Software to create ASCII art

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!

Sharon

.----- 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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In article <75qf0k$jur$1...@newton.pacific.net.sg>, Purple Rain
<don't...@email.me> writes
>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!
I found a program that converted black and white .GIFs into ASCII art
files, but I'm not sure where it is now. Try looking at www.download.com
for something like 'gif to ascii' or 'ascii art'...
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