Video to ASCII Art Converter - Free Online Tool

🖥 Video to ASCII Art

Turn a video or your webcam feed into animated ASCII pixel art. Tweak colors, resolution and text style, then export as a PNG or video.

✓ Webcam Support ✓ Custom Colors ✓ Image Export ✓ Video Export
🔒 100% Client-Side - Your video never leaves your device
⚙ Settings
COLORS
60
SHAPE
70
3
30
15
TEXT
🖥 ASCII Preview
🎬 Upload a video or start your webcam
to begin creating ASCII art.

How to Turn a Video into ASCII Art

This tool reads each frame of your video, breaks it into a grid of cells, measures the brightness of every cell, and replaces it with a text character - lighter areas use denser characters and darker areas use lighter ones. Everything runs in your browser.

  1. Upload a video file or click Use Webcam to use your camera.
  2. Pick your background and two text colors to set the mood.
  3. Adjust resolution and font size to control how detailed the art looks.
  4. Tune threshold and randomness for contrast and glitchy motion.
  5. Save a still image or record the animation as a video.

🎯 Resolution

Higher values produce smaller cells and a more detailed, finer ASCII grid.

🎨 Colors & Gradient

Text fades between two colors based on brightness; the background can follow a matching gradient.

⌨ Custom Text

Switch to User Text mode to spell out your own words instead of brightness characters.

🔒 Private & Free

Everything runs locally with HTML5 canvas. No uploads, no servers, no watermarks.

Encoding and Data Utilities

Encode, decode, measure sizes, and transform common formats.

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