tmhglnd/ascii-art

Convert a grayscale movie/image (as texture) to ascii characters in Max-Jitter

ascii-art

Convert a movie/image (as texture) to ascii characters in Max-Jitter. Set a custom characterset for conversion. Real-Time transform of texture to ASCII.

• Ascii grayscale character set from: http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/asciiart/

Install

Download zip

1. download zip
2. unzip
3. open ascii-art.maxpat

Git clone

1. $ cd ~/Documents/Max\ 8/Projects
2. $ git clone https://github.com/tmhglnd/ascii-art.git
3. $ open ascii-art.maxpat

Dependency

Please download the following abstractions and place them in your Max-Searchpath (for example under ~/Documents/Max 8/Library)

• gl-pix-shaders

Output realtime texture

For output of the texture to platforms like Skype, Jit.si, Zoom etc. you need to install the Spout (windows) or Syphon (mac) Package from the package manager.

Mac

1. Install Syphon from the Package Manager (mac)
2. Enable Syhon/Spout output in the patcher.
3. Install CamTwist to setup a virtual camera device. Select Syphon as a source in CamTwist and Max as syphon-server.

Windows

1. Install Spout from the Package Manager (windows)
2. Enable Syhon/Spout output in the patcher.
3. Find some kind of Virtual Camera Device software (like CamTwist for Mac) that can bridge the capture the Spout output and allows to be selected as camera input in the other platforms. windows user contribution needed here