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--- ascii_art [2023/03/24 10:53] – frchris
+++ ascii_art [2023/03/24 11:04] – [Step 0. Choose an image] frchris
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 ==== Step 0. Choose an image ====
-==== Step 1. Read your image and print its height and width in pixels ====
+Choose the first image that you want to convert into ASCII art. It’s good to start with an image around 640x480.  It can be in color, a photo, or a drawing.  Light pixels will be represented by small characters like a dot (.), which leave lots of the background exposed. On the other extreme, dense characters like $ are used to cover up the background.
+==== Step 1. Read your image and print its height and width in pixels ====
+==== Step 2. Load your image’s pixel data into a 2-dimensional array ====
+==== Step 3. Convert the RGB tuples of your pixels into single brightness numbers  ====
+==== Step 4. Convert brightness numbers to ASCII characters  ====
+==== Step 5. What if it looks your image looks squashed? ====
 [[https://robertheaton.com/2018/06/12/programming-projects-for-advanced-beginners-ascii-art/|This is from RObert Heaton's Advanced Beginners Projects]]