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I'm looking for a good sprite/pixel editor for desktop Linux. I don't mind shelling out some money for the right tool.

Sprite organization is the key feature Animation support is a must Artistic lighting effects and such would be nice Compatibility with godot and unity is a plus

What are you using for sprite making/organization on linux? What other features do you find useful/essential?

Thanks!

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[-] moshen@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

As mentioned Aseprite has a linux build.

Pixelorama is very similar to Aseprite, but has free builds. Is built with Godot and is open source.

It looks like Aseprite can export a texture atlas, but I haven't seen the ability to do so in Pixelorama.

For lighting effects there's an application called Sprite Lamp (also has a linux build) that's been around for a long time. I haven't used this one though.

I haven't done any of these workflows in awhile but I hope that this helps.

[-] ruffsl@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, was just watching a video posted on !c/godot that had highlighted Pixelorama:

[-] Gaffe@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Aseprite I believe has a Linux build. Paid software but worth every penny.

[-] ThePancakeExperiment@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The steam version works just fine too, if someone is using it. I love this program. Use it in conjunction with krita.

[-] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Seconded. Aseprite is incredible, and has generally become the main tool I make game assets in.

[-] russmatney@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Aseprite for sure! It’s also open source.

there’s a nice godot-aseprite import addon that i now can’t live without: https://github.com/viniciusgerevini/godot-aseprite-wizard - it creates spriteFrames with animations based on your aseprite tags

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

There's libresprite

[-] LiquidityC@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aseprite was forked as Libresprite due to the constraints of Aseprites licensing if you're looking for a free option: https://libresprite.github.io/#!/

[-] cmdr_beefbox@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

This is good, I prefer free-as-in-freedom even if I have to pay license fees. Is there a side by side feature comparison between libresprite and asesprite? Is libre missing anything super useful?

[-] LiquidityC@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

No idea. I have t noticed anything but I’m by no means a power user

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