ASEPRITE Blog

ASEPRITE 0.9 Released

2011-09-06T23:06:00.000-03:00

Really good news for today: ASEPRITE 0.9 is released! Not with all the features that we want it, but it is still a lot better than the previous version. The big changes are:

Support to resize/maximize the windows (finally!!)
New Import/Export sprite sheets functions
Improved RGB and HSV sliders (like normal drawing programs!)

Also there are a lot of bug fixes and minor changes. Enjoy it!

Download | Release notes

Twitter

2011-03-01T21:22:00.000-03:00

Some days ago we created a Twitter account for ASEPRITE: http://twitter.com/aseprite

We'll be publishing minor news and critical bug fixes right there, so if you have a clone of aseprite repository, you should follow us on Twitter.

Spriting

2011-01-15T19:58:00.001-03:00

Some months ago we found this video in YouTube made by Abraham Ordoñez Zarco using ASE 0.7.2, an excellent pixel artist:

Visit his website to see more sprites created by him.

We'd really like to see more videos of users spriting with ASEPRITE. If you have drawn something, please send us the videos and/or sprites (post a comment in this post).

ASEPRITE 0.8.2

2010-11-28T18:54:00.002-03:00

Released a new version of ASEPRITE fixing a critical bug. You must to upgrade to this version. Changes:

Fixed a critical bug: split an editor, close it, and change tool (crash).
Fixed Paste command when we use it in an empty frame.
Fixed bug #3051174 (reported by Trent Gamblin): Loading two or more times gui.xml file.

Download it

Migrating to Google Code

2010-11-28T11:41:00.000-03:00

Hello!

I've migrated Allegro Sprite Editor to Google Code. The new project is located here: http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/

The project is definitely renamed to "ASEPRITE" (no Allegro, no ASE, just "ASEPRITE").

Maybe you'd like to know why I have migrated to Google Code. There are some important reasons:

SourceForge website is as slow as a turtle with hemorrhoids.
We need a Wiki (fast and easy to edit like the Google Code one, the alternatives given in SourceForge are too slow to be considered).
SourceForge never "remembers you". You have to log on each time you enter to the website (even using the check box "remember me for two weeks").
I could wait for SourceForge 2.0, but Google Code is just what I need right now.

If you are a developer, the source code is now available from github.com/dacap/aseprite. You can reuse your already cloned git repository from SF.net changing the remote origin URL to github with the following command:

git remote set-url origin git://github.com/dacap/aseprite.git

Or you can just clone the new repository:

git clone git://github.com/dacap/aseprite.git

In the next days I will be migrating the open issues from SF.net trackers (bugs, feature requests, etc.).

ASE 0.8.1 Beta Released

2010-08-13T12:34:00.005-03:00

New ASE version released:

Improved "Tools Configuration" dialog to show only necessary options for the current tool.
Added "Tolerance" parameter to Magic Wand and Paint Bucket (Trent Gamblin idea).
Fixed critical problem rendering indexed images with a non-black color in palette entry

Download the new version

Move Pixels

2010-08-12T22:05:00.000-03:00

A video about how to move pixels with ASE 0.8.0 beta:

ASE 0.8.0 Beta Released

2010-08-12T19:52:00.001-03:00

New beta version of ASE released with a lot of new features (go to ASE website):

USER INTERFACE CHANGES!
- Now you zoom using the mouse wheel without pressing Alt key.
- Now tools are grouped.
- Color-bar is completely redesigned (see Quick Reference).
- Improved selection tools: Now you can move selected pixels dragging the selected area (like MS Paint). [work-in-progress]
- New ASE skin created by Ilija Melentijevic.
- "Tools" menu is gone:
New tools: Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand, Eyedropper (as an independet tool, Alt+click is available too), Hand, Move, (Filled) Countour, and (Filled) Polygon.
Now the editor cursor displays pen preview (Ilija Melentijevic idea, like Animator Pro).
Added compression to .ase/.aseprite format.
Added support to zoom when you are drawing (e.g. you can use the mouse wheel when you are drawing a polygon or a long line).

