Re: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:45:11 +0300 > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning > From: dotanco...@gmail.com > To: marchy...@hotmail.com > CC: for...@gimpusers.com; gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 14:29, Mike Marchywka wrote: >> I guess my question is , " does anyone know of tools that can convert >> images to ASCII characters, > > This was the first hit on a google search for "images to ASCII characters": > http://asciiconvert.com/ Thanks, I didn't bother to look but I guess I will try that. That link doesn't obviously have the ability to download an opensource command line utility but I'll see if others are out there. I think there used to be places that put picture on T shirts or something by doing this, maybe algorithgms have gotten betteer now with wavelets LOL. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://gibberish.co.il > http://what-is-what.com _ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 14:29, Mike Marchywka wrote: > I guess my question is , " does anyone know of tools that can convert > images to ASCII characters, This was the first hit on a google search for "images to ASCII characters": http://asciiconvert.com/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
> To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > From: for...@gimpusers.com > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:16:15 +0200 > Subject: [Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning > > There are literally thousands of gimp tutorials out there, many concentrate on > web graphics. I know I'm hijacking this thread but I've been trying to find the right audience to ask this question. In the past, "web graphics" or at least primitive computer graphics consistented of ASCII characters arranged in a way which when viewed from a distance created the illusion of an image. I was recently browsing through an old disk trying to figure out what was what and I was using ssh which is text oriented but had no way to figure out what some images were- if I could just "type" them out that would have been a big help even if the result was very crude. Also, there are times when you WANT to convert an image into a more concise representation ( compression does this) that captures the perceptually important stuff while tossing out other detail ( you can imagine issues with image indexing too). I guess my question is , " does anyone know of tools that can convert images to ASCII characters, say like imagemagick, or does GIMP provide a way to catagorize blocks of pixels, say based on wavelet coefficients for each block, and convert an arbitrary image into a smaller block of text, probably limited to 80 character width?" Thanks. > > Here's what I'd do. > > 1. Create your new image using the desired dimensions (make it slightly wider > than you need, you can crop it later) > 2. click on the gradient tool. Choose foreground colour white, choose > background colour grey > click and drag the gradient tool from the top of the image to the bottom. > 3. Choose green as foreground colour, use the rectangular selection tool to > select a thin line at the top of the image (doesn't matter if you go the edges > of the image) then click EDIT> FILL WITH FG COLOUR > 4. Use the same tool to select a second rectangle further down (again it > doesn't matter if your selection goes off the edges), and fill with FG colour > again > 5. Then choose white as foreground colour. Click EDIT> STROKE SELECTION - > choose line width of the stroke in pixels, click OK. > 6. Now crop your image to size. > > -- > Bill (via www.gimpusers.com) > ___ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] [Offtopic] Design learning
There are literally thousands of gimp tutorials out there, many concentrate on web graphics. Here's what I'd do. 1. Create your new image using the desired dimensions (make it slightly wider than you need, you can crop it later) 2. click on the gradient tool. Choose foreground colour white, choose background colour grey click and drag the gradient tool from the top of the image to the bottom. 3. Choose green as foreground colour, use the rectangular selection tool to select a thin line at the top of the image (doesn't matter if you go the edges of the image) then click EDIT > FILL WITH FG COLOUR 4. Use the same tool to select a second rectangle further down (again it doesn't matter if your selection goes off the edges), and fill with FG colour again 5. Then choose white as foreground colour. Click EDIT > STROKE SELECTION - choose line width of the stroke in pixels, click OK. 6. Now crop your image to size. -- Bill (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Smoothing inked lines?
Here's what I'd do. Gaussian blur, by 8 pixels radius. Then do COLOURS > BRIGHTNESS-CONTRAST, increase the contrast slider to 70. -- Bill (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
