Tilf

Tilf (Tiny Elf) is a pixel art editor developed with PySide6. It is designed for creating sprites, icons, and small-scale 2D graphic assets. The program offers essential tools, real-time preview, undo/redo functions, and multiple export options.

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• Pencil Tool. Allows drawing individual pixels with the selected color. It is the basic tool for creating precise pixel illustrations.
• Eraser Tool. Removes specific pixels by restoring the background color or transparency of the canvas.
• Fill (Bucket). Fills contiguous areas of the same color with the currently selected color from the palette.
• Eyedropper. Captures existing colors on the canvas for later use in the design.
• Rectangle (Outline). Draws rectangular shapes with only the visible border, keeping the interior transparent.
• Ellipse (Outline). Creates elliptical and circular shapes defined solely by their outer perimeter.
• Customizable Canvas. Allows creating new images with specific dimensions tailored to different project needs.
• Zoom System. Magnification control from 1x to 50x via mouse wheel or slider control.
• Editable Background Color. Configuration of the canvas base color with support for alpha transparency.
• Optional Grid. Display of a grid with customizable color that appears automatically at 4x zoom or higher.
• Clear Canvas. Deletes all current content from the work area with a single command.
• Action History. Undo/redo system with the capacity to store up to 50 previous states of the project.
• Drag & Drop Opening. Ability to open existing images via drag & drop from the file explorer.
• Real-time Preview. Side panel showing how the final design will look, with repositioning capability.
• Image Import. Compatibility with PNG, JPEG/JPG, and BMP formats for editing.
• Cross-platform Export. Saving projects in PNG (with or without transparency), JPEG/JPG, and BMP formats.
• Constraint Mode. Holding Shift while drawing rectangles or ellipses allows creating perfect squares or circles.

Tilf was created by Dario Camonita and is developed primarily in Python using the PySide6 framework for the graphical interface. The project started in 2023 as a lightweight solution for creating pixel graphics without the complexity of more advanced editors. The source code is hosted on GitHub under an open-source license that allows its use, modification, and distribution.

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