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name: pixel-art
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description: "Pixel art w/ era palettes (NES, Game Boy, PICO-8)."
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version: 2.0.0
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author: dodo-reach
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license: MIT
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platforms: [linux, macos, windows]
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metadata:
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hermes:
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tags: [creative, pixel-art, arcade, snes, nes, gameboy, retro, image, video]
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category: creative
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credits:
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- "Hardware palettes and animation loops ported from Synero/pixel-art-studio (MIT) — https://github.com/Synero/pixel-art-studio"
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---
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# Pixel Art
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Convert any image into retro pixel art, then optionally animate it into a short
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MP4 or GIF with era-appropriate effects (rain, fireflies, snow, embers).
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Two scripts ship with this skill:
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- `scripts/pixel_art.py` — photo → pixel-art PNG (Floyd-Steinberg dithering)
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- `scripts/pixel_art_video.py` — pixel-art PNG → animated MP4 (+ optional GIF)
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Each is importable or runnable directly. Presets snap to hardware palettes
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when you want era-accurate colors (NES, Game Boy, PICO-8, etc.), or use
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adaptive N-color quantization for arcade/SNES-style looks.
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## When to Use
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- User wants retro pixel art from a source image
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- User asks for NES / Game Boy / PICO-8 / C64 / arcade / SNES styling
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- User wants a short looping animation (rain scene, night sky, snow, etc.)
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- Posters, album covers, social posts, sprites, characters, avatars
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## Workflow
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Before generating, confirm the style with the user. Different presets produce
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very different outputs and regenerating is costly.
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### Step 1 — Offer a style
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Call `clarify` with 4 representative presets. Pick the set based on what the
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user asked for — don't just dump all 14.
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Default menu when the user's intent is unclear:
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```python
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clarify(
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question="Which pixel-art style do you want?",
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choices=[
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"arcade — bold, chunky 80s cabinet feel (16 colors, 8px)",
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"nes — Nintendo 8-bit hardware palette (54 colors, 8px)",
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"gameboy — 4-shade green Game Boy DMG",
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"snes — cleaner 16-bit look (32 colors, 4px)",
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],
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)
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```
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When the user already named an era (e.g. "80s arcade", "Gameboy"), skip
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`clarify` and use the matching preset directly.
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### Step 2 — Offer animation (optional)
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If the user asked for a video/GIF, or the output might benefit from motion,
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ask which scene:
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```python
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clarify(
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question="Want to animate it? Pick a scene or skip.",
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choices=[
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"night — stars + fireflies + leaves",
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"urban — rain + neon pulse",
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"snow — falling snowflakes",
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"skip — just the image",
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],
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)
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```
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Do NOT call `clarify` more than twice in a row. One for style, one for scene if
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animation is on the table. If the user explicitly asked for a specific style
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and scene in their message, skip `clarify` entirely.
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### Step 3 — Generate
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Run `pixel_art()` first; if animation was requested, chain into
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`pixel_art_video()` on the result.
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## Preset Catalog
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| Preset | Era | Palette | Block | Best for |
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|--------|-----|---------|-------|----------|
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| `arcade` | 80s arcade | adaptive 16 | 8px | Bold posters, hero art |
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| `snes` | 16-bit | adaptive 32 | 4px | Characters, detailed scenes |
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| `nes` | 8-bit | NES (54) | 8px | True NES look |
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| `gameboy` | DMG handheld | 4 green shades | 8px | Monochrome Game Boy |
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| `gameboy_pocket` | Pocket handheld | 4 grey shades | 8px | Mono GB Pocket |
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| `pico8` | PICO-8 | 16 fixed | 6px | Fantasy-console look |
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| `c64` | Commodore 64 | 16 fixed | 8px | 8-bit home computer |
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| `apple2` | Apple II hi-res | 6 fixed | 10px | Extreme retro, 6 colors |
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| `teletext` | BBC Teletext | 8 pure | 10px | Chunky primary colors |
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| `mspaint` | Windows MS Paint | 24 fixed | 8px | Nostalgic desktop |
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| `mono_green` | CRT phosphor | 2 green | 6px | Terminal/CRT aesthetic |
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| `mono_amber` | CRT amber | 2 amber | 6px | Amber monitor look |
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| `neon` | Cyberpunk | 10 neons | 6px | Vaporwave/cyber |
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| `pastel` | Soft pastel | 10 pastels | 6px | Kawaii / gentle |
