Everything You Need to Know About ASEPRITE | Pixel Art Fundamentals

An introduction to all of Aseprite's most useful tools, and a quick peek at how to use them effectively. Aseprite truly is a very powerful pixel art editing tool, and I'm hoping to give beginners some insight into how to get started with it. Thanks for dropping by!

Video Contents:

0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Why Aseprite?
0:54 - How to Get It
1:37 - Making a New Drawing
2:27 - Brush Tool
3:52 - Eraser Tool
4:06 - Shape Tool
4:38 - Selection Tool
7:33 - Eyedropper Tool
8:37 - Grid
9:01 - Color Editor
9:30 - Outline Tool
9:50 - Horizontal/Vertical Flip
10:20 - Layer/Frame Window
12:00 - Palette Window
12:59 - Color Selector Window
13:19 - Preview Window
13:58 - Common Issues
14:40 - Exporting Image/GIF
16:11 - Exporting a Sprite Sheet
16:28 - Other Stuff

Here's everything you need to get started:

Buy Aseprite on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/43...
Download from their site: https://www.aseprite.org/download/

And here's how to get it for free (LEGALLY):   / guide_how_to_build_aseprite_from_source_as...  

You can find more palettes here: https://lospec.com/

Here are all the hotkeys I mentioned in the video:

B: Brush
E: Eraser
U: Square shape (tap again to toggle if it's filled or not)
Shift+U: Oval shape (tap again to toggle if it's filled or not)
M: Box marquee
Shift + M: Circle marquee
Q: Lasso
W: Wand
Alt: Eyedropper
G: Paint bucket
Ctrl + ': Toggle grid
Ctrl + U: Color modifier
Shift + O: Outline
Shift + H: Horizontal flip
Shift + V: Vertical flip
Tab: Open layer window
Shift + N: New layer
Alt + N: New frame
F7: Preview Window
Ctrl + F: Fullscreen mode
Shift + S: Snap to grid mode