ModernMedia2Retro

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  Skidmore College using a CGA Palette

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  The Mona Lisa: now in 79kb!

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  Don't mine at night

Inspiration

I've worked and toyed around with old hardware.

What it does

Converts images and videos into special, retro palette-accurate images and videos using correct resolutions. Supports seven different formats. This tool is actually a fancy image and video compressor but fun and reflects the history of older 1980s and early 1990s hardware palettes.

How we built it

It's a single class Python file that utilizes several methods including an 8x8 Bayer Ordered dithering method.

Challenges we ran into

Excessive research into imageio, moviepy took a long time to do. Pyinstaller was being very annoying, it's still not working properly due to imageio errors (but somehow works in the PyCharms IDE).

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Bayer Ordered algo actually functions

What we learned

pyinstaller is a pain in the ass

What's next for ModernMedia2Retro

uhh idk. Maybe more formats, audio compression.... fixing the pyinstaller error................

(Please keep in mind I am lacking sleep so please ask me in person if you have more questions thank you for understanding). PS: IF YOU ARE TESTING THE PROGRAM OUT JUST INSERT IT INTO A PYTHON IDE. Like literally copy and paste the code into a new program.

Built With

• imageio
• moviepy
• python