X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6c02a1688dd73514 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Dutch Dude Subject: Re: SOMEONE PLEASE POST SOME GIF ->ASCII Converter!! Date: 1996/02/19 Message-ID: <31291714.32BB@fz.hse.nl>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 140111436 references: content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Hogeschool Eindhoven mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.ascii-art content-disposition: inline; filename="GIF.TXT" x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) 15 How can I make Gray Scale pictures? You can make them from scratch if you are a very good ASCII artist. An easier way is to use a converter program. There's ASCGIF, Gifscii (with versions for many systems), ANSIrez, "ansicv22", GIF2ANSI, and "gif2txt" for the PC. There's also the HyperCard stack called "asciipicter". It allows you to draw a picture, and convert it to ASCII art. This is for the Macintosh. These programs make an ASCII pic from any GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image (or image you can convert to a GIF). Most converters require the GIF to be in 87a format. GIFs in 89a format, must be converted to 87a format first. The exception to the GIF converters is a bitmap converter for Windows called Pixel Characterizer (version 0.5) by Shi Y Chen. 16 Where can I get Gray Scale converters? You can get Gifscii for many systems, and the source code from: o FTP Sites: Chris' FTP site -> Host: ftp.ncsu.edu Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive URL: ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Path: pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. Both Chris' and Scarcecrow's sites have Gifscii 2.2 for MSDOS, Unix (Sun), Macintosh, Amiga, Digital Alpha, Digital VAX, as well as the c-source code. Scarecrow's site also has "ansicv22.zip", "ansirez1.zip", and "asciipicter.sit.hqx" (HyperCard stack). You can get ASCGIF from: o FTP Sites: -> Host: usc.edu Path: archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif URL: ftp://usc.edu/archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Path: pub/Scarecrow/Misc URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Misc Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. -> Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu Path: usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif URL: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif You can get GIF2ANSI and "gif2txt" from: o BBS Sites: -> BBS: Exec-PC (414) 789-4210 File: GIF2ANSI.ZIP, in the "Mahoney MS-DOS" file collection. -> BBS: Aquila BBS (708) 820-8344] File: gif2txt.zip You can get the GDS GIF-JPEG to ANSI (for DOS) at: o FTP Sites: -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/ph/photodex File: gds31d.zip URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ph/photodex/gds31d.zip -> Host: oak.oakland.edu Path: SimTel/msdos/graphics File: gds31d.zip URL: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/graphics/gds31d.zip If you do NOT have FTP available, you can get Gifscii by email. To receive _ send email to boba@wwa.com with the subject line _ \ / \ / Y Y File Name Version Size Subject line Gifscii for the Mac 2.2 - 37 K REQUEST GIFSCII MAC Gifscii source code 2.2 - 51 K REQUEST GIFSCII SOURCE