Aseprite

What Aseprite is

Aseprite is desktop software for creating pixel art and animated graphics. Its animation tools include layers, frames and cels, tags, playback modes, and onion skinning. Painting features include palette controls, a color wheel, shading mode, pixel-perfect strokes, RotSprite rotation, tiled mode, custom brushes, and blend modes. Aseprite can export PNG image sequences, animated GIFs, and sprite sheets with PNG and JSON files, and it can create texture atlases. Its command-line interface can automate image conversions and integrate the software into an asset pipeline. Extensions can add items such as palettes, languages, themes, dithering matrices, and script-based plugins. Project files stay on the local computer; the documentation says there is no cloud or remote-server functionality. A trial is available but cannot save files. The listed minimum pledge is $19.99 a month, with Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux packages. The FAQ says purchase updates are included up to Aseprite v1.9, and creations can be used in personal or commercial products, though compiled versions cannot be redistributed.