Aseprite

Aseprite is a program specialized in creating and editing pixel graphics. It includes tools for animation, layer management, and color palettes. It is used in video game development, digital art, and sprite design.

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• Animation interface. Aseprite allows you to create and edit frame-by-frame animations. It includes a timeline with controls for duration, speed, and playback. Frames can be organized into independent layers.
• Drawing tools. Includes brushes, pencils, geometric shapes, and fill. Each tool has settings for size, opacity, and patterns. Supports pen pressure on graphics tablets.
• Layer management. Allows you to work with multiple layers and groups. Each layer has blend modes and transparency options. Layers can be reordered, duplicated, or hidden.
• Color palettes. Includes a palette editor with support for formats such as PAL, GPL, and HEX. Palettes can be imported, exported, and modified with gradient tools.
• Sprite export. Supports saving in PNG, GIF, and JSON formats. Animations can be exported as image sequences or animated GIF files.
• Effects and transformations. Offers rotation, scaling, flipping, and distortion of images. Includes filters such as blur, shading, and color adjustments.
• Tileset support. Allows you to split images into cells for tilesets. Includes tools for alignment and pattern repetition in tilemaps.
• Guides and grids. Displays rulers, customizable guides, and grids for aligning elements. Guides can be adjusted to exact pixels.
• Lua scripting. Allows you to automate tasks using Lua scripts. Users can create extensions for custom functions.
• Tablet compatibility. Detects pen pressure and tilt angle. Configurable for sensitivity and button mapping.

Aseprite was created by David Capello in 2001. It was initially a closed-source project, but in 2016 it was released under a paid license with versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The program is written in C++ and uses the Allegro library for graphics. The community contributes with bug reports and suggestions for its development.

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