---
name: "ff2ppm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "farbfeld"
version: "4-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ff2ppm"
---

# ff2ppm(1)

convert farbfeld to PPM

## NAME

**ff2ppm** – convert farbfeld to PPM

## SYNOPSIS

**ff2ppm** \[**-b** *colour*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ff2ppm** reads a [farbfeld(5)](/farbfeld/5.md) image from stdin, converts it to PPM (16-Bit RGB P6 binary format) and writes the result to stdout.

In case of an error **ff2ppm** 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.

## EXIT STATUS

- 0

  Image processed successfully.

- 1

  An error occurred.

## EXAMPLES

$ **ff2ppm** \< image.ff \> image.ppm

$ bunzip2 \< image.ff.bz2 \| **ff2ppm** -b 0f0 \> image.ppm

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHORS

Hiltjo Posthuma ⟨*hiltjo@codemadness.org*⟩