This is a command-line tool (CLI) for making ascii art. If you are unfamiliar with the command-line environment, this program probably is not for you.

You will need to install the .NET SDK 8.0.100 as well as the .NET Runtime 8.0.0.

These can be found on this page.

To get the program on your computer either:

• Download the latest release from "releases".
• Run git clone https://github.com/OliFryser/ascii-art.git in a your preferred termninal.

Then open a terminal in that the folder you downloaded or "git cloned" the program to. Then navigate into the folder "ascii-art-cli".

Here you should be able to run dotnet run in the terminal and see an ascii version of the dog, that is also in resources/baby.jpg.

So, if you want anything else other than a dog, you can specify flags for the program. This is done by running dotnet run. Note: Use the longform flags, when using dotnet run. The shortform do not work, since they conflict with some of the dotnet programs flags.

A filepath passed to the program is interpreted as a filepath, if it is the first unspecified argument. The second unspecified argument will be interpreted as the density string.

For example, running the program with:

dotnet run ../resources/baby.jpg 10

will produce a picture of the dog "baby", only with 1's and 0's.

Consult the table below to see which flags are available:

The webcam mode only works is only verified to work on windows, but it you may just need to add the correct nuget package.