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--- ascii_art [2023/03/25 15:37] – [Step 2. Load your image’s pixel data into a 2-dimensional array] frchris
+++ ascii_art [2023/03/26 09:44] – [Step 5. What if it looks your image looks squashed?] frchris
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 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 /**
- * Test your Step2 code with this. It reads your 2D array of Color
+ * Start Step2 with this code.
- * and draws it.
+ * The image will return a single line of ints that represent color
+ * and you need to make a 2D Array of Color from it.
+ *
  * @author Chris Thiel, OFMCap
  * @version 25 Mar 2023
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     }
+    public int[][] getBrightness()
+    {
+        return brightness;
+    }
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        Step3 pic= new Step3("StBernardSm.jpg"); // change this to the picture you picked
+        Step3 pic= new Step3("MyPicture.jpg"); // change this to the picture you picked
-        JFrame window = new JFrame("Step 2 Tester");
+        JFrame window = new JFrame("Step 3");
         window.setSize(pic.getWidth(), pic.getHeight());
         window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
@@ Line 315: / Line 320: @@
 </code>
 ==== Step 4. Convert brightness numbers to ASCII characters  ====
-You can experiment with different ways to map brightnesses to characters, but a good place to start is the string below. The characters in it are ordered from thinnest to boldest, which means lightest to darkest.
+You can experiment with different ways to map brightnesses to characters, but a good place to start is the string in the starter code. The characters in it are ordered from thinnest to boldest, which means lightest to darkest.
-==== Step 5. What if it looks your image looks squashed? ====
+==== Step 5. What if it looks your image looks stretched or squashed? ====
 [[https://robertheaton.com/2018/06/12/programming-projects-for-advanced-beginners-ascii-art/|This is from Robert Heaton's Advanced Beginners Projects]]