Re: Image to Ascii Competition (was: -Very Simple Java JPG to ASCII Converter)
From Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen <new...@CeeJay.cjb.nOt>
· alt.ascii-art
· 28 Mar 2001 01:52 · View full thread
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> What about dividing the contributions to the competition in three > categories: > A) just-with-my-hands-and-keyboard > B) Just by using a conversion algorithm and the options provided by it > C) Conversion algorithm and refinements by hand Good idea(tm) > What about replacing some characters (up to 5?) to insert a signature? > I think it should be allowed. Why ? It's just conversions from a program .. not art - Allthough a signature should be allowed for the A and C category > And some more suggestions for the rules: > - The software must be freely available for everybody Already suggested that > - The developer of the software is not allowed to take part in the > competition I don't see why not , if a developer is not satisfied with the quality of his program he is more than welcome to improve on it (I belive that I what the enitre contest is for .. to improve the quality of conversions) As long as he doesn't specificly target the contest test images and optimize the program JUST for them so it works fine with them but crap with everything else. But that should be easy to test for when judging the contest .. just take another image not in the contest and try it out on that. > - 100% pure ASCII Already suggested that > - The source image is not allowed to be modified (conversion of file > formats is allowed) Seems fine enough , some lossy formats might alter the picture slightly but as conversion to ascii is already very lossy , there will be either no difference or very little and insignificant difference in the quality of the final product.
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