%%
% @file   convert_to_pgm 
% @author Nicholas Heckman (nth@andrew)
% @date   2008-01-24
%
% @brief  MATLAB function to convert any image file supported
%         by MATLAB to a 8-bit ASCII filetype
%
% @param filename_open absolute path or local path to the image
%        file that will be converted to PGM
%
% @param filename_write file name to save the PGM image to; this
%        filename can be a local path or an absolute path
%%

function convert_to_pgm(filename_open, filename_write)
img = imread(filename_open);
imwrite(img, filename_write, 'pgm', 'Encoding', 'ASCII');