ASCII Video

Real-time WebGL ASCII art renderer. Converts any video into live ASCII characters on your GPU.

Getting Started

• Pick a clip — Use the dropdown (top-left) to switch between built-in video clips.
• Your own video — Paste a URL or drag & drop a video file onto the page.
• Webcam — Click Webcam to use your camera as the source.

Visual Effects

• Color modes — Original keeps video colors. Green, Amber, Ice Blue, and White apply a monochrome tint.
• CRT — Barrel distortion, scanlines, vignette, and subtle flicker for a retro monitor look.
• Bloom — Adds a soft glow around bright characters.
• Audio — Enables sound and makes brightness react to the audio frequency spectrum.

Tuning

• Resolution — Controls how many character columns are rendered (Ultra 200 to Potato 50).
• FPS — Target frame rate from 6 to 240. Lower values give a choppy, stylized look.
• Ramp — The set of characters used, ordered dark-to-bright. Pick a preset or type your own.
• Invert — Reverses the character ramp (swap light and dark).

Capture

• Snap — Downloads a PNG screenshot of the current frame.
• Record — Records a WebM video (click again to stop and download). Includes audio if enabled.
• Fullscreen — Toggles browser fullscreen mode for an immersive experience.

Tips

• Hover your mouse over the canvas for a spotlight glow effect.
• The toolbar fades out when idle — hover over it to reveal controls.
• Landscape orientation works best on mobile devices.