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ppmshift - shift lines of a PPM image left or right by a random amount
ppmshift shift [ppmfile]
This program is part of Netpbm(1).
ppmshift reads a PPM image as input. Shifts every row of image data to the left or right by a certain amount. The shift parameter determines by how many pixels a row is to be shifted at most.
This is another one of those effects I intended to use for MPEG tests. Unfortunately, this program will not help me here - it creates too random patterns to be used for animations. Still, it might give interesting results on still images.
Check this out: Save your favourite model’s picture from something like alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels (ok, or from any other picture source), convert it to ppm, and process it e.g. like this, assuming the picture is 800x600 pixels:
#take the upper
half, and leave it like it is
pamcut -top=0 -width=800 -height=300 cs.ppm
>upper.ppm
#take the lower
half, flip it upside down, dim it and distort it a little
pamcut -top=300 -width=800 -height=300 cs.ppm | pamflip
-topbottom | ppmdim 0.7 | ppmshift 10 >lower.ppm
#and
concatenate the two pieces
pnmcat -topbottom upper.ppm lower.ppm >newpic.ppm
The resulting picture looks like the image being reflected on a water surface with slight ripples.
ppm(1), pamcut(1), pamflip(1), ppmdim(1), pnmcat(1)
Copyright (C) 1993 by Frank Neumann
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