• NAME
  
  pamedge - edge-detect an image
  
• SYNOPSIS
  
  
  pamedge [imagefile]
  
• DESCRIPTION
  
  
  
  This program is part of Netpbm(1) .
  
  pamedge reads a Netpbm image (PNM or PAM) and produces an image that outlines the edges.
  
  The output image is of the same type as the input, except that the maxval of the output is at least 255 and if the input is PBM, the output is PGM.
  
  You can pipe the result through <(>CWpamditherbw -threshold and play with the threshold value to get a PBM (bilevel image) of the edges.
  The edge detection technique used is to take the Pythagorean sum of two Sobel gradient operators at 90 degrees to each other.  For more details see 'Digital Image Processing' by Gonzalez and Wintz, chapter 7.
  
  The maxval of the output is the same as the maxval of the input, except at least 255.  The effect is better with larger maxvals, so you may want to increase the maxval of the input by running it through pamdepth first.
  
• SEE ALSO
  
  pgmenhance(1) , pamditherbw(1) , pamdepth(1) , pammasksharpen(1) , pamsharpness(1) , pamsharpmap(1) , pam(1) , pnm(1)
  
• HISTORY
  
  
  
  pamedge was added to Netpbm in Release 10.14 (March 2003). It replaced pgmedge, which was the same thing, but worked only on PGM and PBM images.
  
  
• AUTHOR
  
  
  Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.  Adapted to pnmedge Peter Kichgessner in 1995, and then to pamedge by Bryan Henderson in 2003.

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