what app on a Mac reads/views ppm files?

Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolcott at gmail.com
Thu Apr 18 18:05:44 UTC 2024


Thanks to you all for your responses.

Looks like Preview wins out (built-in :-) ), didn't want to purchase
an app, but the quality of the image matters, if the image has one
pixel, it doesn't seem to appear :-)

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 8:38 AM Bill Cole
<macportsusers-20171215 at billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
>
> On 2024-04-16 at 22:44:22 UTC-0400 (Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:44:22 -0700)
> Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com>
> is rumored to have said:
>
> > Hi;
> >
> >   what app on a Mac reads/views ppm files?
> >
> >   I've been looking at some code located on Rosetta Code that involves
> > ppm files... https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Bitmap/Read_a_PPM_file
>
> For a very long time, I've relied on GraphicConverter, which opens and saves a huge variety of formats including PPM, according to this page: https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/key-features/import-and-export-formats
>
> I have not personally used it with PPMs, but it has given me usable conversions of many other formats. It's a decent general-use graphics editor as well.
>
>
> --
> Bill Cole


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