> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ASCII Render Pass > A slotted scene renders as live ASCII: a canvas samples the source's luminance grid (rasterized once at mount) and draws glyphs from a density ramp charset; resolution steps coarse to fine as the piece resolves, then holds legible-fine. # ASCII Render Pass A slotted scene renders as live ASCII: a canvas samples the source's luminance grid (rasterized once at mount) and draws glyphs from a density ramp charset; resolution steps coarse to fine as the piece resolves, then holds legible-fine. **ASCII Render Pass** ```html ascii-render-pass.html ASCII Render Pass ``` Copy npx hyperframes add ascii-render-pass to the clipboard That writes one file: `compositions/components/ascii-render-pass.html`. ## Paste it into your composition Open `compositions/components/ascii-render-pass.html` and copy what is inside into your own composition. A component has no size or duration of its own. It takes both from the composition you paste it into. ## Variables Every one of these has a default, so the piece works untouched. Set the ones you want to change on the element: | Variable | Default | Accepts | What it does | | - | - | - | - | | `charset` | ` .:-=+*#%@` | string | Density ramp, dark to light. A leading space keeps dark cells empty. | | `grid` | `med` | `coarse`, `med`, `fine` | Final cell pitch the resolve lands on. | | `resolve_at` | `1.4` | 0.6s to 10s, step 0.1s | Seconds from mount start when the coarse-to-fine resolve begins. | | `accent` | `green` | `green`, `blue`, `violet` | Glyph ink: green rides --brand, blue rides --accent, violet rides --accent-2. | | `exit` | `none` | `none`, `fade`, `up` | Optional departure. Default none: the fine render holds until the frame cuts. | Set them with `data-variable-values` on the element that mounts it. These are the defaults, so this behaves exactly like the preview above until you change one: ```html wrap
``` {/* hf:generated-footer */} Tagged `motion-primitive` `experiment` `texture` `ascii` `quantize`. ## Related topics * [Browse the complete Catalog](/catalog.md) * [Add assets and Catalog items in the browser editor](/studio/assets-and-blocks.md) * [Put blocks together into one video](/concepts/compositions.md)