Ansizalizer is a terminal user interface for converting images to ANSI art.
The program provides a built-in file browser and a real-time preview of the rendered output. Images can be represented using Unicode block characters, ASCII characters or custom text, with true colour or a limited colour palette.
Ansizalizer supports static images and animated GIFs. It also offers batch conversion, palette generation, dithering, image adjustments, transparency handling, settings presets and export to an ANSI text file or the clipboard.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Converts PNG, JPEG and GIF images to ANSI art.
- Provides a keyboard-navigable terminal interface with contextual help.
- Displays a real-time preview of the rendered output.
- Supports Unicode block characters, ASCII characters and custom text.
- Offers full, half, quarter and shaded Unicode block modes.
- Uses true colour or a limited colour palette.
- Browses and downloads colour palettes from Lospec.
- Generates palettes by sampling colours from an image.
- Loads custom palettes from hexadecimal colour files.
- Provides fit, fill and stretch resizing modes.
- Adjusts image brightness and contrast.
- Offers configurable sampling, dithering and serpentine processing.
- Renders animated GIFs frame by frame with an adjustable delay.
- Handles alpha transparency and partial-block rendering.
- Applies bold, italic, underline and strikethrough text styles.
- Includes six built-in interface themes.
- Saves and restores rendering settings as JSON presets.
- Exports ANSI output to a text file or copies it to the clipboard.
- Batch converts directories and their subdirectories.
Website: github.com/Zebbeni/ansizalizer
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Developer: Andrew Albers
License: MIT License
Ansizalizer is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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