Re: Software to create ASCII art

.----- On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:59:34 +0800, Purple Rain posted:
|Hello. I'm posting this to know if there is any software, preferably
|freeware, which I can download from the internet which converts a picture to
|ASCII art. Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
|
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* GIFscii
    GIFscii, and it`s variants, will take an image file (usually GIF) and
   convert it to an ascii picture. The results arn`t brilliant, but can
   serve as a good starting point for an ASCII picture.
    Do a web search for one of these, as they are everywhere. Versions are
   available for a wide variety of operating systems and computer types.

    These conversions can be viewed as graphics using ASC2PIC, a program
   that will basically 'draw' ascii art using grey pixels on the screen.
    For a copy, email mart.atkins at bigfoot.com.

Try the following URLs for a starting point
     gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70
     ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/.
       [URLs taken from alt.ascii-art FAQ by Matthew Thomas]

                                                          
           .- Sample output from BMP2ASC -----.           
           |         ;$XXHXXXXXXX+.           |           
           |      :XXXHHHHHXHHHHXXX$.         |           
           |    /XXXXHHHXXHHHHHHHXXXH/        |           
           |   /XXXXXHHH$HHHHHHHHHHHHH%       |           
           |  .XXXXXXHHX$HHHHHHHHHHHHHH;      |           
           |  ;XXXXXHX$XX$$$XHHHHHHHHXHX.     |           
           | .$XXXH%/;;;::::;/$HHHHHHHXX;     |           
           | =XXXHX//;;:::::;;/+HXHHHHHH$     |           
           | /HXXH$//;;;;::::;;/$XHHHHHXX-    |           
           | %HXXH%/;;;;;;;;+$$%$XHHHHHHX/    |           
           | XXXXHX$X$%+//+++;$%HXHHHHHHX$.   |           
           |.XXXXHX+/////://;///+$XHHH@HHHHH/.|           
           |,X$XXHH%;;;;/;///;;;+$XHHH@HHHH@@@|           
           |-X$XXH@H+/++/;/++;//%XHHHH@HHHH@@@|           
           |=$$XXHHH@@%%$$%++++%$XXHHHHHXH@@@@|           
           |=$$XXX$$@@@H%++++%%%$$XHXH@HH@@@@@|           
           |=$XHXX%$@@@@@%+++%$%$$XXXHH$H@@@@@|           
           |-+%XHHH@@@@@@@X+/+%$$$$$$%%/=$@@@@|           
           | //XXXH@@@@@@@@@@@@X%%++///=--/H@@|           
           |   %XXHH@@@@@@@@@@@@X+;/;;=-,,,-$@|           
           |  =XHXHH@@@@@@@@@@@@X/,. ..-,..,,/|           
           |  $H@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@XH;....,......|           
           '------------------- for Windows! -'           
                                                          
Hope this helps,
-Martin
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