Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 30 Mar 1994.
GIF to ASCII converter
alt.ascii-art.animation
· 2 messages · 30 Mar 1994 - 30 Mar 1994
Hi, Sometime ago on the Net I remember seeing references to a "GIF to ASCII converter" program. Presumably this takes in any GIF format picture, and converts it into another picture composed entirely out of standard ASCII characters, such that the output picture is the closest possible approximation to the original GIF picture. Does such a program exist ? If so, where can I get it ? If not, how can one go about doing this ? I guess this would be kind of like half-toning or dithering, but with more primitives to use than just dots and spaces to get both the gray-scale _and_ edges right. I'd appreciate any pointers on this. - Suresh Computer Nomad. Current Camp: SiliconGraphics Inc.
On Wed, 30 Mar 1994 03:32:03 GMT, suj...@netcom.com (Suresh Krishnajois) said: S> Sometime ago on the Net I remember seeing references to a S> "GIF to ASCII converter" program. Presumably this takes S> in any GIF format picture, and converts it into another S> picture composed entirely out of standard ASCII characters, S> such that the output picture is the closest possible S> approximation to the original GIF picture. S> Does such a program exist ? If so, where can I get it ? A program to do this called ascgif was posted to comp.sources.misc some time ago. It's quite good, but the output looks better when printed and help a distance away, rather that close up (unless you've got a _huge_ screen!). Any comp.sources.misc archive will have it (in volume 30). Have a look in: gatekeeper.dec.com /.2/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30 unix.hensa.ac.uk /pub/uunet/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30 usc.edu /archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.misc src.doc.ic.ac.uk /usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30 -- BCNU Jon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- J.D.Morris Smith, The Medical Imaging Project School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Email: j.d...@cs.bham.ac.uk Birmingham, Tel: +44-(0)21 414 3734 B15 2TT, England. Fax: +44-(0)21 414 4281
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