This project is a Java Maven application built using NetBeans IDE and Swing that converts images into ASCII art representations. Users can select image files, adjust parameters like scaling, and choose various ASCII character sets for the conversion. This code is HEAVILY inspired by this video made by Acerola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg40RWiaHRY
- Image Selection: Choose images in
.png,.jpg, or.jpegformats for conversion. - Character Set Customization: Use custom ASCII character sets to define the appearance of the ASCII art, which can be ordered automatically to create the gradient.
- Scaling: Adjust the scaling factor to control the size of the output ASCII art.
- Color Option: Choose to display the ASCII art in color based on the original image's colors or in monochrome.
- Invert: Choose to the brightness of the image, useful for images with very high brightness.
- Preview & Save Option: Preview the generated ASCII art and choose to save it after processing.
- The output ASCII art is saved in PNG format.
- The naming convention for the output file is:
original_name_ASCII[scale].png
Where:original_nameis the original image's filename.scaleis the size of the character in the scaled grid of the image.
- Start the Application: Run the Java application in NetBeans or execute the
.jarfile in the target folder. - Adjust Parameters:
- Set the scaling factor to control the size of the ASCII art.
- Choose a custom ASCII character set to define the appearance of the art.
- Toggle the color option to display the ASCII art in color or monochrome.
- Select Images: Drop down the image files to load them (
.png,.jpg, or.jpeg). - Preview & Save: After processing the image, preview the generated ASCII art. You will be prompted to save the modified image as a PNG file with the new name.
- There is a separate file which contains code which should read any text file and generate a string of certain size, ordered by luminance of each character.