https://github.com/mirtia/ascii-art

Turning .jpeg , .png and .mp4, .gif files to ASCII art
https://github.com/mirtia/ascii-art

ascii-art for-fun gif image-processing opencv

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Turning .jpeg , .png and .mp4, .gif files to ASCII art

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mirtia/ascii-art
• Owner: Mirtia
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-07-14T00:24:52.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-20T15:12:57.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-07-20T16:33:18.191Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: ascii-art, for-fun, gif, image-processing, opencv
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 14.3 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# ASCII art

## Usage

```c++

"YOUR_PATH_HERE/ascii-art.exe" --input=input/osaka.jpg --font=fonts/Consolas.ttf --output=output/osaka.jpg --background=#edcaeb --color=#db6bbc

"YOUR_PATH_HERE/ascii-art.exe" --input=input/707.gif --font=fonts/Consolas.ttf --output=output/707.mp4 --color=#e63959

"YOUR_PATH_HERE/ascii-art.exe" --input=input/smile-pepe.gif --font=fonts/Consolas.ttf --output=output/smile-pepe.mp4

"YOUR_PATH_HERE/ascii-art.exe" --input=input/lain.png --font=fonts/Consolas.ttf --output=output/lain.png --background=#ede6d1 --color=#3d1d38

```

## Output

|                 |                 |

|:---------------:|:---------------:|

| ![707](output/707.gif) | ![pepe](output/smile-pepe.gif) |

| ![osaka](output/osaka.jpg) | ![lain](output/lain.png) |

## Notes

To use freetype you have to download the following libraries. I used *vcpkg* for package management.

```bash

# VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET

vckpg install harfbuzz 

vckpg install freetype

```

Then, when configuring the build files you have to enable ```WITH_FREETYPE``` option. I also had to modify the ```CMakeLists.txt```  in OpenCV contributions [```/modules/freetype/CMakeLists.txt```](https://gist.github.com/UnaNancyOwen/14c72a3f10a46d41c359ab6ea307a1d2) to make it work.

Moreover, there were a ton of missing .dll files such as *libopenh264* and there was no *GIF* file support from the standard OpenCV library. So, I just used [**ffmpeg**](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) as a command line tool to convert resulting *.mp4* to *.gif*.