Image 2 ANSI

Display image and video camera in your ANSI terminal!

Installation

  1. Copy the repository
  2. Run:
pip install opencv-python numba numpy

Usage

usage: img_term.py [-h] [-img IMG] [-width WIDTH] [-cam CAM] [-col {4,8,24}]

Display image to terminal

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -img IMG       Image file to display
  -width WIDTH   Character width of output
  -cam CAM       Show camera, this is the default
  -col {4,8,24}  Colour scheme to use

Display an image in terminal

./img_term.py -img dog.jpg

Render your video capture device to terminal:

./img_term.py

Select a colour palette:

./img_term.py -img lena.jpg -col 24

Example

Go from this:

dog

To this:

screenshot

Or this

lena

To this:

screenshot2

Or even render a video:

./img_term.py -col 24 -vid unrealset.mkv -width 78

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Or simply stream your USB camera to terminal!:

GitHub