This program converts photos and videos to ASCII art.

• type: Type of input media (photo or video).
• indir: Input directory for media (must be a file for photos).
• outdir: Output directory for media.
• -c, --compression: Compresses the image by the value specified (default: 4.0).
• -di, --dimming_intensity: Adjusts the darkness of the image to the level specified (4.5 - 255.0, default: 9.8).

python main.py photo input/photo.jpg output -c 3.0 -di 8.0

Converts input/photo.jpg to ASCII art, compressing the image by a factor of 3 and dimming the intensity to 8.0. Saves the output to output/ascii_image.jpg.

python main.py video input/video.mp4 output -c 2.0 -di 8.0

Converts input/video.mp4 to ASCII art, compressing the image by a factor of 2 and dimming the intensity to 8.0. Saves the output to output/out_video.mp4.