PGMOIL

NAME

      pgmoil - turn a portable graymap into an oil painting

SYNOPSIS

      pgmoil [-n N] [pgmfile]

DESCRIPTION

      Reads a portable graymap as input.  Does an "oil transfer", and writes
      a portable graymap as output.
      The oil transfer is described in "Beyond Photography" by Holzmann,
      chapter 4, photo 7.  It's a sort of localized smearing.

OPTIONS

      The optional -n flag controls the size of the area smeared.  The
      default value is 3.

BUGS

      Takes a long time to run.

DEMONSTRATION

      Let a.pgm be a portable graymap.
      The following command will turn it in an oil painting:
	pgmmerge pgmoil a.pgm >aoil.pgm

BEFORE

AFTER

-n 3

-n 5

-n 7

SEE ALSO

      pgmbentley(1), ppmrelief(1), pgm(5)

AUTHOR

      Copyright (C) 1990 by Wilson Bent (whb@hoh-2.att.com)