X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4efec4018e878d11 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-09 08:21:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!opentransit.net!proxad.net!proxad.net!nerim.net!norfair.nerim.net!not-for-mail From: BokLM Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Image to ASCII algorithms Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Nerim -- xDSL Internet Provider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3D7CA253.6AB6A0E7@magma.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mars-attacks.org X-Trace: norfair.nerim.net 1031584703 30135 62.212.101.186 (9 Sep 2002 15:18:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@nerim.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:18:23 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (OpenBSD) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:19433 In article <3D7CA253.6AB6A0E7@magma.ca>, Big Picture Effects wrote: > > Dear readers, > > I am researching Image to ASCII conversion programmes, and I need some > help on the algorithms. > My intention is not to write a new image to ASCII conversion programme, > rather, I would like to learn about the background and about types of > algorithms and how long they have been around (70's, 80's 90's?). My > background is image processing. I know that there exist a librarie called aalib that permit to convert an image to ascii. Using this lib, you can for example watch a dvd in ascii, play Quake2 in ascii, etc... This is free software, so you can read the sources :) I don't know the address of their website, but you can use google or freshmeat.net to find it (aalib)... -- ===================================================================== |BokLM| ** http://mars-attacks.org ** ^]zK Powered ! =====================================================================