ASE 0.8.0 Preview

2010-03-31T01:32:00.001-03:00

Preview of the upcoming ASE 0.8.0 (new tools):

New tools in the upcoming ASE 0.8.0: Elliptical marquee, lasso, polygonal lasso, magic wand, filled contour, and filled polygon. In this video you can see other things like: the pen preview, zoom when you are drawing a line, and the new GUI skin created by Ilija Melentijevic:
http://ilkke.blogspot.com/
http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/9270.htm

ASE migrated to Git

2010-02-28T13:20:00.000-03:00

ASE repository was migrated to Git. You can clone the repository with the following command:

  git clone git://ase.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/ase/ase

Get a Git client for Windows here.

You can browse ASE patches here.

Pixel Art/Dot Art Alive!

2009-09-19T21:51:00.000-03:00

Take a look to the amazing The King Of Fighter XII. Prerendered 3D models with pixel-art retouching, it looks great (more than 400 frames per character).

ASE 0.7.2 Released

2009-09-04T09:48:00.000-03:00

What is ASE?

ASE (Allegro Sprite Editor) is an open source program to create animated sprites. Sprites are little images that can be used in your website or in a video game. You can draw characters with movement, intros, textures, patterns, backgrounds, logos, color palettes, isometric levels, etc.

News in ASE 0.7.2

Fixed bug #2847210: "Save" button when close a modified file was not working.

http://www.aseprite.org/

ASE 0.7 Released

2009-08-05T10:43:00.000-03:00

What is ASE?

News in ASE 0.7

Added "Sprite Size" command (feature #2671468).
Added "Save Copy As" command (feature #2636076).
Copy & Paste use Windows clipboard (feature #2577954).
Added "Canvas Size" and "Rotate Canvas" commands.
Fixed compilation support for gcc 64 bits.
Fixed a bug with multiple editors and paste command.
Fixed a bug in the File Open dialog when user presses ENTER key with an empty file name.
Fixed critical bugs in rendering code.

http://www.aseprite.org/

ASE 0.7 in testing phase

2009-07-18T09:55:00.000-03:00

This is a little video using ASE 0.7 in testing phase. You will see the usage of: split editors, mask selection, crop sprite, brush/line/curve/fill/jumble/blur tools, zoom, cut & paste, color bar changes, etc.

Music of JC PIERRIC.

Multiple editors

2008-06-03T14:27:00.000-03:00

This video shows how to configure the screen to edit a sprite with multiple editors (you can use the shortcuts Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, Ctrl+4 to see what happen).

First look at the Animation Editor - Frame properties

2008-05-12T09:32:00.000-03:00

Here you will see how to add frames using the menus and then with the N key (New Frame). Also I used the Ctrl+B shortcut to do Edit/Clear (clear the entire cel), because when you add a new frame a copy of the current one is made to the next new frame. You can enter to the Animation Editor with the TAB key.

Chaging the grid bounds

2008-05-09T15:10:00.001-03:00

To change the bounds of the grid you have to select a rectangular area with the Rectangular Marquee tool (M key) and then click the "Set Grid" button in the Tools Configuration dialog (C key to show/hide this dialog).

Using the Color Bar

2008-05-08T10:52:00.001-03:00

Here you can see how to change the Foreground & Background colors. Mainly, you will see that changing the first or last color of the Color Bar's range, you can make gradients. Here I used the left mouse button to pick the Foreground color from other slots in the Color Bar, and the Shift and Ctrl keys to select ranges in the color selector's palette.

Changing the Pixel Scaling factor

2008-05-07T11:16:00.000-03:00

By default, ASE starts with a Pixel Scaling of x2 (on Windows, on GNU/Linux it starts with x1). If you see that the program is really slow with x2, then you can change the Pixel Scaling to the normal size (x1), so you can get a really good improvement in speed:

Drawing a little sprite (one frame, one layer)

2008-05-06T16:59:00.000-03:00

This is the first video I'm publishing. Here I draw a little sprite using these tools:

the Pencil tool (B key),

the Paint Bucket tool (G key),

and the Blur tool (R key).

Also I use the Rectangular Marquee (M key) and Crop command to make the sprite bigger. Furthermore, you will see a intensive use of the zoom with the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 keys. About the colors, see that I change (Eye dropper with Alt+Left button) only the Foreground color, the Background color is always white.

Tip: you can draw sprites in black and white, if it looks "good", then you add the color.