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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
The exciting world of ASCII Art!Extension Task 1 : Fixing the Oversized ASCII Art ProblemOne of the problems that users face while creating ASCII art using images is that the ASCII matrix generated is too large for the screen. This means that a large portion of the art goes off the screen, causing the beauty of the art to get lost. This can be frustrating for users who want to showcase their art to others.Solution: The solution to this problem is to scale down the ASCII matrix so that it fits within the screen. To do this, we can reduce the number of characters used to represent each pixel. For example, instead of using 100 characters, we could use only 50 characters, thus reducing the size of the ASCII matrix.private static final String ASCIICHARS = "`^",:;Il!i~+_-?][}{1)(|\\/tfjrxnuvczXYUJCLQ0OZmwqpdbkhao*#MW&8%B@$";private static char convertToAscii(int brightnessValue){ char asciiValue; int asciiIndex; asciiIndex = (int) ((ASCIICHARS.length() / 2) * (brightnessValue / 255.0)); asciiValue = ASCIICHARS.charAt(asciiIndex); return asciiValue;}Extension Task 2 : Fixing the squashed ASCII Art problemThe ASCII art conversion process results in a matrix of characters that represent the original image. However, due to the aspect ratio difference between pixels and characters, the ASCII art may appear squashed and narrow. This can be a problem as the ASCII art may not accurately reflect the original image and may be difficult to view.One solution to this problem is to stretch the ASCII art back out by printing each character in each row three times. This approach takes advantage of the fact that characters are roughly three times taller than they are wide. By printing each character three times, the ASCII art will appear much closer to the original image in terms of aspect ratio.public void printAsciiMatrix () { char[][] pixels = setAsciiMatrix(processor.getBrightnessMatrix()); for (int i = 0; i for (int j = 0; j for (int k = 0; k System.out.print(pixels[i][j]); } } System.out.println(); }}If the ASCII art still appears squashed, the solution can be further modified to increase the number of times each character is printed.Extension Task 3 : Fixing some more Visual and Formatting Issues in ASCII ArtTake the Challenge: Tackle the ASCII Art Problems and Enhance Your CreationThe ASCII art image may look blurry or pixelated. To resolve this issue, you can increase the resolution of the input image or decrease the size of the ASCII characters used to represent the pixels.The ASCII art may not look visually appealing or may contain too much white space. You can adjust the color mapping of the pixels in the input image to ASCII characters to make the ASCII art look more visually appealing.The ASCII art may be too bright or too dark. To resolve this issue, you can
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