---
name: "mtvtoppm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netpbm"
version: "10.86.51-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mtvtoppm"
---

# mtvtoppm(1)

convert output from an MTV or PRT ray tracer into a PPM

## NAME

mtvtoppm - convert output from an MTV or PRT ray tracer into a PPM

## SYNOPSIS

**mtvtoppm** \[*mtvfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is part of **Netpbm**(1) .

**mtvtoppm** reads an input file from Mark VanDeWettering's MTV ray tracer and produces a PPM image as output.

The PRT raytracer also produces this format.

## OPTIONS

There are no command line options defined specifically for **mtvtoppm**, but it recognizes the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See \
  Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ .)

## SEE ALSO

**ppm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.

## DOCUMENT SOURCE

This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master documentation is at

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  **http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/mtvtoppm.html**