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Convert Image to ASCII Art in Python

Convert any image to ASCII art by resizing, converting to grayscale, and mapping pixel brightness to characters using Pillow.

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from PIL import Image
import sys

ASCII_CHARS = "@%#*+=-:. "

def resize_image(image, new_width=100):
    """Resize image maintaining aspect ratio."""
    width, height = image.size
    ratio = height / width
    new_height = int(new_width * ratio * 0.55)  # 0.55 adjusts for font aspect ratio
    return image.resize((…

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