unslice - Quickly assemble image slices
unslice [ -f ctlfile ] [ -y ymax ] [
-o outfile ] infiles ...
Unslice quickly assembles a number of horizontal image strips into a
single output image. A typical use for unslice is to put together
portions of an image ("slices") computed independently into a single
output picture. Because unslice uses the "raw" RLE library
calls to read and write the images, it runs much faster than doing the
equivalent operations with crop and comp.
unslice has two modes of operation. If given the -f
flag, unslice reads a control file telling it how to assemble the
images. This is a text file with two decimal numbers on each line, one line
for each slice to be assembled into the output image. Each line gives the
starting and stopping scanlines (inclusive) for each slice. These must be in
ascending order. This is useful if the slices have excess image area that
should be cropped away.
If no control file is given, the -y flag is used. This
tells unslice what the maximum Y value of the output image is.
Unslice reads the files in order, using the RLE headers to determine
where to place the slices. If two slices overlap, the first scanlines from
the second slice are thrown away. In both cases, the slices must be in
ascending order, and are expected to be of uniform width.
crop(1), rlecomp(1), rlepatch(1), repos(1),
urt(1), RLE(5).
Unslice has really been superceded by rlepatch(1).