PNG(nged)

NAME

png - Writes the current display to a PNG image file.

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png [-c r/g/b] [-s size] file

Writes the current GED display to the specified PNG file.

The implementation supports the following options:

-c r/g/b - Set the background color using RGB values separated by non-numeric delimiters.
-s size - Set the output image size in pixels. The implementation requires a size of at least 50.

Without options, the command writes a 512x512 PNG image with a white background.

The examples show common uses of png.

Example 1. Write the current display to a PNG file.

mged>png view.png

Writes the current display to view.png.

Example 2. Write a larger PNG with a black background.

mged>png -c 0/0/0 -s 1024 view.png

Writes a 1024x1024 PNG image using a black background.

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