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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 10 Jul 1994.

                            
    
    
Talk: Good GIF to ASCII converter?
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Talk: Good GIF to ASCII converter?

                    

                        From thi...@werple.apana.org.au
                        · rec.arts.ascii
                        · 10 Jul 1994 23:05                                                    · View full thread
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ma...@alcyone.darkside.com (Erik Max Francis) writes:


>Does anyone know of a good program to convert a .GIF (or some other 
>reasonable graphics file format) to an ASCII image, preferably with 
>control over parameters such as character mappings, aspect ratios, and 
>the actual size to translate the image into (such as 80x25 as well as 
>80x50)?

There are some tools mentioned in the FAQ, but for one that isn't:

You might try using GNU Disp.  I've used it under MS-DOS, and it will 
display images in all the popular formats, and save out with appropriate 
conversions.  One of the save formats is "ASCII"; this seems to be the 
same conversion as pbm2ascii.  (BTW, if someone could point me to PBM, pref. 
pre-built, I'd appreciate it.)  Very powerful tool!



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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