Tracing pictures
From James Mitchelhill <azi...@tcp.co.uk>
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· 2 Nov 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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Hello all.. I don't think this has been suggested before - an easy(ish)
way to trace pictures (as in being able to write text over the top of an
image).. it works on Internet Explorer 5 (might work on 4.. I don't
know) but not on Netscape Navigator (both on Windows 98) if you try it
on a different system, feel free to say..
You can see the result of this technique in my other post..
If this is a really bad idea, just say so..
Using Internet Explorer to 'trace' a picture in Ascii
Set aside a directory. Put the image you want to asciify into it, which
should be in .gif, .jpg, or .png format. Then open a text file and copy
and paste the following into it.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM>
<TEXTAREA>
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
This is not great HTML, but it's good enough for our purposes.
Save the file with a .html ending.
The changes you'll need to make are between the <STYLE> and </STYLE>
tags.
Put the following in there:
textarea: { background-image: myimg.jpg;
color: blue;
font-family: courier-new;
height: 300;
width: 300;
}
* Change the value of background-image to your image file.
* Change the value of color to whatever color you want to work in - this
may take a little experimentation to get right.
* Change the value of font-family to your favourite monospace font.
* Change the value of height to the height of your image, and the value
of width to the width of your image. (you may like to add a little extra
to each of these to get some more working space)
Now, save the file again, and open it with Internet Explorer (on Windows
you can do this just by double clicking on the file).
If all is well you should get a box on screen with your picture inside
it. You should be able to type in this box - Use the image as a template
for your artwork.
Don't be too bound by the picture though, impression of a look is often
a lot more effective than an approximation of it.
Once done, copy and paste the text to another file.
A word of warning - whilst drawing be careful not to press the escape
key or everything you've typed will be instantly deleted.
--
James Mitchelhill
email - azi...@tcp.co.uk
website: http://neptune.spaceports.com/~poetry/
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