|
|
|
 Part of the ASCII Creator download hub (+1 other) |
|
|
User Rating:
Rated by: |
Good (3.9/5)
138 user(s) |
|
|
|
Softpedia Editor's Review for ASCII Generator dotNET
|
A 32-bit Windows text editor that allows anyone to easily convert images
Written by Elena Opris on November 24th, 2011
ASCII Generator is a small 32-bit Windows editor tool that you can use to transform images into text characters.
The program does not require any installation, so you can store it on any external device and run it directly from there.
The GUI is extremely simple to use, although the functions may be difficult to follow by beginners.
The first step you need to take is open an image file into ASCII Generator (drag and drop is supported), and its ASCII code instantly appears on the screen.
From this point on, you can modify font, levels, brightness and contrast, dither, sharpening method, in order to get the result you want.
Additionally, you can preview and print the new image in color but also save it as black and white text, or colored text (plain text, rich text, NFO, XHTML), as well as black and white image, or colored image (JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIF).
If you save the text as an image, you can choose the magnification level (thus, setting the output size). The smaller the image, the better the quality.
Playing with the text font is also fun (because you can create various image effects), but you cannot really see the difference unless you zoom out of the image. Zooming out the traditional way (by holding down Ctrl and using scroll) doesn't work very well in the main window, so all you can do is switch to color preview mode.
Sadly, there is no Undo button in ASCII Generator, and hotkeys would be welcomed as well (especially for switching to color preview mode). Sometimes, when you switch to a different font, preview mode is not possible anymore.
ASCII Generator also supports batch conversion, and you can change the default font in Settings, as well as the input and output directory, and output size.
The program uses a moderate amount of system memory.
So, ASCII Generator is a great tool to play with, and it gives you the possibility of accurately converting simple text files from real images. It just needs some navigational improvements. The best part is that it's free!
 Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for ASCII Generator dotNET
|
ASCII Generator dotNET description
|
Here are some key features of "ASCII Generator dotNET":
· A unique system to quickly produce impressive conversions
· Conversions are now 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 image 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 required
Requirements:
· Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Complete rewrite of almost the entire code-base into cleaner, more readable and modular code.
· The conversion process has been optimized at every step, with a big overall speed increase.
· The input image has moved from the main panel into a new widget, plus lots of other UI changes.
· Batch conversion has been completely rewritten with a new and more usable interface.
· The settings form and the whole settings system have been rewritten, and it now automatically saves to a new data file when you press ok.
· Several memory leaks have been fixed, as have all known bugs.
· Added support for handling multiple translation files.
|
|
 | |  | | Softpedia guarantees that ASCII Generator dotNET 2.0.0 is 100% FREE, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. [read more >] |
|
Find us on Google+
