vaarun-c/ascii-camera

Your Webcam in the terminal using ASCII art

ascii-camera's Issues

Display Webcam Feed as Animation

Currently, our project displays the webcam feed in the terminal using ASCII art, but it does so in a static manner, updating the frame line by line. To make the output more visually engaging, introduce animation.

1. Create an animated display for the webcam feed.
2. Update the ASCII art in real-time, providing a smoother and more dynamic representation of the webcam input. Sort of like an actual video instead of images being printed

Enhance Colour Palette for Improved Detail

Currently the colours are being added using ANSI color codes making our ranges very limited. Try to add more colours to get a more detailed impression of the frame.

tl;dr Add more colours!!!!!!

Add Keybinds ['S', 'V']

Add some simple key bindings? Here's what I have in mind:

• S: Take a screenshot and save the characters and respective color codes to a file
• V: Display the last screenshot

I think these key bindings would be super cool :)

Add Keybinds ['W', 'Q']

Add some simple key bindings? Here's what I have in mind:

• W: Start the Webcam
• Q: Stop the Webcam

I think these key bindings would be super cool :)

Design a simple GUI for the text based menu

Design a simple GUI for the issue #5 . :) @

Optimizing rendering for improved performance

The current implementation matches each pixel value in the webcam feed to an ASCII character. Which is computationally expensive, especially for high-definition webcams. Try to enhance performance by sacrificing some quality

This might also fix the terminal resizing issue.

Hint: You can try pixelization

Add a Helpful Menu

Here's what I have in mind:

• When you launch the application, it should display a friendly menu with instructions.
• A quick overview of any keybindings, like the "Q," "W," "S," and "V" keys, could be a nice touch.

PS: See #4