Terminal image with Python
natamacm
Posted on May 13, 2020
You can display an image in terminal. Using Python you can use the module timg.
Setup
timg is available as a package on PyPI. You can install it with pip:
$ pip install timg
Now you can use the timg command in your terminal.
usage
To display an image from code:
import timg
obj = timg.Renderer()
obj.load_image_from_file("test.png")
obj.resize(100,40)
obj.render(timg.ASCIIMethod)
That turns the image into ascii art.
To run it as command line program:
usage: timg [-h] [-V] [-i] [-m METHOD] [-r N] [-s W] [filename]
print an image in terminal
positional arguments:
filename filename of an image
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version print version and exit
-i, --invert-background
invert grayscale in ASCII mode
-m METHOD, --method METHOD
name of a rendering method (use `-m list` to list
available methods, the default is a24h)
-r N, --reduce-colors N
reduce color palette of an input image (1-256)
-s W, --size W width of an image
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natamacm
Posted on May 13, 2020
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