Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 19 May 1994.
Using gifscii for DOS
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· 2 messages · 19 May 1994 - 23 May 1994
I got the recently uploaded UUE file of GIFSCII for MS-DOS. I am happy to say I unencoded it and it works great. I need some tips though on using it. Such as, what type of original picture works best? Black and white? What should I tell it for number of lines across and down for best effect and avoidance of distortion or overcompressing? What happens if I don't give it any values? It appears to go ahead and substitute some default values but the result doesn't look that great. Thanks for any tips on this. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CatTag: � Member of the Legion of Decency....Retired. jul...@asacomp.com / Owned by Sasha & Kesa, The Blue Cats -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
In article <...> jul...@asacomp.com (Julie Rhodes) writes: > I got the recently uploaded UUE file of GIFSCII for MS-DOS. I am > happy to say I unencoded it and it works great. I need some tips > though on using it. Such as, what type of original picture works > best? Black and white? Gifscii does recognize 2-color images and adjusts its algorithm to deal with them. Results will probably degrade with 'busier' or noiser images. For the best results, run images through a program that can do a 'histogram equalization'. Now there's a feature that ought to be included in Gifscii :-/ And if your conversion program does a really good job of converting color images to gray-scale, try that first also. >What should I tell it for number of lines > across and down for best effect and avoidance of distortion or > overcompressing? What happens if I don't give it any values? It > appears to go ahead and substitute some default values but the result > doesn't look that great. Experiment, experiment, experiment :-) Sorry, there's only so much a gif-to-ascii program can do on its own. The program works by taking a subset of pixels from the image and representing each of them with part of an ascii character, which is pretty limiting. Paul Kline pk6...@acad.drake.edu - ignorance exceeded only by inquisitance -
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