Image to PETSCII converter

Drop an image here!

Override dominant color:

Brightness factor:

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0

Saturation factor:

0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.0

Stage A: original image resized to max 320x200 and centered. [download png]

Stage B: image adjusted to 16 color palette. [download png]

Stage C: dominant color detected and set as background color. [download png]

Stage D: 8x8 chunks with most frequent color on dominant background. [download png]

Stage E: nearest PETSCII character for each 8x8 chunk. [download png]

Stage F: BASIC code (click to copy)
[download txt]

Reference PETSCII charset