View source for MTV ray tracer bitmap

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|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Graphics
|extensions={{ext|pic}}, {{ext|mtv}}
|released=1988
}}
'''MTV ray tracer bitmap''' refers to the output format of the ''MTV ray tracer'' program by Mark T. VandeWettering. It is a simple uncompressed truecolor raster image format, similar to [[Netpbm formats|binary PPM format]]. Its name comes from the author's initials, not the Music Television cable channel, so the slogan "I Want My MTV!" doesn't apply to it.

MTV format can also be used by ''Rayshade'' (see [[Rayshade scene description]]). Rayshade reportedly also uses a multi-image extension of it, consisting of multiple files concatenated together.

''MTV'' uses [[NFF]] as its input format.

== Identifiers ==
The MTV software uses a filename extension of '''.pic'''. Third-party applications that support this format sometimes use '''.mtv''' instead.

== Software ==
* [[ImageMagick]]
* [[Konvertor]]
* [[Netpbm]]: mtvtoppm
* [[XnView]]
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/graphics16000/GENERAL/RAYTRACE/MTV/MTV.LHA MTV source code]

== Sample files ==
* {{DexvertSamples|image/mtv}}

== Resources ==
* {{EGFF|mtv|MTV File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]