# ASCII figure in flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ascii-figure-in-flash/187642>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 1, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ascii-figure-in-flash/187642 "2006-05-01T07:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![vini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@vini](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vini)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ascii-figure-in-flash/187642/1 "2006-05-01T07:21:16Z")

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Hello Friends out there, Can anybody tell me how this was done [[COLOR=#22229c]www.typorganism.com[/COLOR]](http://www.typorganism.com/) click on ASCII-O-MATIC, the site is really owesome, but this is class. Check it Out.

Does anybody knowhow is this acheived? How they have derived the ASCII in flash. Thanks in Advance

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**Author:** ![virusescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8edcca/32.png) [@virusescu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/virusescu)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ascii-figure-in-flash/187642/2 "2006-05-01T09:31:24Z")

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Fantastic link :).  
It makes me think.  
It can be done with the bitmap data class and some work.  
You read each pixel and determine it’s luminosity and based on that you replace it with a letter that has the same coverage.

VERY VERY cool ideea.