Sprite Something

Sprite Something for iPad is a drawing and animation application for pixel artists and game developers to draw multi-frame artwork in a single image file. Edit individual frames for use in your game's tile maps or character animation.

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Sprite Something 1.1

Updates

Update 1.1 is live! Huge list of improvements/updates:

• New UI
• New tools: line, select and stamp
• Animation: drag and drop animation frames
• Generates Flixel and FlashPunk actionscript
• Export via email
• HSB color select
• Place photos behind editing area
• Color history, tool history
• Assignable three and four finger swipe gestures

Features

• create sprite sheets / tiles for use in games
• edit frames individually and conveniently
• supports portrait and landscape views
• pan/zoom editing image
• add custom color palettes
• scalable preview to see your pixel work at multiple sizes
• onion skinning for easy tracing
• clone onion frame
• add new or save out your drawings through iTunes file sharing [?]

GIMP Palettes

You can add custom palettes to the color picker view by adding .gpl files through iTunes file sharing [?]. Below are some references for GIMP palettes:

• Visibone.com - (download palette)
• Color Scheme Designer - under Export, choose GPL, save as palette_name.gpl (palette_name can be whatever you wish)
• Gimp Palettes by ~nevit

Troubleshooting

• supports PNG files from 64x64 to 512x512
• here is a list of the buttons with descriptions
• retrieve images by connecting your iPad to iTunes, read more
• add your own palettes by adding GIMP (gpl) files to the app
• go to Settings to change the three and four finger swipes to your liking
• you can toggle on/off the creation of Flixel and FlashPunk .as files in Settings
• to learn more about Flixel/FlashPunk, visit Flash Game Dojo

Articles on Sprite Something

4 color rebellion (v1.1)

Ars Technica (v1.0)

GameSetWatch (v1.0)

Technabob (v1.0)

iPhones.ru (translate) (v1.0)

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