Hex

Reproducing images using hex values found from a desired file

What is it?

Hex takes an PNG image and a corresponding file to recreate the image by replacing all pixels with colored hex values. I wanted to put up some art for my place and thought it would be fun to blend it with a programmers prospective. The output of the file is a postscript file.

Input

FILE = Anything - the program just takes the hex values from it

IMAGE = Tried with PNG files. JPEG files should work but the algorithm takes into factor the alpha channel so all corresponding lines of code will need to be commented out

Examples

For Toon Link:

FILE = Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild theme song (mp3)

For Tardis

FILE = Doctor Who Theme song (mp3)

Here it is shown how each "pixel" of the image is simply a colored hex value.

Getting Start

Within the python file are 4 globals, set these accordingly:

FONT_SIZE = 4               # Pixel size
FILE_NAME = "input.mp3"     # Name of file to get hex values from
IMAGE_NAME = "input.png"    # Name of image file
DATA_OFFSET = 32            # Where to start reading data from (mp3 music data starts at 32 by)

Dependencies

• Turtle
• Tkinter
• PIL

Licensing

MIT