ASCIIKit — turn video and images into customizable ASCII art

What it does

ASCIIKit slices your source into a grid of cells, reads the brightness of each cell, and paints a monospace glyph that matches its tone — from dense @ in the shadows to blank space in the highlights. Pick from ten built-in character ramps (Classic, Blocks, Detailed, Minimal, Dense, Binary, Hatch, Dots, Shades, Retro) or type your own custom sequence to define exactly how dark-to-light is drawn. Font family, weight, scale, character spacing, and line height all tune the density and feel of the lettering, while a Sampling mode (Box, Average, Sharp) controls how cleanly each cell is read.

Color is fully under your control: keep the Original frame colors, drop to a single Mono or Custom glyph color, run a two-stop Gradient, or switch on the green-phosphor Matrix look. Pre-processing sliders for contrast, brightness, gamma, invert, and blur shape the image before it's converted, and an Edge Mode (Magnitude or Mix) adds Sobel outlines for a wireframe read. Background can be solid, inverse, or transparent, with optional per-character tiles and a duotone Tone Color Map. One-click style presets — Terminal, Matrix, Newspaper, Blueprint, Thermal, Comic, Amber CRT — set ramp, color, and background together as a starting point. Chain ASCIIKit with other KRKART effects via Combine, animate any control on the keyframe timeline, and export at 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9.

Use it for

• Turn a DJ set or music clip into a Matrix-green ASCII visualizer for socials
• Run your webcam through a live terminal-style ASCII filter on stream
• Make a retro Amber CRT or Blueprint title card from a single image
• Build a glitchy 9:16 ASCII reel for TikTok or Reels
• Convert a logo or portrait into clean monospace text art for a PNG export
• Add Sobel edge outlines for a wireframe, hand-drawn ASCII look

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