A Python program that converts images into ASCII representations, and vice versa.

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What about starting from the ASCII circle and creating a real image? This is the result:

Now we have a symmetry. Not that bad.

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/agarnung/asciimage.git

Install required dependencies (it is recommended tu use a virtual environment):

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the program in the root folder, e.g.:

python3 asciimage.py --mode to_ascii --file /home/alejandro/Pictures/lena.png --scale 0.43 --ascii_cols 100 --out ./results --font_color white --font_type times --symbols wasd123 

python3 asciimage.py --mode from_ascii --file /home/alejandro/Pictures/lena.png --pixel_size 1

Please refer to the program help:

python3 asciimage.py --help

• GeeksforGeeks: Converting Image to ASCII Image in Python
• ASCII Art Generator
• GitHub: Image to ASCII by ajratnam

• Python aalib (kaiju)
• Python aalib (jwilk)

• Improve the resolution of the image formed from the text, with scale=1.
• If an int argument is at the last of the command, EOF may corrupt the arg parsing. Protect this.