X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,b0782aa85dc0c3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-12 00:20:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.bcn.ttd.net!telenews.teleline.es!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 193.152.183.134 From: "SuperSonic" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: Gif to Ascii Converter Lines: 54 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <9u8j8.11545$EH2.45655@telenews.teleline.es> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:31:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.20.31.4 X-Complaints-To: usenet@teleline.es X-Trace: telenews.teleline.es 1015878661 10.20.31.4 (Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:31:01 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:31:01 MET Organization: Terra Networks Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15525 use Image Alchemy, it converts over 90 image formats http://www.handmadesw.com/Products/Image_Alchemy.htm - Sonic "Faux_Pseudo" escribi� en el mensaje news:slrna8osnt.nm.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a... > --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- > --(Josef 'Jupp' Schugt said it like only they can.)-- > > Hi! > > > > partofitall@gmx.de wrote: > > > >>I need a gif to ascii converter > > > > I suppose the GIF to be b/w (use any image handling program to achieve this) > > Use giftopnm to convert it to a portable bitmap and then pbmtoascii to convert > > that format to ASCII. Some excerpt from the pbmtoascii man page will help you > > when using nont b/w pictures. Note that the tools mentioned are command line- > > based so they should work under any OS at hand (even Windows Monday Edition). > > > > The problem with apps like pbmtoascii is that I always seem to be > lacking a converstion program somehere in teh pipe. > How do I get to the pbm file? I have not found a jpegtopbm or > giftopbm app. I can get a gif to a pnm but then I can only get a file > formates I have never even heard of: > ddif fits ps rast sgi sir xwd > > Well I have heard of ps but some how I think thats not going to meet > my needs even with pstoascii. Thats just way to much abstraction. > > In short I am looking for a comand line group of apps like those that > come with ImageMagic. But I want a better set of the strarting > converters like those for gif or jpgs. > > Any ideas? > > > > -- > --(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