X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c9b689d5c7a6893e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-15 00:22:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) Subject: Re: Ascii-Art FAQ v3.0.3.02 References: Reply-To: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Lines: 35 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:22:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.5.180.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com 1011082957 65.5.180.200 (Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:22:37 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:22:37 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13762 --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(CJRandall said it like only they can.)-- > 11.1 How do I convert a picture to ASCII art? > -------------------------------------------- > There are computer programs available which convert graphics files > of a particular format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names > such as ascgif, gifa, gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for > any of these programs to find places where you can download them. > Try: > gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70 > ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/. <== dead-link > http://www.jave.de/. <== new > > [this text needs revising] > However, the output from these programs is often poor (fiddling > with the picture in an image-editing program beforehand may help). > I followed the http link above and found a gif to ascii app but its using libc which as we all know is depreciated and the other app i found only works on gifs of 87a type. I am using a old lappy with no graphics ability at all but I would like to veiw even ascii versions if possable for gifs. jpig does a poor job of ansi-fying jpgs. Does anyone know where I can get a good gif jpg etc converter? ascii or ansi will meet my needs. -- --(tty1@faux.local|04:45|/home/faux)-- cat .sig It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson