feat: Added ascii art generator program

Author: king04aman

Ascii Art Generator/generate.py

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+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+import sys
+
+symbols_list = ["#", "-", "*", ".", "+", "o"]
+threshold_list = [0, 50, 100, 150, 200]
+
+def print_out_ascii(array):
+    for row in array:
+        for e in row:
+            print(symbols_list[int(e) % len(symbols_list)], end="")
+        print()
+
+
+def img_to_ascii(image):
+    height, width = image.shape
+    new_width = int(width / 20) 
+    new_height = int(height / 40)
+
+    resized_image = cv2.resize(image, (new_width, new_height),)
+
+    thresh_image = np.zeros(resized_image.shape)
+
+    for i, threshold in enumerate(threshold_list):
+        thresh_image[resized_image > threshold] = i
+    return thresh_image
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Image Path not specified : Using sample_image.png\n")
+        image_path = "sample_image.png"
+
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        print("Using {} as Image Path\n".format(sys.argv[1]))
+        image_path = sys.argv[1]
+
+    image = cv2.imread(image_path, 0)
+    ascii_art = img_to_ascii(image)
+    print_out_ascii(ascii_art)
+