Neon glyphs: photo-colored characters that glow on pure black
Neon glyphs uses the same character ramp as Photo ASCII but removes the photo from behind it: the Backdrop is Black, so only the characters remain. Glyph glow at 70 wraps every character in a halo of its own color, and Bloom at 35 adds a wider haze wherever the image is brightest, so warm subjects look like lit signage at night. It works best on photos with a clear, bright subject that can stand alone against the dark.
Make it yours
Add a hint of the photo
Switch Backdrop to Blurred photo and lower Backdrop opacity to 25 for a faint wash of color behind the type. It helps when the subject has large dark areas that would otherwise vanish.
Split the glow into RGB
Set Glyph RGB split to 3 and every character is drawn three times, red shifted left and blue shifted right, for the chromatic edge of an old neon sign seen through a cheap lens.
FAQ
How is Neon glyphs different from the Neon ASCII preset?
Neon ASCII belongs to the classic ASCII mode: a long ramp of about 70 symbols on a near-black background, colored by the image. Neon glyphs is a Photo art preset, so it measures brightness against the photo's own range, drops the darkest cells and gives each character its own colored halo through Glyph glow.
How it works
Upload an image
Add a PNG, JPG or WebP up to 20 MB, or start from a sample photo, and keep the original ratio or crop to 1:1, 4:5, 3:2, 16:9 or 9:16.
Choose a style
Photo art draws with 8 glyph styles such as Characters, Blocks, Braille and Mixed glyphs; ASCII offers 8 character sets including Matrix, Binary and your own characters.
Style and use it
Add glyph glow, an RGB split, scanlines or bloom, then sign in with a free UX Pilot account to use it on the canvas or export it.