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Portable Graymap (.pgm)

The Portable Graymap (PGM) file extension, originating in the late 1980s as part of the Netpbm project, stands for "Portable Gray Map". It serves as a simple, versatile format for grayscale images, enabling easy reading and writing by various programs. Due to its straightforward structure and plain text encoding, it's often used in academic and research settings where ease of parsing and accessibility are crucial. PGM files store grayscale images in a compact, efficient manner, making them an essential tool for image processing tasks.

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Radiance Scene Description (.rad)

The RAD file extension, associated with the Radiance software suite, stands for Radiance Scene Description. It is used to describe materials and geometry for lighting simulations and rendering programs. Developed by Greg Ward at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Radiance employs ray tracing and an octree data structure for accurate lighting calculations. RAD files are ASCII text files that must be compiled into an octree before rendering.

RAD Converter

How to convert PGM to RAD?

  1. Upload PGM File

    Drag and drop a PGM file into the upload area to start conversion.

  2. Select PGM Tools

    Select tools to convert your PGM image into a RAD image, then click Convert.

  3. Download Your RAD

    Click Download after the RAD conversion ends to get your file.

Convert PGM to RAD

Convert PGM to RAD on Desktop

(macOS • Windows • Linux)

After setup, the Vertopal CLI tool converts PGM image seamlessly into RAD image.

  1. Open the operating system Terminal utility.
  2. Navigate to the PGM folder or specify the input file path.
  3. Run the command after replacing PGM_INPUT_FILE with the correct path. $ vertopal convert PGM_INPUT_FILE --to rad

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