X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,c250e7853e320dcb X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-03 12:38:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!63.208.208.143!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!europa.netcrusader.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!panix!news.panix.com!qz!not-for-mail From: Eli the Bearded <*@qz.little-neck.ny.us> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art.animation Subject: Re: filters Date: 3 Apr 2001 19:37:48 GMT Organization: Some absurd concept Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <9acf9v$1paj$1@raewyn.paradise.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 986326668 21889 166.84.0.230 (3 Apr 2001 19:37:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Apr 2001 19:37:48 GMT X-Files: Used for sharpening claws and teeth on your hawk and hacksaw X-Motto: "Erosion of rights never seems to reverse itself." -- kenny@panix X-US-Congress: Moronic Fucks. X-Attribution: EtB X-Usenet-II: Because it is time for October. Encrypted: double rot-13 X-Newsreader: Sony Playstation 5.0MIPS Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art.animation:203 In alt.ascii-art.animation, ryan wrote: > does anyone know of an images filter that will convert a bitmap to ascii, > and then turn the acscii into a bitmap, so you have a picture of the ascii > picture (instead of text? - like if you did a screen capture) Hope you can > understand this... pbmascii will make black and white images of text. How you come by that text is another matter. (The pbm tool to make ascii art is pretty bad.) Elijah ------ posted a pgm to ascii tool in alt.ascii-art a few weeks ago