Image pasters: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
|||
| (15 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
'''Image pasters''' are automated tools that convert images into text so that they can be pasted onto the canvas. A variety of characters and methods can be used for this purpose, and scripters are continuously looking for ways to render images in higher resolutions. | '''Image pasters''' are automated tools that convert images into text so that they can be pasted onto the canvas. A variety of characters and methods can be used for this purpose, and scripters are continuously looking for ways to render images in higher resolutions. | ||
As image pasters are often used for spam, the sharing of such scripts is strongly discouraged. | As image pasters are often used for [[spam]], the sharing of such scripts is strongly discouraged. | ||
== Community reception == | == Community reception == | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
One of the oldest and most easily accessible forms of image pasters, since image to braille converters are common on the internet. Braille images are generally black and white, but can achieve relatively high levels of resolution using a small amount of characters. | One of the oldest and most easily accessible forms of image pasters, since image to braille converters are common on the internet. Braille images are generally black and white, but can achieve relatively high levels of resolution using a small amount of characters. | ||
Braille pasters are the primary form of image pasters in OWOT's sister website [[Your World of Text]]. <gallery mode="packed" heights=" | Braille pasters are the primary form of image pasters in OWOT's sister website [[Your World of Text]]. <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Braille paste 1.png|Some examples of braille images | File:Braille paste 1.png|Some examples of braille images | ||
File:Colored braille.png|A rare instance of colored braille images. It is unknown if these pictures were manually colored or generated using a specialized image paster. | File:Colored braille.png|A rare instance of colored braille images. It is unknown if these pictures were manually colored or generated using a specialized image paster | ||
File:Colored braille rocket.png|Another colored braille paster | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| Line 23: | Line 24: | ||
Images rendered entirely using keyboard characters, with characters of different heights and densities being used for shading. ASCII image pastes are among the lowest in resolution and are insufficient to portray more complex details. | Images rendered entirely using keyboard characters, with characters of different heights and densities being used for shading. ASCII image pastes are among the lowest in resolution and are insufficient to portray more complex details. | ||
Image to text converters are also easy to find on the internet, making them just as accessible as braille pasters.<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | Image to text converters are also easy to find on the internet, making them just as accessible as braille pasters.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption=""> | ||
File:Henry stickmin paste.png | File:Henry stickmin paste.png | ||
File:Ascii image paste robot.png | File:Ascii image paste robot.png | ||
| Line 53: | Line 54: | ||
=== Quadrant === | === Quadrant === | ||
tbd<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | tbd<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Quadrant cat color.webp | File:Quadrant cat color.webp | ||
File:Quadrant cat no color.webp | File:Quadrant cat no color.webp | ||
| Line 69: | Line 70: | ||
The only pasting method that can render colored images without the need for text colors. | The only pasting method that can render colored images without the need for text colors. | ||
Emoji-based image pasters are more common in [[Your World of Text|YWOT]], where they are the only way to [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Color_in_YWOT render multi-colored images on the canvas]. | Emoji-based image pasters are more common in [[Your World of Text|YWOT]], where they are the only way to [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Color_in_YWOT render multi-colored images on the canvas].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
[[File:Windows xp background ywot.png|center|thumb| | File:Emoji paste november 7 2025.png | ||
File:Emoji paste november 22 2025.png | |||
</gallery>[[File:Windows xp background ywot.png|center|thumb|402x402px|From [[YWOT]]]] | |||
=== Other methods === | === Other methods === | ||
More unconventional image pasters, such as ones that combine multiple types of characters.<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | More unconventional image pasters, such as ones that combine multiple types of characters.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="An image paster by [[Haster]] that uses a variety of unicode and SLC"> | ||
File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png | File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Black and white full block pastes that also use other symbols"> | ||
File:This man paste.png | File:This man paste.png | ||
File:Rubiks cube paste.png|From YWOT | File:Rubiks cube paste.png|From YWOT | ||
File:Apple paste.png|From YWOT | File:Apple paste.png|From YWOT | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights=" | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="An image paste which utilizes a mix of quadrants and triangle unicodes(''Created by [[Caioz]]'')"> | ||
File:Quadrant triangle paste 1.png | File:Quadrant triangle paste 1.png | ||
File:Quadrant triangle paste 2.png | File:Quadrant triangle paste 2.png | ||
| Line 102: | Line 105: | ||
Created by [[Scar32]] in ~January 2023. Coded using [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/799825675 Scratch]. | Created by [[Scar32]] in ~January 2023. Coded using [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/799825675 Scratch]. | ||
An unconventional image paster that scans photos and renders them using SLC slopes.<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | An unconventional image paster that scans photos and renders them using SLC slopes.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Scar32 image paste 1.png | File:Scar32 image paste 1.png | ||
File:Scar32 image paste error.png | File:Scar32 image paste error.png | ||
| Line 112: | Line 115: | ||
=== KKosty4ka's image paster === | === KKosty4ka's image paster === | ||
