X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,bd38886e2812d092 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-20 20:18:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!not-for-mail From: "Phydeaux" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: images to ascii conversion algorithm ? Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:22:02 +0900 Organization: Korea Telecom Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.48.80.169 X-Trace: news1.kornet.net 1014264314 27466 211.48.80.169 (21 Feb 2002 04:05:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@feeder.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 04:05:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14838 "Harm Cuppens" wrote in message news:a38718ba.0202201513.3b748c06@posting.google.com... > Hello all, > > I'm thinking of creating a little program that would convert greyscale > bmp's to ascii art. (I know i'm certainly not the first one to do > this, it's just for fun and learning) > > The conversion from pixels to an ascii character troubles me the most. > I was thinking of grouping chunks of pixel data and then select a > character for that group but what particular character should that be? > What determines the choice for a character. > > If anybody has some info that clears my head up a bit, it would be > appreciated very much. > (don't know if this off topic, if so, sorry) > > Greetings, > Harm Cuppens Have you tried the following: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=pixel+algorithm+conversion&btnG=Goog le+Search&meta=group%3Dalt.ascii-art.* ? I don't know if you will find what you are looking for, and I don't believe I can offer any further assistance... But from what I've noticed, the resident ascii-related programming guru (at least the most regularly vocal one) is Markus Gebhart, maybe you can find something usefull at his site: http://www.jave.de . Good luck, -Phydeaux ObAscii: (sig-sized ascii conversion of a snowball in antarctica flying in a snowstorm)