---
name: "ff2jpg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "farbfeld"
version: "4-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ff2jpg"
---

# ff2jpg(1)

convert farbfeld to JPG

## NAME

**ff2jpg** – convert farbfeld to JPG

## SYNOPSIS

**ff2jpg** \[**-b** *colour*\] \[**-o**\] \[**-q** *quality*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ff2jpg** reads a [farbfeld(5)](/farbfeld/5.md) image from stdin, converts it to JPG (8-bit RGB) and writes the result to stdout.

In case of an error **ff2jpg** writes a diagnostic message to stderr.

## OPTIONS

- **-b** *colour*

  Blend the transparent colours with *colour* specified as rgb, rrggbb or rrrrggggbbbb. The default is fff.

- **-o**

  Optimize the Huffman table, which reduces the file size but takes longer.

- **-q** *quality*

  Set the output *quality* ranging from 0 to 100. The default is 85.

## EXIT STATUS

- 0

  Image processed successfully.

- 1

  An error occurred.

## EXAMPLES

$ **ff2jpg** \< image.ff \> image.jpg

$ bunzip2 \< image.ff.bz2 \| **ff2jpg** -b 0f0 -q 90 \> image.jpg

## SEE ALSO

[bzip2(1)](/bzip2/1.md), [farbfeld(5)](/farbfeld/5.md)

## AUTHORS

Hiltjo Posthuma ⟨*hiltjo@codemadness.org*⟩