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Conversion of an image to a raw bitmap file

I am trying to run a program which has the following requirement:

This program reads in an uncompressed gray-scale image with one byte per pixel and a size of 256*256 pixels (no image header)

How do I convert a jpg image to fit the above requirements.

Solution

  • With ImageMagick at the command-line:

    magick input.jpg -resize 256x256\! -depth 8 -colorspace gray GRAY:image.raw

    ImageMagick is included in most Linux distros and is available for macOS and Windows. In versions 6 and earlier, change magick to convert in above command.