---
name: ascii-media
description: "ASCII art and video: text-based visual generation with pyfiglet/cowsay/boxes and video-to-ASCII conversion."
version: 2.0.0
author: Hermes Agent
license: MIT
platforms: [linux, macos, windows]
metadata:
  hermes:
    tags: [ascii, ascii-art, ascii-video, creative, terminal-art]
---

# ASCII Media

Two tools for text-based visual content: static ASCII art and animated ASCII video.

## Section 1: ASCII Art

Generate ASCII art using pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, and image-to-ASCII conversion. Create text banners, fortune-style messages, and convert images to ASCII representations.

**When to use:** Creating terminal-friendly visual content, text banners, decorative output, image-to-ASCII conversion.
**See:** `references/ascii-art.md`.

## Section 2: ASCII Video

Convert video and audio to colored ASCII MP4/GIF. Frame-by-frame rendering with color support for terminal playback or embedding.

**When to use:** Creating ASCII-encoded video content, converting media to terminal-friendly formats.
**See:** `references/ascii-video.md`.