diff --git a/bin/omarchy-transcode-ascii b/bin/omarchy-transcode-ascii
index 933452d7..e105a7ed 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-transcode-ascii
+++ b/bin/omarchy-transcode-ascii
@@ -42,64 +42,30 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
     ;;
   -w | --width)
     shift
-    if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
-      echo "Missing value for --width" >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
+    [[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "Missing value for --width" >&2; exit 1; }
     width="$1"
     ;;
-  --width=*)
-    width="${1#*=}"
-    ;;
   -H | --height)
     shift
-    if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
-      echo "Missing value for --height" >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
+    [[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "Missing value for --height" >&2; exit 1; }
     height="$1"
     ;;
-  --height=*)
-    height="${1#*=}"
-    ;;
   -m | --mode)
     shift
-    if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
-      echo "Missing value for --mode" >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
+    [[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "Missing value for --mode" >&2; exit 1; }
     mode="$1"
     ;;
-  --mode=*)
-    mode="${1#*=}"
-    ;;
-  --block | --blocks)
-    mode=block
-    ;;
-  --braille)
-    mode=braille
-    ;;
   -t | --threshold)
     shift
-    if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
-      echo "Missing value for --threshold" >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
+    [[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "Missing value for --threshold" >&2; exit 1; }
     threshold="$1"
     ;;
-  --threshold=*)
-    threshold="${1#*=}"
-    ;;
   --invert)
     invert=true
     ;;
   --no-trim)
     trim=false
     ;;
-  --)
-    shift
-    break
-    ;;
   -*)
     echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
     usage >&2
@@ -120,46 +86,16 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
   shift
 done
 
-if (($# > 0)); then
-  while (($# > 0)); do
-    if [[ -z $image_path ]]; then
-      image_path="$1"
-    elif [[ -z $output_path ]]; then
-      output_path="$1"
-    else
-      echo "Unexpected argument: $1" >&2
-      usage >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    shift
-  done
-fi
-
 if [[ -z $image_path || -z $output_path ]]; then
   usage >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! [[ $width =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( width < 1 )); then
-  echo "Invalid width: $width" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! [[ $height =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( height < 1 )); then
-  echo "Invalid height: $height" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ $mode != "braille" && $mode != "block" ]]; then
   echo "Invalid mode: $mode (expected braille or block)" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! [[ $threshold =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( threshold < 0 || threshold > 100 )); then
-  echo "Invalid threshold: $threshold (expected 0-100)" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ ! -f $image_path ]]; then
   echo "Logo file not found: $image_path" >&2
   exit 1
@@ -170,25 +106,19 @@ if omarchy-cmd-missing magick; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-case "$mode" in
-braille)
+if [[ $mode == "braille" ]]; then
   pixel_width=$((width * 2))
   pixel_height=$((height * 4))
-  ;;
-block)
+else
   pixel_width=$width
   pixel_height=$((height * 2))
-  ;;
-esac
+fi
 
-alpha_min=$(magick -background none "$image_path" -alpha extract -format '%[fx:minima]' info: 2>/dev/null) || {
-  echo "Unable to read logo image: $image_path" >&2
-  exit 1
-}
-alpha_max=$(magick -background none "$image_path" -alpha extract -format '%[fx:maxima]' info: 2>/dev/null) || {
+alpha_range=$(magick -background none "$image_path" -alpha extract -format '%[fx:minima] %[fx:maxima]' info: 2>/dev/null) || {
   echo "Unable to read logo image: $image_path" >&2
   exit 1
 }
+read -r alpha_min alpha_max <<<"$alpha_range"
 
 use_alpha=false
 if awk -v min="$alpha_min" -v max="$alpha_max" 'BEGIN { exit !(min < 0.999 && max > min) }'; then
@@ -218,36 +148,42 @@ magick_args+=(-resize "${pixel_width}x${pixel_height}" -threshold "${threshold}%
 tmp_output=$(mktemp)
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp_output"' EXIT
 
