DumbASCII

Convert any image into ASCII art.
Two shading levels: simple and complex ASCII character sets.
Adjustable output dimensions (width/height) and automatic aspect ratio adjustment.
Supports grayscale images with detailed pixel mapping to ASCII characters.

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/DumbASCIIArt.git
cd DumbASCIIArt

Install Dependencies Make sure you have OpenCV installed on your system. On Linux, you can install it using the following command:
```
sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev
```
Build the Program Compile the program using g++. Ensure OpenCV is properly linked:
```
g++ DumbASCII.cpp -o ascii_art `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv4`
```

Run the program with the following syntax:

./ascii_art <image_path> [width] [height] [shade] [outfile]

image_path: Path to the image file (supports .jpg, .png, etc.).
width (optional): Desired width of the ASCII output. Default is 100.
height (optional): Desired height. If set to 0, the height is auto-calculated to maintain aspect ratio.
shade (optional): Choose between simple (default) and complex ASCII character sets.
outfile (optional): Specify the output file to save the ASCII art. If not provided, output is printed to the console.

Convert an image (sonic.jpg) to ASCII art with complex shading and a width of 50 characters:

./ascii_art sonic.jpg 50 0 complex output.txt

Complex ASCII Character Set:

.:-=+*#%@$@B%8&WM#*abcdejfQGUYlmno0pqrstuvwxyz▓▒░█▓█

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This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.