Re: Ascii-Art FAQ v3.0.3.02
From Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL>
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· 15 Jan 2002 08:22 · View full thread
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--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(CJRandall said it like only they can.)-- > 11.1 How do I convert a picture to ASCII art? > -------------------------------------------- > There are computer programs available which convert graphics files > of a particular format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names > such as ascgif, gifa, gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for > any of these programs to find places where you can download them. > Try: > gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70 > ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/. <== dead-link > http://www.jave.de/. <== new > > [this text needs revising] > However, the output from these programs is often poor (fiddling > with the picture in an image-editing program beforehand may help). > I followed the http link above and found a gif to ascii app but its using libc which as we all know is depreciated and the other app i found only works on gifs of 87a type. I am using a old lappy with no graphics ability at all but I would like to veiw even ascii versions if possable for gifs. jpig does a poor job of ansi-fying jpgs. Does anyone know where I can get a good gif jpg etc converter? ascii or ansi will meet my needs. -- --(tty...@faux.local|04:45|/home/faux)-- cat .sig It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson
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