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For shapes an details have a look at this image of a rose:

1-Pixel-Algorithm:
                                                                          
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J    
                                                                        
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!.JJ=            
                                                             
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'J                          
              .>                                
>JJ                            
                 'jj       '         '++JJJ>.   
J                              
                  .555 =j''   j66jj=.          
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              YYcc6YYYYYY5JJ       J555JJJJ5  
''                               
            ccccYXYYYYYYY66S>  .X665565XX665JJ  
J=JJJJJYJ=                     
      c:: YYYYYYYYYY66XYYY666>!XXSX6565XXX6656 
.56556555555J                   
        cDXYcYXX666XXXXXDD.  
.D5DXDXDXXXDXX.=J55655555JJJJJJJJ                 
       cXXDKKYXX6XXDXDXYXY         JDMDDX!
!55J5555J6JJY5YYYJYYJ!               
       YXXXDDXX6XXXXY6c:K                
YJJYJJY5JJ56                          
       :X6XDDDDXXD:    J                
!J5JJJYJ5YYJ5.                         
         X6XXXX6X                      
.J55YYYJJY5YJ5                          
            cX:                         
!X55X5YY565.                           
                                          
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4-Pixel-Algorithm:
                                                                          
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       3mmmBBBmmmmmBBP"5F                .d#AmAGmmA#mm) 
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It is like fucussing a camera lense.

Markus