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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import sys
+import scipy.misc
+import numpy as n
+
+def png2asc(inFile):
+    im=scipy.misc.imread(inFile)
+
+    for r in im:
+        for c in r:
+            if c>127:
+                char="X"
+            if c<128:
+                char="."
+            if c==0:
+                char=" "
+            sys.stdout.write(char)
+        sys.stdout.write("\n")    
+
+def asc2png(inFile,outFile):
+    reader = open(inFile,'r')
+    coords=[]
+    max_c=0
+    for r,row in enumerate(reader):
+        for c,col in enumerate(row):
+            if col not in (' ','\n'):
+                if col==".":
+                    coords.append((r,c,127))
+                else:
+                    coords.append((r,c,255))
+            max_c=max(max_c,c)
+    im=n.zeros( (r,max_c-1), dtype=n.uint8 )
+    for c in coords:
+        im[c[0],c[1]]=c[2]
+  
+    scipy.misc.imsave(outFile, im)
+
+if len(sys.argv)==1:
+    print("Arguments:")
+    print("   [png image file] : prints ascii in stdout")
+    print("   [text file] [png image file] : convert characters to pixels in image")
+    sys.exit(0)
+inFile = sys.argv[1]
+if inFile.lower().endswith('.png'):
+    png2asc(inFile)
+else:
+    asc2png(inFile,sys.argv[2])
+
+