ASCIIImageWriter.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import os
from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageDraw
import image2ascii


def about():
    print """
            Author        : Steven Aubertin
            File          : {0}
            Description   : Convert text file to ASCII image.
            Dependency    : PIL (http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/)
        """.format(sys.argv[0])


def printUsage():
    print """whatavar""".format(sys.argv[0])


def main(argv):
    rootoutput = '/Users/xor/Desktop/output/'
    rootdir = '/Users/xor/Desktop/frames/'

    for filename in os.listdir(rootdir):
        img = Image.open(rootdir + filename)
        data = image2ascii.image2ascii(img)

        w, h = img.size
        im = Image.new('RGBA', (w * 10, h * 10), (0, 0, 0, 0))
        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)

        y = 0
        x = 0
        for d in data:
            if d == '\r':
                x += 10
                y = 0
            draw.text((x, y), d, (255, 255, 255))
            y += 10

        w, h = img.size
        im.resize((w, h), Image.BICUBIC).save(rootoutput + filename)

    return 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))