Convert images into artwork created from text characters.

Licence Type: Freeware

Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows

Download Link: Ascii Generator dotNet

Developers Homepage: Jonathan Mathews

ASCII Generator (ASCGEN). A 32-bit Windows text editor that allows anyone to convert images into artwork created from text characters.

All the image processing you should need for the conversions is provided in the program, allowing anyone to produce great results with a minimum of effort.

Main Features:
- A unique system to quickly produce impressive conversions
- Conversions are automatically optimised for the specified font
- Create a text banner, created out of text characters
- Doubles as a text editor
- Convert from any: rla, rpf, pic, cel, cut, eps, fax, gif, jpg, jpeg, jpe, jfif, pcd, psp, pdd, psd, pbm, pgm, png, ppm, bw, rgb, rgba, sgi, tif, tiff, icb, tga, vda, vst, win, ico, emf, wmf, bmp, dib, rle, scr, pcc or pcx image
- Save to a TXT, RTF, or as a HTML Web Page created from a template
- Capture the source image directly from any TWAIN device
- Paste and convert an image from the clipboard
- Export the text as a bitmap
- Crop the input picture
- Modify brightness and contrast
- Modify RGB colour levels
- Solarize the image
- Convert to greyscale using a choice of four different algorithms
- Edit the text by hand with all the usual text editing functions
- Apply various effects to the text
Use your own character ramp or select from the most common ones
- Extensive options for tweaking the output
- Print the text image directly from the program
- Custom print preview/page layout hybrid
- Compiled as a stand-alone exe - no extra files or installation required

System Requirement: dotNet v1.1