-if [[ $mode == "braille" ]]; then
-  if ! magick "${magick_args[@]}" | awk '
-    BEGIN {
-      braille_base = 10240
-      dot[0,0] = 1
-      dot[0,1] = 2
-      dot[0,2] = 4
-      dot[1,0] = 8
-      dot[1,1] = 16
-      dot[1,2] = 32
-      dot[0,3] = 64
-      dot[1,3] = 128
-    }
-    {
-      sub(/#.*/, "")
-      for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
-        token[++token_count] = $i
-      }
-    }
-    END {
-      if (token[1] != "P1") {
-        exit 1
-      }
+if ! magick "${magick_args[@]}" | awk -v mode="$mode" '
+  BEGIN {
+    braille_base = 10240
+    dot[0,0] = 1
+    dot[0,1] = 2
+    dot[0,2] = 4
+    dot[1,0] = 8
+    dot[1,1] = 16
+    dot[1,2] = 32
+    dot[0,3] = 64
+    dot[1,3] = 128
 
-      width = token[2]
-      height = token[3]
-      pixel_offset = 4
+    block["11"] = "█"
+    block["10"] = "▀"
+    block["01"] = "▄"
+    block["00"] = " "
+  }
+  {
+    sub(/#.*/, "")
+    for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
+      token[++token_count] = $i
+    }
+  }
+  END {
+    if (token[1] != "P1") {
+      exit 1
+    }
 
-      for (y = 0; y < height; y += 4) {
-        line = ""
+    width = token[2]
+    height = token[3]
+    pixel_offset = 4
+    row_step = (mode == "braille") ? 4 : 2
+
+    for (y = 0; y < height; y += row_step) {
+      line = ""
+      if (mode == "braille") {
         for (x = 0; x < width; x += 2) {
           code = 0
           for (dy = 0; dy < 4; dy++) {
@@ -267,80 +203,34 @@ if [[ $mode == "braille" ]]; then
             line = line sprintf("%c", braille_base + code)
           }
         }
-        sub(/[ ]+$/, "", line)
-        lines[++line_count] = line
-      }
-
-      first = 1
-      while (first <= line_count && lines[first] ~ /^[ ]*$/) {
-        first++
-      }
-
-      last = line_count
-      while (last >= first && lines[last] ~ /^[ ]*$/) {
-        last--
-      }
-
-      for (i = first; i <= last; i++) {
-        print lines[i]
-      }
-    }
-  ' >"$tmp_output"; then
-    echo "Unable to convert logo image: $image_path" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-else
-  if ! magick "${magick_args[@]}" | awk '
-    BEGIN {
-      block["11"] = "█"
-      block["10"] = "▀"
-      block["01"] = "▄"
-      block["00"] = " "
-    }
-    {
-      sub(/#.*/, "")
-      for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
-        token[++token_count] = $i
-      }
-    }
-    END {
-      if (token[1] != "P1") {
-        exit 1
-      }
-
-      width = token[2]
-      height = token[3]
-      pixel_offset = 4
-
-      for (y = 0; y < height; y += 2) {
-        line = ""
+      } else {
         for (x = 0; x < width; x++) {
           top = token[pixel_offset + (y * width) + x]
           bottom = (y + 1 < height) ? token[pixel_offset + ((y + 1) * width) + x] : 0
           line = line block[top bottom]
         }
-        sub(/[ ]+$/, "", line)
-        lines[++line_count] = line
-      }
-
-      first = 1
-      while (first <= line_count && lines[first] ~ /^[ ]*$/) {
-        first++
-      }
-
-      last = line_count
-      while (last >= first && lines[last] ~ /^[ ]*$/) {
-        last--
-      }
-
-      for (i = first; i <= last; i++) {
-        print lines[i]
       }
+      sub(/[ ]+$/, "", line)
+      lines[++line_count] = line
     }
-  ' >"$tmp_output"; then
-    echo "Unable to convert logo image: $image_path" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
+
+    first = 1
+    while (first <= line_count && lines[first] ~ /^[ ]*$/) {
+      first++
+    }
+
+    last = line_count
+    while (last >= first && lines[last] ~ /^[ ]*$/) {
+      last--
+    }
+
+    for (i = first; i <= last; i++) {
+      print lines[i]
+    }
+  }
+' >"$tmp_output"; then
+  echo "Unable to convert logo image: $image_path" >&2
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -s $tmp_output ]]; then