MATHEMATICA IMPORT/EXPORT FORMAT

PNM (.pnm)

MIME types: image/x-portable-anymap, image/pbm
PNM raster image format.
Generic format of the Portable family of image formats.
Includes the PBM (monochrome), PGM (gray-level) and PPM (RGB color) image formats.
Native format of the Netpbm graphics software package.
Primarily used as an intermediate file format on Unix systems.
PNM is an acronym derived from Portable Any Map.
ASCII or binary format.
Stores raster images formatted as plain text, representing each pixel as a color value.

Import and Export fully support the PNM format.

Export creates binary PNM files.

If multiple images are present in a PNM file, Import returns the first of the images.

IMPORT AND EXPORT

Import imports a PNM file, returning an Image object.

Export exports an image, graphics, or any other expression as a raster image to PNM.

Export by default generates binary PNM files.

When exporting Mathematica graphics or arbitrary expressions to PNM, the resulting image has the same raster size as its displayed form.

Image objects are by default exported at their raster size.

Because PNM is a raster image format, all fonts are rasterized on export.

Import imports the specified element from a PNM file.

Import imports a subelement.

Import imports multiple elements.

The import format can be specified with Import or Import.

Export creates a PNM file by treating expr as specifying element elem.

Export treats each as specifying the corresponding .

Export exports expr with the specified option elements taken to have the specified values.

Export uses rules to specify the elements to be exported.

See the reference pages for full general information on Import and Export.

ImportString and ExportString support the PNM format.

NOTEBOOK INTERFACE

In the notebook front end, Insert ► Picture and the Open menu allow import of a PNM file into a cell.

Save Selection As exports the selected part of a notebook as a PNM file.

ELEMENTS

General Import elements:

	"Elements"	list of elements and options available in this file
	"Rules"	full list of rules for each element and option
	"Options"	list of rules for options, properties, and settings

Data representation elements:

	"Data"	array of color values
	"Graphics"	Graphics object representing an image
	"GrayLevels"	array of normalized gray-level values
	"Image"	raster image, given as an Image object
	"RGBColorArray"	array of RGBColor objects

Import and Export by default use the element for PNM files.

Advanced Import element:

"ImageSize"

raster dimensions

OPTIONS

General options:

	ImageSize	Automatic	overall image size
	"DataType"	Automatic	data type used for storing pixel elements

Export option:

"ImageTopOrientation"

Top

orientation of the exported image

Detailed property:

"ColorSpace"

Automatic

color space of the image