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6 pgmramp - generate a grayscale ramp
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10 pgmramp -lr|-tb|-rectangle|-ellipse -maxval=maxval width height
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19 This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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21 Generates a graymap of the specified size containing a black-to-white
22 ramp. These ramps are useful for multiplying with other images, using
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25 The ramp is linear in brightness, not intensity. I.e. the gamma-cor‐
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33 ppmrainbow does something similar to what pgmramp does, but for color.
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54 An outside-in elliptical ramp. It is black around the edge and
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70 pamarith(1), pnmgamma(1), pamseq(1), ppmrainbow(1), pamgradient(1),
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76 Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
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