[[KKosty4ka]]<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | [[KKosty4ka]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Kkosty4ka image paster 1.png | File:Kkosty4ka image paster 1.png | ||
File:Kkosty4ka image paster 2.png | File:Kkosty4ka image paster 2.png | ||
| Line 141: | Line 144: | ||
The script can render images using both full blocks and octants, and allows users to customize the dimensions of image pastes. | The script can render images using both full blocks and octants, and allows users to customize the dimensions of image pastes. | ||
[[File:Cathavi image paster.gif|center|thumb|500x500px]]<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | [[File:Cathavi image paster.gif|center|thumb|500x500px]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="250"> | ||
File:Cathavi image paster august 17 color.webp | File:Cathavi image paster august 17 color.webp | ||
File:Cathavi image paster august 17 no color.png | File:Cathavi image paster august 17 no color.png | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights=" | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Cathavi image paster september 15 color.png | File:Cathavi image paster september 15 color.png | ||
File:Cathavi image paster september 15 no color.png | File:Cathavi image paster september 15 no color.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | === Haster's image paster === | ||
Contains modes for full blocks, half blocks, quadrants, sextants and octants. Image dimensions are adjustable just like with Catha'vi's image paster. | Contains modes for full blocks, half blocks, quadrants, sextants and octants. Image dimensions are adjustable just like with Catha'vi's image paster. | ||
[[File:Waller ameno image paster.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Waller ameno image paster.png|center|thumb|466x466px]] | ||
=== SLC paster from November 2025 === | |||
Comes with the ability to rotate images. | |||
The creator of this image paster was also responsible for a series of [[Spam#SLC spam|SLC-based spam scripts]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="350"> | |||
File:Slc paste blue coral.png | |||
File:Slc paste blue coral no color.png | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | |||
File:Slc paste goldship.png | |||
File:Slc paste goldship no color.png | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed"> | |||
File:Slc paste sea slug.png | |||
File:Slc paste sea cucumber.png | |||
File:Slc paste comb jelly.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== e_g.'s SLC paster === | |||
Likely created in response to the previous paster.<gallery mode="packed" heights="350"> | |||
File:Slc paste november 15 2025 color.webp | |||
File:Slc paste november 15 2025 no color.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Pixelmess' image paster === | |||
Leaked in an image paster leak and saved by [[NextOS]], given to [[PixelMess]] on November 20th 2025. | |||
Uses full blocks and the occasional letter/unicode symbol.<gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | |||
File:Pixelmess paste color.png | |||
File:Pixelmess paste no color.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
Various other image pasters(''mostly by anonymous users'') with different styles. [[File:Imagepaste horse.png|center|737x737px|thumb|"''Vibe coding makes an image paster.''" ]]<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | Various other image pasters(''mostly by anonymous users'') with different styles. [[File:Imagepaste horse.png|center|737x737px|thumb|"''Vibe coding makes an image paster.''" ]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Various types of octant pasters"> | ||
File:Octant paste 5.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | File:Octant paste 5.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | ||
File:Octant paste 6.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | File:Octant paste 6.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights=" | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Octant paste 7.png | File:Octant paste 7.png | ||
File:Octant paste 8.png | File:Octant paste 8.png | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights=" | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Octant paste 9.png | File:Octant paste 9.png | ||
File:Octant paste 10.png | File:Octant paste 10.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Test world.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Test world.png|center|thumb|540x540px|Massive image pastes in [https://ourworldoftext.com/test /test], the largest of which is 19 coordinates tall and 38 coordinates wide.]] | ||
== Art created by modifying image pastes == | == Art created by modifying image pastes == | ||
=== Using OWOT as a photo editor === | === Using OWOT as a photo editor === | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File: | File:Paw tuah.png|December 4th, 2024 | ||
File: | File:The father.png|July 25th, 2025 | ||
File:Image paste eyes october 29 2025.png | File:Image paste eyes october 29 2025.png|October 29th, 2025 | ||
File:Sitting on owot.png | File:Sitting on owot.png|October 29th, 2025 | ||
File:Trump.png | File:Trump.png|November 2nd, 2025 | ||
File:Trump shrine.png | File:Trump shrine.png|November 2nd, 2025 | ||
File:Orange teeth.webp | File:This cooler is for 2 things.png|November 10th, 2025 | ||
File:Orange eat earth.png | File:Orange teeth.webp|November 16th, 2025 | ||
File:Orange eat earth.png|November 17th, 2025 | |||
File:Screenshot 2025-11-22 at 9.16.09 PM.png|November 22nd, 2025 | |||
File:Fp plane.png|December 3rd, 2025 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Popsicle spear.png|center|thumb]] | [[File:Nalani proctor evolution.png|center|thumb|740x740px|[https://ourworldoftext.com/archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799 /archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799]]] | ||
[[File:Popsicle spear.png|center|thumb|November 7th, 2025]] | |||
=== Tracing over image pastes using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]] === | === Tracing over image pastes using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] === | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption=""> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption=""> | ||
File:890 logos process.png|Manually fine-tuning image pastes of popular logos, and then redoing the edges with SLC slopes. | File:890 logos process.png|Manually fine-tuning image pastes of popular logos, and then redoing the edges with SLC slopes. | ||