ASEprite ProTips

Closed a sprite too early, but did not quit? 💾Do not just reopen the file! Use > 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚎 / 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 / 𝚁𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚎 and get it with its ⌛️edit history intact!⌛️ #ASEprite remembers multiple files and reopens them in the order closed! #ProTip

Bored with the default colour palette #ASEprite came with on every new image? 🎨A new selection can change how you think!💡 Pick out a new palette, then click [Save As Default Palette] in the Colour Picker's rightmost [≡] Options menu to set them as your new default! #Protips

🔄Looking to Undo to a point in the distant past but do not want to lean on Ctrl-Z forever?⌚️ #ASEprite has an Undo History Pane that lets you scroll through everything you have done and jump directly to any specific point you like! Find it in [Edit > Undo History]! #UI #ProTip

✨Here is a quick #ProTip for you #ASEprite fans! ❎🔀Press 'X' to swap your current Foreground and Background (LMB/RMB) colours on-the-fly! Besides being handy for tablets and one-button mice, set the alternate colour to 'Mask' for a brush-sized eraser just one keystroke away!

Have a file that you are always working on? A reference image you use for *everything?* Sick of hunting through the Recent Files list or the Open File pane for that *one document you always, always need?* 📌Pin it to #ASEprite's Home screen and never search again!💾 #UI #ProTip

Select grid tiles The Easy Way in #ASEprite by🖱️Double-Clicking the grid tile you want with the Marquee or Lasso Tool! ⭐️Double-Click+Drag to select multiple tiles at once! ✨SHIFT-Double-Click to add tiles to your current selection! Works with custom grid geometry too~ #Protip

Press and hold SHIFT while drawing lines with the Line Tool to constrict your angle to vertical or horizontal axes, 45-degree angles, or 1:2 or 2:1 angle ratios! Great for setting up #isometric #pixelart scenes! Hold CTRL to draw diametic (double-ended) lines~ #aseprite #protip

If you start a Line or Rectangle or Circle and realize you began in the wrong place, press the SPACEBAR while you are still drawing to move it around! Works with any geometry tool (Line, Circle, Rectangle, Contour..) AND the Marquee Tool! Not the Lasso though. #aseprite #protip

Want to compare two (or more!) pictures side-by-side? Want some reference images open in front of you while you work instead of tabbing back and forth? #ASEprite has you covered! 🌟Click and Drag open file tabs around to divide your window into multiple Workspaces! #protip #ui

If you, like me, enjoy keeping an ungodly number of files open at once, the MOUSEWHEEL will cycle through them uncomfortably quickly when the cursor is over a row of document tabs! #aseprite #protip #ui

Have a lengthy list of Layers but only a few Frames? Stack that Timeline tall-wise by realigning it to left or right side of your Workspace instead of the bottom! Click the Settings button above the Layers list and choose new position to switch things up~ #aseprite #UI #ProTip

Oh right, also: You can rearrange colours in the Palette Selector by selecting a colour and dragging its yellow border around! You can select multiple colours at once by clicking (NOT on the border) and dragging across the ones you want, or by holding CONTROL then clicking them!

Everybody experiences that moment of profound, private humiliation when they discover something that seems basic about a familiar piece of software. The purpose of this account is to help folks get there sooner rather than later, that they may benefit for as long as possible. <3