picture -> ascii converter wanted

Hi all...
Do you know where I can get a converter program to read my images and make
ASCII art from them?  I found one called asciipic 2.0, but it's not as good
as I hoped.  (Doesn't seem to use enough different characters to provide
different tones.)  I've seen some others mentioned, but was hoping I'd get
a good recommendation here, so I wouldn't have to experiment as much on my
own.  Here's what I'm looking for:

* Read a variety of image formats:  GIF, JPG, etc.
* Variable scaling so my ASCII doesn't come out huuuuge.  It would be great
if I could specify a % of original, or a fixed size for the output (80
columns).
* Adjustable brightness/contrast is important.
* Does a good job of representing tones with different characters.  There
are a ~100 characters to use, it would be nice to have ~100 levels.
* Macintosh preferred, but I can deal with Windows too.
* Anything else I should be looking for but forgot to mention.

Please CC any replies to me as well as posting.

Thanks,
Tim
-- 
Tim Larson  -  web programming guru
Red 5 Interactive, Inc.  -  www.r5i.com
4549 Fleur Dr.  Des Moines, IA  50321

At Fri, 03 Nov 2000 11:51:47 -0600 Tim Larson <ti...@r5i.com> wrote 26
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>Hi all...
>Do you know where I can get a converter program to read my images and make
>ASCII art from them?  I found one called asciipic 2.0, but it's not as good
>as I hoped.  (Doesn't seem to use enough different characters to provide
>different tones.)  I've seen some others mentioned, but was hoping I'd get
>a good recommendation here, so I wouldn't have to experiment as much on my
>own.  Here's what I'm looking for:

Try taking a black/white photo without to many details and the result
might be better.

>Subject: picture -> ascii converter wanted
>From: Tim Larson ti...@r5i.com 
>Date: 11/3/00 12:51 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <3A0...@r5i.com>
>
>Hi all...
>Do you know where I can get a converter program to read my images and make
>ASCII art from them?  I found one called asciipic 2.0, but it's not as good

Try gifscii, it's at the address in my sig below.

-- 
"I am the one you warned me of." - BOC - Imaginos
ANSI & ASCII tools - http://members.aol.com/tony5870

Gimp is good, it uses the AALib. I think it only runs in Linux though but I
might be wrong.
It's also free and does alot of filters and the normal image editing tools
are all there.


James Pritchard

> Gimp is good, it uses the AALib. I think it only runs in Linux though but I
> might be wrong.
> It's also free and does alot of filters and the normal image editing tools
> are all there.

There is a Gimp version for Windows.
I have it installed.


Also in the lastest issue of lockergnome Chris reveals that he like ascii-art and mention this
program :

"
 <> HTML Picture v1.0 [291k] W9x/NT/2k FREE

 http://www.interkodex.com/htmlpicture.zip
 http://www.interkodex.com/default.asp?page=htmlpicture/info

{Render text from graphics} BMP and JPG are nice file extensions
in and of themselves. I've invited them over for dinner a few
times, but they didn't take too kindly to my ASCII art collection.
They said it wasn't good enough. Humph. What do they know about
fine art, anyway? They're just raster images, ya know. They just
need a good ASCII kickin'. With HTML Picture, you can turn your
JPG / BMP images into colorful ASCII art (for an HTML
environment). It's safe, it's easy, it's reliable. Post your
creations to the Web and they won't be stolen as easily as
"regular" graphics. It's certainly a novelty that could come in
handy at one point in the future. Ya know, it goes well with a
white wine.
"

I have'nt tried it yet , but i will sometime today.

>Subject: Re: picture -> ascii converter wanted
>From: "Jim Pearson" ji...@banet.net 
>Date: 11/13/00 2:50 AM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <3a0...@news1.prserv.net>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone know where I can get the source code to GIFSCII?
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
>

Well, it seems like ASCII WORLD is where the author resides, since they have
some kind of message there saying they are updating the code.

I would give you the address but I just checked it out, it isn't there any
longer.
-- 
"I am the one you warned me of." - BOC - Imaginos
ANSI & ASCII tools - http://members.aol.com/tony5870

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I can get the source code to GIFSCII?

Thanks,
Jim

"Tony The Impaler" <ton...@aol.completely> wrote in message
news:200...@ng-cu1.aol.com...
> >Subject: picture -> ascii converter wanted
> >From: Tim Larson ti...@r5i.com
> >Date: 11/3/00 12:51 PM Eastern Standard Time
> >Message-id: <3A0...@r5i.com>
> >
> >Hi all...
> >Do you know where I can get a converter program to read my images and
make
> >ASCII art from them?  I found one called asciipic 2.0, but it's not as
good
>
> Try gifscii, it's at the address in my sig below.
>
> --
> "I am the one you warned me of." - BOC - Imaginos
> ANSI & ASCII tools - http://members.aol.com/tony5870