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Named palettes live in `scripts/palettes.py` (see `references/palettes.md` for
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the complete list — 28 named palettes total). Any preset can be overridden:
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```python
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pixel_art("in.png", "out.png", preset="snes", palette="PICO_8", block=6)
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```
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## Scene Catalog (for video)
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| Scene | Effects |
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|-------|---------|
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| `night` | Twinkling stars + fireflies + drifting leaves |
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| `dusk` | Fireflies + sparkles |
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| `tavern` | Dust motes + warm sparkles |
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| `indoor` | Dust motes |
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| `urban` | Rain + neon pulse |
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| `nature` | Leaves + fireflies |
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| `magic` | Sparkles + fireflies |
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| `storm` | Rain + lightning |
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| `underwater` | Bubbles + light sparkles |
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| `fire` | Embers + sparkles |
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| `snow` | Snowflakes + sparkles |
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| `desert` | Heat shimmer + dust |
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## Invocation Patterns
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### Python (import)
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```python
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import sys
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sys.path.insert(0, "/home/teknium/.hermes/skills/creative/pixel-art/scripts")
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from pixel_art import pixel_art
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from pixel_art_video import pixel_art_video
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# 1. Convert to pixel art
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pixel_art("/path/to/photo.jpg", "/tmp/pixel.png", preset="nes")
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# 2. Animate (optional)
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pixel_art_video(
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"/tmp/pixel.png",
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"/tmp/pixel.mp4",
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scene="night",
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duration=6,
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fps=15,
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seed=42,
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export_gif=True,
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)
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```
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### CLI
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```bash
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cd /home/teknium/.hermes/skills/creative/pixel-art/scripts
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python pixel_art.py in.jpg out.png --preset gameboy
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python pixel_art.py in.jpg out.png --preset snes --palette PICO_8 --block 6
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python pixel_art_video.py out.png out.mp4 --scene night --duration 6 --gif
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```
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## Pipeline Rationale
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**Pixel conversion:**
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1. Boost contrast/color/sharpness (stronger for smaller palettes)
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2. Posterize to simplify tonal regions before quantization
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3. Downscale by `block` with `Image.NEAREST` (hard pixels, no interpolation)
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4. Quantize with Floyd-Steinberg dithering — against either an adaptive
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N-color palette OR a named hardware palette
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5. Upscale back with `Image.NEAREST`
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Quantizing AFTER downscale keeps dithering aligned with the final pixel grid.
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Quantizing before would waste error-diffusion on detail that disappears.
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**Video overlay:**
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- Copies the base frame each tick (static background)
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- Overlays stateless-per-frame particle draws (one function per effect)
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- Encodes via ffmpeg `libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 18`
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- Optional GIF via `palettegen` + `paletteuse`
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## Dependencies
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- Python 3.9+
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- Pillow (`pip install Pillow`)
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- ffmpeg on PATH (only needed for video — Hermes installs package this)
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## Pitfalls
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- Pallet keys are case-sensitive (`"NES"`, `"PICO_8"`, `"GAMEBOY_ORIGINAL"`).
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- Very small sources (<100px wide) collapse under 8-10px blocks. Upscale the
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source first if it's tiny.
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- Fractional `block` or `palette` will break quantization — keep them positive ints.
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- Animation particle counts are tuned for ~640x480 canvases. On very large
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images you may want a second pass with a different seed for density.
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- `mono_green` / `mono_amber` force `color=0.0` (desaturate). If you override
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and keep chroma, the 2-color palette can produce stripes on smooth regions.
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- `clarify` loop: call it at most twice per turn (style, then scene). Don't
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pepper the user with more picks.
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## Verification
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- PNG is created at the output path
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- Clear square pixel blocks visible at the preset's block size
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- Color count matches preset (eyeball the image or run `Image.open(p).getcolors()`)
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- Video is a valid MP4 (`ffprobe` can open it) with non-zero size
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## Attribution
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Named hardware palettes and the procedural animation loops in `pixel_art_video.py`
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are ported from [pixel-art-studio](https://github.com/Synero/pixel-art-studio)
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(MIT). See `ATTRIBUTION.md` in this skill directory for details.
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