---
name: "ppm2tiff"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtiff-tools"
version: "4.7.0-3+deb13u3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ppm2tiff"
---

# ppm2tiff(1)

create a TIFF file from PPM, PGM and PBM image files Synopsis ppm2tiff \[ options \] \[ input.ppm \] output.tif

## NAME

ppm2tiff - create a TIFF file from PPM, PGM and PBM image files

Synopsis

**ppm2tiff** \[ *options* \] \[ *input.ppm* \] *output.tif*

## DESCRIPTION

**ppm2tiff** converts a file in the PPM, PGM and PBM image formats to TIFF.  By default, the TIFF image is created with data samples packed (**PlanarConfiguration=1**), compressed with the Packbits algorithm (**Compression=32773**), and with each strip no more than 8 kilobytes. These characteristics can be overridden, or explicitly specified with the options described below.

If the PPM file contains greyscale data, then the **PhotometricInterpretation** tag is set to 1 (min-is-black), otherwise it is set to 2 (RGB).

If no PPM file is specified on the command line, **ppm2tiff** will read from the standard input.

## OPTIONS

- **-c compress**

  Specify a compression scheme to use when writing image data: **-c none** for no compression, **-c packbits** for PackBits compression (will be used by default), **-c lzw** for Lempel-Ziv & Welch compression, **-c jpeg** for baseline JPEG compression, **-c zip** for Deflate compression, **-c g3** for CCITT Group 3 (T.4) compression, and **-c g4** for CCITT Group 4 (T.6) compression.

- **-r striprows**

  Write data with a specified number of rows per strip; by default the number of rows/strip is selected so that each strip is approximately 8 kilobytes.

- **-R resolution**

  Mark the resultant image to have the specified X and Y resolution (in dots/inch).

## SEE ALSO

*tiffinfo* (1), *tiffcp* (1), *tiffmedian* (1), *libtiff* (3tiff)

## AUTHOR

LibTIFF contributors

## COPYRIGHT

1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors