Technical Note - CRT Photos
Sometimes a new random photo of a crew member or NPC is needed…
URL=$(curl -s https://100k-faces.glitch.me/random-image-url | jq -r '.url')
… but it should look like a Cathode Ray Tube image. Run it through ImageMagick: rescale, apply Gaussian noise, convert to monochrome, and export as a 1-bit depth transparent orange PNG.
magick $URL \
-thumbnail 156x156^ \
-extent 156x156 \
+noise Gaussian \
-evaluate add '10%' \
-monochrome \
-transparent black \
-depth 1 \
-colorspace RGB \
-fill '#FFA86A' \
-opaque white \
PNG:- \
| base64 | pbcopy
Create an inline <img> element with the base64-encoded PNG data.
<img src="data:image/png;base64,<PASTE IMAGE DATA HERE>" width="156">
Putting it all together…
URL=$(curl -s https://100k-faces.glitch.me/random-image-url |
jq -r '.url'); echo "<a href=\"$URL\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">
<img src=\"data:image/png;base64,$(magick $URL \
-thumbnail 156x156^ \
-extent 156x156 \
+noise Gaussian \
-evaluate add '10%' \
-monochrome \
-transparent black \
-depth 1 \
-colorspace RGB \
-fill '#FFA86A' \
-opaque white \
PNG:- \
| base64)\" width=\"156\">
</a>" | pbcopy
Et, voila!
