Image to ASCII
By
@reaue
- 3 Devlogs
- 10 Total hours
A web-based tool that convert images into ASCII art directly in your browser.
Ship #1
Pending review
What did you make?
I created a web-based tool that converts images into ASCII art directly in your browser. I started with a proof of concept in python because it’s the programming langage I know best. You can find it on GitHub (poc/main.py).
What was challenging?
I had never built a website apart from a local one with Flask in python. I had never work with HTML, CSS or even JS before. Fortunately, JS looks quite similar to C, so it was not the most challenging to learn. HTML is quite simple and CSS was an nightmare, and the most difficult part for me.
What are you proud of?
I’m proud if the design, the website follows a paper style and for the dark mod a terminal-inspired style. I’m also happy with the final result and all I learned.
What should people know so they can test your project?
The website can be very funny, you can convert memes or other images to ASCII art and then share it as text or as a png.
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Devlog 2 - the website is online !
Come test it, it’s a web-based tool that converts images into ASCII art directly in your browser. You can convert memes, family photos and even more.
I’m very happy with the design, because I learned HTML, JS and CSS for this project (CSS is the worst and least fun) and I like the result. I would be very grateful if you report any bugs, because I test it only in Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
The next step is to add a dark mode.
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Devlog 1 - New project !
I started a new project, the main goal is to build a website that lets you choose an image or a video and transform it into ASCII art. I quickly built a proof of concept in Python. But the problem is that I have literally no knowledge of web programming. So, I’m going to spend next hours learning JavaScrypt and try to implement all my ideas.
