ASCII Tool

v1.2 - ASCII VIDEO

Video to ASCII Converter

Upload a video, scrub the timeline to preview the selected frame as ASCII, then convert every frame only when you are ready to export. GIF is the default video download format.

Configuration

Adjust the following settings to customize your ASCII art.

ASCII Video Preview

                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                ¸*-*=_                                
                                ¸/*%%*[                               
                                ƒ_—**ƒ¸                               
                               '-T\*%*"                               
                                  -—I                                 
                                  -d*                                 
                             _—_q-*%@@*——¸                            
                            q***%@@@@@@@%%                            
                            ]/"+%@@@%@@**Z                            
                            dL ]-'+%K""[*%                            
                            +-  +[-**** -%[                           
                           d-[  --]+*** ]*%                           
                          d*+_—_*++**%%_ +%%                          
                         d***%%@@%%%%@@@@***%                         
                        d***%%@@@@%@@@@@@@****                        
                       d*+**%%%*@@%%%@@%@@@%***                       
                     „=***%*****@@@%%%@%%@@%***%_                     
                    d'+***+***+%@@@%%*%@%*%%%*%**L                    
                   *:+*++-++**+%@@@%%**%@**%%****¹                    
                  ' d++---+++-*%%@%%%***@%********¸                   
                    -------- :***%%****+**-+***+++-                   
                      ":---  ]*-++*+*+::'++-***+"[                    
                          '  '|'-+*+-+ ::'+:¹"                        
                                  "-                                  
                                  d+                                  
                                ]]+*                                  
                                 [-+                                  
                                 .|-                                  
                                 ]]-                                  
                                ¸.—*                                  
                                 :*+[                                 
                                  d]h                                 
                                  /:h                                 
                                  | |                                 
                                    '                                 
                                                                      
                                                                      

01 - Process

How It Works

Five steps from source video to ASCII video, with preview work kept to the selected frame until you ask for full conversion.

01

Select Video

Select a browser-readable video file such as MP4, WebM, MOV, or OGV.

Step 1 of 5

02

Preview frame

Use the timeline to convert only the currently selected frame.

Step 2 of 5

03

Tune ASCII

Adjust width, character ramp, color, brightness, contrast, and edge detail.

Step 3 of 5

04

Convert

Start complete frame-by-frame conversion when ready.

Step 4 of 5

05

Export

Download popular Video formats, or save JSON frame data.

Step 5 of 5