# ppmspread > Displace the pixels in a PPM image by a randomized amount. > More information: . - Displace the pixels in a PPM image by a randomized amount that is at most a: `ppmspread {{a}} {{path/to/input_file.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.ppm}}` - Specify a seed to a the pseudo-random number generator: `ppmspread {{a}} {{path/to/input_file.ppm}} -randomseed {{seed}} > {{path/to/output_file.ppm}}`