X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,f8ecd8ecfc061f43 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-15 10:43:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: stumo@bigfoot.com (Stuart Moore) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: how to make a Gif Message-ID: <3b2a4226.5681586@news.ntlworld.com> References: <0000lU$mDX@bbs.iyard.org> <8BgqOyfPFDD17UxxvzQqDSzP02SK@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 57 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:38:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.253.91.176 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 992626717 62.253.91.176 (Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:38:37 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:38:37 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6184 On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:19:15 +0200, "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" enlightened us with: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:36:49 +0100, sara wallen > wrote: > > >,--- Bamboo wrote --- > >| > >| Varanasi.bbs@bbs.iyard.org wrote: > >| > ==> Bamboo wrote > >| > : Varanasi.bbs@bbs.iyard.org (�O����e) wrote: > >| > : > > >| > : > May I ask how to make a Gif picture? > >| > : > > >| > : > or how to transfer the ascii to Gif? > >| > : > > >| > >| > : Hmmm, Screenshot ? > >| > > >| > What's this? > >| > > >| > Could you please say this more? > >| > > >| It's possible to save an image of what's on your screen. On a Mac it's > >| CMD-SHIFT-3. I don't know how it's done on a wintel computer, but it's > >| possible. > >| Just open your ascii image in some texteditor and make a screenshot. In > >| a graphic editing program open the screenshot, cut all the parts you > >| don't need and convert the image to GIF. That's all. > >| Greetz, > >| > >| Bamboo > >'--- > > > >On a PCthere's a lovely little button called "print screen" which does > >the same :) Usually it's above you insert key, which is above delete, > >which is above your arrow keys... > > > >You can also press alt + printscreen to isolate just the one window > > but mind that both the key combinations only work in windows 95 and > higher.. in pure dos they usually output the screen directly to your > printer (on LPT1) > Hence "Printscreen". Paint Shop Pro comes with a very good screen shot grabber, including one where you select the exact area you want to grab. it's also able to save direct into gif, and is generally the best graphics package I've come across. -- o |\ _[] L_ === Stuart Moore []\, stm