Aseprite 1.0 is out! (pixel art tool)

abstauber · Fri 06/06/2014 12:57:25

I just found out that Aseprite has finally reached 1.0!
http://www.aseprite.org/
It's still free if you decide to compile it yourself.

Working with it is pretty fun so far - especially the pixel-perfect drawing is neat. It also features RGB-color modes and a pretty advanced rotation feature (Rotsprite).

Adeel · Fri 06/06/2014 13:54:49

Good news! I love to use Aseprite for whatever little pixel art I do! Thanks for sharing.

Scavenger · Fri 06/06/2014 18:40:56

The program's looking way awesome, much better than the last time I used it! It's animation feature might even push me to use it instead of photoshop.

Now if I could only figure out how to compile it...

Adeel · Fri 06/06/2014 19:04:47

Quote from: Scavenger on Fri 06/06/2014 18:40:56
The program's looking way awesome, much better than the last time I used it! It's animation feature might even push me to use it instead of photoshop.

Now if I could only figure out how to compile it...

Same here.

abstuaber: can you please share the compiled version with both of us privately, if not in public?

Calin Leafshade · Fri 06/06/2014 19:30:38

Not open source anymore?

That is some bullshit.

Scavenger · Fri 06/06/2014 19:44:01

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 06/06/2014 19:30:38
Not open source anymore?

That is some bullshit.

Oh, it's still open source, they're just selling the compiled binary for the Windows and Mac versions. They have a link to their Github on the page.

Very sneaky, considering not all pixel artists are programmers :<

Calin Leafshade · Fri 06/06/2014 19:46:06

Ah yes, i see that now.

That's fair enough. There's nothing stopping someone else from hosting nightly builds. That's usually what happens when OSS devs charge for builds.

DoorKnobHandle · Fri 06/06/2014 19:55:02

That's the weirdest business model ever. Not sure what they're trying to achieve with that...

I like the feature list and have tried a bunch of different asesprite versions in the past but I just can't get past their idiotic selfmade game-ish interface. No idea why they didn't go with a standard OS gui.

abstauber · Fri 06/06/2014 20:52:21

Quote from: DoorKnobHandle on Fri 06/06/2014 19:55:02
That's the weirdest business model ever. Not sure what they're trying to achieve with that...

Well it seems that's another way to ask for donations

Anyway I'm fine with that and hope it keeps him motivated to continue working on it.

Sslaxx · Sat 07/06/2014 00:50:59

Quote from: Scavenger on Fri 06/06/2014 19:44:01
Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Fri 06/06/2014 19:30:38
Not open source anymore?

That is some bullshit.

Oh, it's still open source, they're just selling the compiled binary for the Windows and Mac versions. They have a link to their Github on the page.

Very sneaky, considering not all pixel artists are programmers :<

XChat for Windows did that for a while. Don't think they bother any more.

Babar · Sat 07/06/2014 08:20:05

Quote from: Sslaxx on Sat 07/06/2014 00:50:59
XChat for Windows did that for a while. Don't think they bother any more.

No, now they charge for it outright (with a 30 day free trial).

TheBitPriest · Wed 11/06/2014 12:12:03

Thanks for the lead! Grabbed it and compiled it. This is the pixel-art program I've been dreaming about!