X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,b0782aa85dc0c3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-11 01:03:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!cox.net!news1.west.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo Subject: Re: Gif to Ascii Converter References: Reply-To: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Lines: 37 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:03:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.6.196.19 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news1.west.cox.net 1015837438 68.6.196.19 (Mon, 11 Mar 2002 04:03:58 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 04:03:58 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15492 --(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