GMU:Bots 'n' Plots/Ashin Mandal

8bitify - an image based twitter bot

8bitify is a twitter bot that takes the image and text that you tweet to him and turns it into an 8bit console cut scene.

Example Tweet:

Tweet to @8bitify now to get your 8 bit cut scene!

The code for the filter:

"""

This module contains filter functions to modify images

"""

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont, ImageEnhance

def eightBitify(img, text):
    """ Create an 8 bit version of the image. """
    
    # Setting the pixelation range
    baseWidth=180
    peakWidth=500
    
    # Setting the text settings
    stringBreakPosition = 43
    textIndent = 30
    textStart = 305
    textColor = (255,255,255)
    textFont = ImageFont.truetype('pixel.ttf', 10)
    
    # Creating the 8 bit image
    contrast = ImageEnhance.Contrast(img)
    img = contrast.enhance(1.5)
    brightness = ImageEnhance.Brightness(img)
    img = brightness.enhance(1.5)
    img = resizeImage(img, baseWidth)
    img = resizeImage(img, peakWidth)
    
    # Cropping the image
    img = img.crop((0, 25, 500, 210))
    
    # Pasting the image in a new widescreen canvas
    newImg = Image.new("RGB", (500,375), "black")
    newImg.paste(img,(0, 95, 500, 280))
    
    # Adding text to the image
    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(newImg)
    for line in text.splitlines():
        lastPosition = 0
        for i in xrange(0, len(line), 43):
            breakPosition = i + 43
            if (breakPosition > len(text)):
                breakPosition = len(text)
            else:
                while(text[breakPosition - 1] != " "):
                    breakPosition -= 1
            draw.text((textIndent, textStart), line[lastPosition:breakPosition], textColor, font=textFont) 
            lastPosition = breakPosition
            textStart += 10
            
    return newImg

def resizeImage(img, width):
    wpercent = (width/float(img.size[0]))
    height = int((float(img.size[1])*float(wpercent)))
    img = img.resize((width, height))
    return img

if __name__ == "__main__":

    # load a test image
    text = "I am trying to create a sentence or two which have 140 characters. Because I want to test it with my new twitter bot. I hope the bot is cool."
    img = Image.open("birdman.png")

    # blur the image
    img2 = eightBitify(img, text)
    img2.show()

Little Box Robot - a Python Processing program to animate a ro(bot)

An experiment with Processing and Python to generate a simple looping animation.

The code:

"""

Little shitty robot.

"""

def setup():
    size(400, 400)
    
def draw():
    # Clean canvas
    background(215)
    
    # Legs
    pushMatrix()
    translate(160, 200)
    fill(155)
    rect(0, 0, 20, 40)
    rect(60, 0, 20, 40)
    fill(255)
    popMatrix()
    
    # Feet
    pushMatrix()
    translate(140, 240)
    fill(0)
    rect(0, 0, 40, 20)
    rect(80, 0, 40, 20)
    fill(255)
    popMatrix()
    
    # Left Hand
    pushMatrix()
    translate(85, 100)
    rotate(-PI/8 * sin(frameCount * 0.1))
    fill(155)
    rect(-30, 15, 30, 10)
    fill(0)
    rect(-50, 0, 20, 40)
    popMatrix()    
    
    # Right Hand
    pushMatrix()
    translate(315, 100)
    rotate(PI/8 * sin(frameCount * 0.1))
    fill(155)
    rect(0, 15, 30, 10)
    fill(0)
    rect(30, 0, 20, 40)
    fill(255)
    popMatrix()
    
    # Head
    rect(75, 50, 250, 150)
    
    # Eyes
    pushMatrix()
    translate(150, 100)
    stroke(random(255))
    strokeWeight(3)
    ellipse(0, 0, 30, 30)
    stroke(random(255))
    strokeWeight(2)
    ellipse(0, 0, 20, 20)
    stroke(random(255))
    strokeWeight(1)
    ellipse(0, 0, 10, 10)
    stroke(random(255))
    strokeWeight(3)
    ellipse(100, 0, 30, 30)
    stroke(random(255))
    strokeWeight(2)
    ellipse(100, 0, 20, 20)
    stroke(random(255))
    strokeWeight(1)
    ellipse(100, 0, 10, 10)
    stroke(0)
    popMatrix()
    
     # Nose / Mouth 
    fill(155)
    triangle(200, 150, 180, 170, 220, 170)
    
    fill(0)
    textSize(32)
    text("Dance with me!", 85, 345)
    fill(255)
    
    saveFrame("Little_###.png")

The result: