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Looking for a BMP picture that was common on Windows 3.1(1) (woman wearing hat) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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Does anyone remember this? I think it was a grayscale image. It was head shot, or upper body (at most) of a woman in a white top. She might have been wearing a hat.

We used to open it in Paintbrush and marvel at how easily we could mess it up with just a few pixels, but could never draw anything like it. I think it was a low-res photo. Any help appreciated!

It is not the picture sometimes described as "jennifer poses in golden shirt".

Edit: ~~It did not appear to be a scan, either~~. It likely only had about three or four colours (white, grey, black).

Edit 2: I think I"ve found the model: Ashley Montana. I wasn't sure if it was a real person or pixel art. It was part or all of this image, minus any text: https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/mKDBF_mMShvBUG92qG6R5Q_6-ps/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/02/11/926/n/1922398/758f5e1e3ceb3026_0211_large/i/1991.jpg

The colour palette was significantly reduced too. Thanks for the replies! I'd still like to find the original BMP/GIF that was distributed, if anyone knows it.

Edit 3: Here’s my edit to make it look like how we had it, at least to the best of my memory: https://ibb.co/WN8wZ1K3

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[–] dosboy0xff 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm looking at your description and the link included and wondering if you're not actually thinking of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It’s definitely not, but thanks for the suggestion. I even remember the file name Ashley.bmp (or .gif), but I didn’t mention it because I had my doubts. The model in the photo I found is named Ashley and has the same very unique pose (although the version we had was grayscale, low res and likely cropped ).

[–] 51dusty@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

this one?

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Where in the world is she?

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was also thinking of Lenna but seems like it's not. Do you remember where you saw the image? Some sample image installed?

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I saw it on a friends computer before we had CDs or internet. This is Ireland so internet and CDs were possibly a big thing elsewhere like the USA. I’ve found the hi-res colour version of the exact photo (linked in my OP now). Would still love to find the actual file. I remember it being called Ashley.bmp (or .gif).

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I don't remember this at all.

I'll have to dig out my old Windows cds

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It seems it was not bundled with Windows. That opens up all kinds of questions about how my friend got it on his computer :) I’ve added the link to my OP.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dug out my windows 3.1 and dos 6.22 floppies but I think my USB floppy drive died :(

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Sorry to hear that :/ I found a version of the photo (see my post edit). But the version I saw in the 90s was grayscale, low res and had no text. But if you visit the new link in my post you can see it.