Image to Ascii converter created in C. Allows you to generate an ascii from any image and print it to a terminal or text file. Supported formats are png, jpg and bmp. The project is created using the stb library.
# download package from github
wget -c https://github.com/tucnakomet1/i2a/archive/refs/tags/0.0.4.tar.gz -O i2a-v0.0.4.tar.gz
# extract tarball & go to the directory
tar -xvzf i2a-v0.0.4.tar.gz && cd i2a-0.0.4
# install package
make && sudo cp i2a /usr/local/bin/usage: i2a [file] [-h] [-v] [-a] [-f] [-l] [-m] [-c] [-C] [-Cc] [-i]
required arguments:
[file] file path of your image
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version show current version
-a, --about show about page
-f, --file Save result into the file.
-l, --less Use ASCII list with less characters -> higher contrast.
-m, --more Use ASCII list with more characters -> better quality, worse contrast.
-c, --foreground add foreground ANSI color to image
-C, --background add background ANSi color to image
-Cc, --color Add foreground and background ANSI color to image
-i, --invert invert colors
| Original | Ascii | Inverted | Color fg | Color bg | Color fg + bg |
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- show image in terminal
- resize by terminal window
- jpg support
- png support
- bmp support
- gif support
- video support
- save to file
- add argparse
- ASCII list selection
- add colors support
- make code readable :(