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ASCII Art Studio 2.2.1

Convert images to ASCII art

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(0)
Operating Systems:
Windows 10, Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP
License:
Freeware
Developer:
TorchSoft
Software Cost:
Free
Category
Audio, Video & Photo
Date Updated:
13 May 2017
Downloads To Date:
2013
Languages:
English
Download Size:
315.00 KB

ASCII Art Studio is an old program - last updated in 2007 - for creating ASCII art.

A sidebar has paint-like drawing options: freehand, Freehand, Brush, Erase, Fill, Line, Curve, Rectangle, Ellipse and more. These work more or less as they do in a paint program, except you're able to draw with ASCII characters: letters, numbers, symbols or simple blocks.

While these drawing tools work, they're not particularly interesting or well-implemented. Worse, there doesn't seem to be any colour support, so you're stuck with greyscale images only.

ASCII Art Studio's major plus point is its ability to convert an existing JPG or GIF to ASCII art.

Click File > Convert Picture..., choose a file, set "Width" to "Determined by picture width", check all the "Characters" boxes, click OK and wait for the results.

If the results are too small, try again but set a custom width. Start at around 160 to 240.

The results can be surprisingly good, especially with high contrast images. That eagle in the thumbnail above looks like the original, for instance, but click to see how the larger version is made up.

Verdict:

There are much better ASCII drawing tools around, but ASCII Art Studio's photo > ASCII converter is fun. The process strips out a lot of colour and resolution, but if the source has strong details and high contrast it can give you great results.

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