Picoe Software

PabloDraw v3.1

PabloDraw is an Ansi/Ascii text and RIPscrip vector graphic art editor/viewer with multi-user capabilities.

PabloDraw uses the awesome Eto.Forms cross-platform framework to provide native UI for each platform.

New Features

  • Draw ANSI and ASCII with your mouse
  • Load & Save 24-bit colour ANSI files
  • New configurable ANSI/ASCII brush
  • New Colour brush
  • New text drawing tools: Pencil, Line, Circle, Box, Ink Dropper
  • Many Amiga and DOS fonts added, in multiple sizes
  • Bug fixes

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Features

  • Text Formats: ANSI, ANSI/24, ASCII, ADF, Avatar, BIN, CG, IDF, Tundra, CtrlA, XBIN, Animated ANSI
  • Vector Formats: RIPscrip
  • Raster Formats (viewing only): JPEG, GIF, PNG
  • Draw ANSI and ASCII with your mouse or keyboard
  • Convert any format to an image for easy sharing
  • Multi-user networking to draw and chat together
  • Watch animated ANSI and RIP
  • Baud rate emulation
  • Browse the sixteencolors.com archive of art
  • DOS fonts for most languages/code pages
  • Amiga & 9px fonts
  • DOS aspect emulation
  • Color & character set editors

Requirements

  • Linux: Mono 2.8 or 2.10 and GTK
  • Windows: .NET 4.0 (installer will install this if needed)
  • OS X: 10.5 Leopard (or greater)

Collaborate

Here’s a list of servers that you can join and draw with others:

  • server: picoe.ca port: 14400
  • server: bbs-a-holic.info port: 14400 [currently down]

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Additional Notes

To run on linux, execute “mono PabloDraw.exe” from the command line. Ubuntu users (11.04 or earlier) can use this script to install mono 2.10. Ubuntu 11.10 comes with mono 2.10.

To use the F1, F2, etc keys on OSX without having to press the FN key, change the setting in System Preferences->Keyboard->Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys

PabloDraw in Action

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Tutorials

How to Draw Like Zerovision ANSI Tutorial
ASCII Art Tutorial by Maija Haavisto aka DiamonDie

Links

Sixteen Colors
Ansi/Ascii/Rip archive of all art packs dating back from 1990 to today.
BBS List
List of active BBS’
Pharcyde
Scene related site/forums
Thuglife.org
Ascii-focused forums
deviantART
deviantART is the premiere global interaction and communication platform for the artistic lifestyle
BBS Documentary
A mini-series of 8 episodes about the history of the BBS
Art scene history
An Abbreviated History of the Underground Computer Art Scene
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