ASCII Art Creator

Created by: MeM7
E-mail:     memseven@gmail.com
Site:       http://www.natural20.net

Version: R1
Release Date: 12/09/07

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NOTE: THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES THE MICROSOFT.NET 2.0 RUNTIMES!!

If while attempting to start the program an error message about 
missing file(s) shows, then chances are you need to install the 
Microsoft.NET 2.0 Runtimes.

The Microsoft.NET 2.0 Runtimes can be had at;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en

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History:

Release 1
Release Date: 12/09/07

	-Initial Release.

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This program is made to make making ASCII art easy, fun, and fast.

This can load the following image formats

BMP
JPEG
GIF
PNG

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How to use:

-HOW TO SET THE RATIO... 
	This changes the amount of ASCII characters are used for every amount 
	of pixels of the picture loaded. For example if the X is set to 2 and 
	Y is set to 4 then for every 2 pixels over and every 4 pixels down it 
	will use one ASCII character. Another way to think of it is 2 times 4 
	is 8, so for every 8 pixels there will be one ascii character.
	
-HTML Color Output:
	Insted of plain text, the output is saved in to a HTML file with color 
	tags. The background color can also be set. Don't be surprised if the
	HTML file saved is relatively large.
	
-DO!:
	Makes it do it's magic.

-ASCII Set
	These are the characters used for making the ASCII art. This can be 
	changed to any amount or arrangement of characters. Going from left to 
	right represent what will be used from dark to light colors from the 
	picture. White spaces are also valid (IE " ") Any language's letter may 
	be used as well as ASCII Art Creator is UTF-8 aware. Several presets are 
	available as well.

-HTML Background Color
	Allows the background color to be used for HTML output to be changed 
	in a easy way. It can also be changed manually in the field next to 
	the "HTML Background Color" button.

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What Needs to be done

-A better default ASCII set
-A mode that allows to type in any font and make ASCII art out of 
 that (that would mean no picture required)
-Optimize the HTML code so it dosent use a "font" tag for 
 every character