Picture To ASCII generator

//picture to ascii generator by Chris Webb

//do whatever you want with this. im sure you can improve it heaps :D

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char[] chars ={'â••','â••','â••','â••','â••','#','â•¡','%','$','@','&'};

String loadPath = "MonaLisa.png";

PImage picture;

int devisions = 10; // pixels

PFont font;

float xDiv;

float yDiv;

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void setup(){

  picture = loadImage(loadPath);

  size(337,500);

  font = loadFont("ArialMT-10.vlw"); 

  xDiv = picture.width/devisions;

  yDiv = picture.height/devisions;

  println(xDiv);

}

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void draw(){

  background(255);

  textFont(font,devisions+3);

  for(int i = 0; i < height; i+= devisions){

    for(int j = 0; j < width; j+= devisions){

      color filler = picture.get(int(j),int(i));

      fill(filler);

      textAlign(CENTER);

      //gets char depending on brightness

      float value = brightness(filler);

      char charac = chars[int(value/25.5)];

      text(charac,(j),(i));

    }

  }

}

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void keyPressed() {

  if (key == CODED) {

    if (keyCode == UP) {

      devisions++;

    } else if (keyCode == DOWN) {

      devisions--;

    } 

  }

  constrain(devisions,1,99);

}

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