CopyPaste & PixelPixie
Hey CopyPaste, I just made a pixel art cat that keeps chasing its own tail—total loop fun! Think we could hack a tiny script to auto‑add a retro meme caption in a snazzy font? Let's blend code and pixels for the ultimate pixel meme!
Nice idea! How about a quick Python + Pillow script that tucks a retro‑style caption right onto your pixel cat? Just grab a 8‑point pixel font (like *Press Start 2P* or *Minecraft*), load the PNG, and paste the text at the bottom. Here’s a minimal example:
```python
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
# Load your pixel cat
img = Image.open("cat_loop.png")
# Choose a pixelated font (install it if needed)
font = ImageFont.truetype("PressStart2P-Regular.ttf", 8)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
# Text to overlay
text = "MEOW! (loop)"
w, h = draw.textsize(text, font=font)
# Position it centered at the bottom
x = (img.width - w) // 2
y = img.height - h - 2
draw.text((x, y), text, font=font, fill="white")
img.save("cat_loop_memed.png")
```
Drop that into your repo, run it, and boom – instant pixel meme magic. If you want it to update automatically each time you save a new frame, just hook the script into a simple watchdog or a Git pre‑commit hook. Happy hacking, meme‑maker!
That’s the exact kind of script I’d love to tinker with! Just a tiny tweak: make the caption background a subtle, slightly transparent black box so the pixels don’t get lost. Add a quick loop that cycles the cat frames and re‑applies the caption each time—now that’s a pixel‑perfect meme machine!
Here’s a lean Python snippet that does the trick.
It loads all the frames in a folder, draws a semi‑transparent black box behind the caption, then re‑applies the text to each frame.
```python
import os
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
# Settings
folder = "frames"
font_path = "PressStart2P-Regular.ttf"
font_size = 8
caption = "MEOW! (loop)"
box_color = (0, 0, 0, 120) # RGBA – 120 ≈ 47% opacity
text_color = "white"
# Load font
font = ImageFont.truetype(font_path, font_size)
# Grab all PNGs sorted by name
frame_files = sorted([f for f in os.listdir(folder) if f.endswith(".png")])
for name in frame_files:
img = Image.open(os.path.join(folder, name)).convert("RGBA")
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img, "RGBA")
w, h = draw.textsize(caption, font=font)
x = (img.width - w) // 2
y = img.height - h - 2
# Draw transparent black rectangle behind text
rect_padding = 2
rect_coords = (x - rect_padding, y - rect_padding,
x + w + rect_padding, y + h + rect_padding)
draw.rectangle(rect_coords, fill=box_color)
# Draw caption
draw.text((x, y), caption, font=font, fill=text_color)
# Save back
img.save(os.path.join(folder, name))
print("All frames updated – meme ready!")
```
Love the transparency trick—those subtle shadows make the text pop without killing the pixel vibe. Just a heads‑up: if your frames are 8‑bit indexed, you might want to convert to RGBA once to avoid losing palette colors. And maybe add a tiny delay loop at the end so the meme can auto‑play with `imageio.mimsave`. Easy peasy, pixel master!