Convert image to ascii art

asciinator.py

import sys; from PIL import Image; import numpy as np

chars = np.asarray(list(' .,:;irsXA253hMHGS#9B&@'))

if len(sys.argv) != 4: print( 'Usage: ./asciinator.py image scale factor' ); sys.exit()
f, SC, GCF, WCF = sys.argv[1], float(sys.argv[2]), float(sys.argv[3]), 7/4

img = Image.open(f)
S = ( round(img.size[0]*SC*WCF), round(img.size[1]*SC) )
img = np.sum( np.asarray( img.resize(S) ), axis=2)
img -= img.min()
img = (1.0 - img/img.max())**GCF*(chars.size-1)

print( "\n".join( ("".join(r) for r in chars[img.astype(int)]) ) )

OMG Thank you for this!!!!!

I was able to use it with my GUI package and run it in a GUI window (tkinter based) and changed a line of code and ran it in a Browser (Remi based). And, it was trivial to add in your code. It was all done in 25 lines of code thanks your magic! Thank you!!!

Here's the PySimpleGUI one (tkinter)

Here's the PySimpleGUIWeb version

Sorry that I hacked up your code a bit, but it wasn't THAT bad.

Can I put the code here? I'll move it if asked. Just don't want to fart around with a Gist and it does show one way of integrating your code into something bigger perhaps

from PIL import Image; import numpy as np
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import cv2

# The magic bits that make the ASCII stuff work shamelessly taken from https://gist.github.com/cdiener/10491632
chars = np.asarray(list(' .,:;irsXA253hMHGS#9B&@'))
SC, GCF, WCF = .1, 1, 7/4

sg.ChangeLookAndFeel('Black')   # make it look cool

# define the window layout
NUM_LINES = 48  # number of lines of text elements. Depends on cameras image size and the variable SC (scaller)
layout =  [*[[sg.T(i, size=(115,1), font=('Courier', 12), key='_OUT_'+str(i))] for i in range(NUM_LINES)],
          [ sg.Button('Exit')]]

# create the window and show it without the plot
window = sg.Window('Demo Application - OpenCV Integration', layout, location=(800,400),
                   no_titlebar=True, grab_anywhere=True, element_padding=(0,0))

# ---===--- Event LOOP Read and display frames, operate the GUI --- #
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)                               # Setup the OpenCV capture device (webcam)
while True:
    event, values = window.Read(timeout=0)
    if event in ('Exit', None):
        break
    ret, frame = cap.read()                             # Read image from capture device (camera)

    img = Image.fromarray(frame)  # create PIL image from frame
    # More magic that coverts the image to ascii
    S = (round(img.size[0] * SC * WCF), round(img.size[1] * SC))
    img = np.sum(np.asarray(img.resize(S)), axis=2)
    img -= img.min()
    img = (1.0 - img / img.max()) ** GCF * (chars.size - 1)

    # "Draw" the image in the window, one line of text at a time!
    for i, r in enumerate(chars[img.astype(int)]):
        window.Element('_OUT_'+str(i)).Update("".join(r))
window.Close()