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# File : image2ascii.cpp
# ( C++ source file )
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# Description : A basic image to ASCII-art converter.
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# Copyright : David Tschumperle
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// Tell CImg not to use display capabilities.
#undef cimg_display
#define cimg_display 0
#include "CImg.h"
using namespace cimg_library;
/*---------------------------
Main procedure
--------------------------*/
int main(int argc,char **argv) {
cimg_usage("A simple image to ASCII-art converter.\n\nUsage : image2ascii [options] image");
// Read command line parameters
const char *geom = cimg_option("-g","79x40","Output size");
const int alphabet = cimg_option("-a",0,"Alphabet type (0=full, 1=numbers, 2=letters, 3=signs, 4=minimal");
const bool invert = cimg_option("-invert",false,"Invert image intensities");
const float contour = (float)cimg_option("-contour",0.0f,"Use image contours higher than specified threshold");
const float blur = (float)cimg_option("-blur",0.8f,"Image pre-blur");
const float sigma = (float)cimg_option("-sigma",10.0f,"Font pre-blur");
const char *file_i = cimg_argument1(0,"-invert");
int w = 79, h = 40;
std::sscanf(geom,"%d%*c%d",&w,&h);
if (cimg_option("-h",false,0)) std::exit(0);
// Init fonts
CImgList<> font_full = CImgList<>::font(13,false);
font_full.remove(0,255);
const int fw = font_full['A'].width(), fh = font_full['A'].height();
CImgList<> font, font_blur;
CImgList<unsigned char> font_code;
switch (alphabet) {
case 1: {
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(' '));
for (unsigned char l='0'; l<='9'; l++) font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(l));
} break;
case 2: {
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(' '));
for (unsigned char l='A'; l<='Z'; l++) font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(l));
} break;
case 3: {
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(' '));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('-'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('_'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('|'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('/'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('\\'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('+'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('.'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('*'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('='));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(']'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('['));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('('));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(')'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('{'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('}'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('"'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('!'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('$'));
} break;
case 4: {
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(' '));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('.'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('/'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('\\'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('_'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('_'));
font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector('|'));
} break;
default: { for (unsigned char l=' '; l<='~'; l++) font_code.insert(CImg<>::vector(l)); } break;
}
cimglist_for(font_code,l) {
font.insert(font_full(font_code[l](0)));
font_blur.insert(font[l].get_resize(fw,fh,1,1).blur(sigma).normalize(0,255));
}
// Init images
CImg<> img;
if (!file_i) { float white[3] = { 255,255,255 }; img.assign().draw_text(0,0," CImg\nRocks !",white); }
else img.assign(file_i);
img.norm().resize(fw*w,fh*h);
if (blur) img.blur(blur);
if (contour>0) {
CImgList<> grad = img.get_gradient("xy",4);
img = (grad[0].pow(2) + grad[1].pow(2)).sqrt().normalize(0,100).threshold(contour);
}
img.normalize(0,255);
if (invert) img = 255.0f-img;
CImg<unsigned char> dest(w,h,1,1,0);
// Render ASCII-art image, using a simple correlation method.
CImg<> neigh;
cimg_forY(dest,y) { cimg_forX(dest,x) {
neigh = img.get_crop(x*fw,y*fh,(x+1)*fw,(y+1)*fh);
float scoremin = 2e28f;
unsigned int best = 0;
cimglist_for(font_code,l) {
const CImg<>& letter = font_blur[l];
const float score = (float)((letter-neigh).pow(2).sum());
if (score<scoremin) { scoremin = score; best = l; }
}
dest(x,y) = best;
std::fprintf(stdout,"%c",font_code[dest(x,y)](0));
}
std::fprintf(stdout,"\n");
}
std::exit(0);
return 0;
}