Exporting Text & HTML

Why would you save an image as text?

Depending on where you hang out online and what programs you've encountered, you might be familiar with what's known as ASCII Art. This refers to images or other "artwork" created by positioning text on a page or in a document.

When saving an image, you'll have the option to save it as Plain Text or HTML. Both of these provide ways to generate ASCII Art from your image. Each option has different styles to choose between, including whether or not to use special characters (aka high-byte ASCII).

An important thing to consider when using these options is that most of their options will result in a monochrome image. Both options also make assumptions about the background the image will be displayed against, and translate the colors accordingly. Getting the result you want may take a few tries and the use of the Invert Colors filter.

Example

For this example, the standard demo image was first stretched horizontally, then translated into HTML using the Unicode Gradient option. It was further enhanced by using some CSS to remove the spacing between the lines, and change the colors from white to black.

                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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