There may be better solutions out there but I spent awhile trying to find them and this was the best solution I could come up with
link to youtube video on the topic: https://youtu.be/ABPh1nz05hY
Link to video about importing gifs and pictures: https://youtu.be/sGyzSTmTMeg
Here is the image I created in the video (I actually had to turn off the V-flip) https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dep2TPiC1dx...
Kirby and skeleton https://photos.app.goo.gl/k7j7hLYo5WXG1iyi8
Board used in video:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T2D4QGJ?...
Spreadsheet for conversion: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
New better Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQtUluIC1izi9FfYLyy4yqgmnEPssTJ8uuXLN3eJhUmgEL2om10g_Rh4Sq4gev0AFGki7ydBMQkPeSe/pub?output=xlsx
Reddit discussion of the spreadsheet: https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/pm22fe/how_do_i_replace_text_as_an_function_in_excel/
Link to channel of the software creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakVRjNUyk2CfRMd1t6Ri9w
FastLED XY Map Generator: https://macetech.github.io/FastLED-XY...
Led Matrix to fastled program: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?even...
arduino clone I used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Link to my code: https://github.com/Boaztheostrich/8x8...
Link to fastLED: https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED