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NAME
       fstopgm - convert a Usenix FaceSaver(tm) file into a PGM image

SYNOPSIS
       fstopgm [fsfile]

DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       fstopgm  reads  a Usenix FaceSaver(tm) file as input and produces a PGM
       image as output.

       FaceSaver(tm) files sometimes have rectangular pixels.   While  fstopgm
       won't  re-scale  them  into square pixels for you, it will give you the
       precise pamscale command that will do the job.  Because of this,  read-
       ing a FaceSaver(tm) image is a two-step process.  First you do:

         fstopgm > /dev/null

       This will tell you whether you need to use pamscale.

       Then use one of the following pipelines:
         fstopgm | pnmnorm
         fstopgm | pamscale -whatever | pnmnorm

       To go to PBM, you want something more like one of these:
         fstopgm | pamenlarge 3 | pnmnorm | pamditherbw
         fstopgm | pamenlarge 3 | pamscale <whatever> | pnmnorm | pamditherbw

       You  want  to enlarge when going to a bitmap because otherwise you lose
       information; but enlarging by more than 3 does not look good.

       FaceSaver is a registered trademark of Metron Computerware Ltd. of Oak-
       land, CA.

OPTIONS
       There are no command line options defined specifically for fstopgm, but
       it recognizes the options common to all  programs  based  on  libnetpbm
       (See
        Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ .)

SEE ALSO
       pgmtofs(1),    pgm(1),    pnmnorm(1),    pamenlarge(1),    pamscale(1),
       pamditherbw(1)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.

DOCUMENT SOURCE
       This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman'  from  HTML
       source.  The master documentation is at

              http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/fstopgm.html

netpbm documentation              06 April 89           Fstopgm User Manual(1)

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