This is an interesting little app I made once. It basically takes any valid JPG file, reads its data
and then outputs it as ASCII character data. Works best with high resolution images.
Pretty fun. Took me about an hour to make. Code available on request.
Keep in mind that you might have to change your font size for optimal results (ctrl + mousewheel).
Anyway, a word on the algorithm to use (see combobox):
Fast: cheap and fast generation, and the lowest quality.
Basic: medium quality, and not terribly slow.
Best: second slowest, but provides the best quality for most images.
Color: the slowest, but the quality is far, far superior becaues of the added color.
Clean: mostly a novelty thing as it does not generate actual ASCII, just uses the same character over and over, but with color.
Enter a valid url to a JPG file...