---
name: "makecbf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cbflib-bin"
version: "0.9.7+dfsg1-5+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/makecbf"
---

# makecbf(1)

convert detector images to CBF format

## NAME

makecbf - convert detector images to CBF format

## SYNOPSIS

**makecbf** *imagefile* *cbffile*

## DESCRIPTION

**makecbf** is a program to convert certain detector images to CBF format. Currently, the program knows how to convert images from the  following detector types:

- MAR180, MAR300, MAR345 and ADSC quantum.

  **makecbf** writes the CBF-format image to disk, reads it in again, and then compares it to the original.  **makecbf** works only from stated files on disk, so that random I/O can be used.

## SEE ALSO

[**cif2cbf**(1)](/cif2cbf/1.md), [**convert\_image**(1)](/convert_image/1.md), [**img2cif**(1)](/img2cif/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**makecbf** was written by Herbert J. Bernstein.

This manual page was written by Morten Kjeldgaard \<mok@bioxray.au.dk\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).