img2ascii

This python script converts a given image into ascii. The intended target is a shell, as oppose to a browse like other targets for color output.

Dependencies

• Requires PIL and its dependencies on the local system.
  1. Have libjpeg-dev library installed already.
  2. Install pip
  3. Install Pillow and Pillow-PIL.

General References

• Color gist to map 24bit RGB to 8bit.
• Setup on Cygwin
  • No compilation was needed on my tests.

Version/Changelog

• Cleaned up README documentation.
• Added more comments and s/shell/xterm/.
• Tested and working.
• Added main library using PIL.
• Cleaned up colortrans.
• Loaded reference gist before editing.
• README and license created.