jsix-image-format

JSIX: A custom experimental image file format that stores pixel data in hexadecimal.

I saw a video of someone creating their own image file format, so I decided to do the same with Python.

Reasons to use the JSIX image format

• Your image files will be insanely large... (a 180 KB PNG can easily get up to 230 MB in JSIX...)
• You won't be able to view your images with any image viewer other than the one provided in this repo.

Conclusion:

Maybe don't use it...

I might add compression and other optimizations to make it smaller in the future.

Installation

Step 1: Clone the GitHub Repository

1. Open your terminal or command prompt.
2. Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository.
3. Use the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/johannesschiessl/jsix-image-format.git

Step 2: Navigate to the Project Directory

After cloning, navigate into the project's directory:

cd jsix-image-format

Step 3: Install Dependencies

To install the dependencies, run the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

How to use it

Convert PNG to JSIX

Step 1: Navigate into the jsix directory:

cd jsix

Step 2: Run the convert function

python convert_png_to_jsix.py <input-file-name/path>.png <output-file-name/path>.jsix

3. Be patient, this may take a while...

View a JSIX file

Step 1: Navigate into the jsix directory:

cd jsix

Step 2: Run the convert function

python display_jsix.py <filename/path>.jsix

3. Be patient, this may take a while...