Re: Graphics to ASCII
From Jorge F. Hung <hin...@wrong.email>
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· 20 May 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Jorge F. Hung wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > Jorge F. Hung wrote: > > > > > > > > Where can I get programs that will convert Graphics files to ASCII? > > > > > > > > > > The best software is called a "brain". > > > > > > > > > > > PS: Don't care what kind of format from source > > > > > > > > > > "Thoughts" is a nice format to start with. > > > > > > > You didn't have to hit off like that... If you think that way then why are > > there cars when you have "legs"? > > > > Not at all. Cars are a faster and more comfortable way to travel than > walking is. "Gif-to-ascii converters" are not better than hand drawing. > In fact, they are worse. :-( > > > I just asked a simple question... If there is no such software, so be it. > > Life goes on... > > > > There is software that does some kind of "conversion" from gif to ascii, > but the result is normally really, really bad. :-( > > > I'm new to this kind of art, and I thought that it'll be nice to have a > > program that will generate the patterns from another graphic format. > > > > One of the best ways to sort-of-automate the process is to take a clear > plastic bag (or OH philm) and draw the picture on that. Then you take > the bag and tape it to your monitor and then you know roughly where to > put the characters to get the rough shapes of the image. It sounds > silly but it works. :-) > > I used this metod to draw these pictures: [snip] > > -- And did I ask if they have to be good converters? If you read my first post... I just asked if there was a program that can do this... There are no such "perfect" programs that will do exactly what everyone wants.
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