Why I don't use Aseprite - The Tools I Use for Indie Game Dev (2D and 3D)
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- IMO Aseprite is overrated. Let me tell you about the tools I use as a solo game developer! Links below.
Photopea: www.photopea.com/
Krita: krita.org/en/
Blockbench: www.blockbench.net/
Blender: www.blender.org/
Audacity: www.audacityteam.org/?page=index
Construct 3: www.construct.net/a/20712?t=home
TypeScript: www.typescriptlang.org/
Visual Studio Code: code.visualstudio.com/?locale...
Github: github.com/
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▶ Pixel Art Technique I show at 00:55: • ILLEGAL Pixel-Art Tech...
Model featured at 5:57 - @mcVancient
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00:00 - Intro
00:11 - 2D Art
03:25 - Misc and Version Control
04:12 - Take the Source-code
04:56 - 3D Art
06:23 - Audio
06:46 - Game Engine
WIshlist my game: store.steampowered.com/app/2609620/Awful_Marco_Bros/
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Hello! What is that pixel font you are using in the video. I want to use that in my game.
THe Argument aginst Aseprite feels so dumb, there is a tool for everything, if im going to do super high resolution art, or scenary ill use Photoshop or Krita, if ill create small art, ill choose Aseprite. Most of the Art you will find in Pixel Joint is super high res art. High res art and low res art doesnt mean good or bad. If there is more art in Pixel Joint being produced in photoshop, krita, etc. Doesnt mean the other tool is worst. A lot of indie developers and pixel artist me included use Aseprite, Its maybe more the skill that other thing :)
I didn't say Aseprite is the worst. I said it is overrated (considering that it is a paid software). 0:38 Is that high-res for you? You can do low-res in Photoshop and Krita.
@@Zizaco I’m saying that the hall of fame examples in pixel joint are high res and it’s self explanatory why is photoshop used. Yeah of course, you can do low res, but do you really need a heavy software for that?
and do you really need a paid software for that? XD I mean, DmitryDeceiver uses MS paint.
BTW: I checked your channel and you got some nice pixel art over there! =)
@@Zizaco No, actually you can compile Aseprite and have it for free i did that a lot of times but after a while using it just felt like supporting the development, but im pretty open to learn other tools, like pixelorama and this photoshop like version looks nice, ill probably give it a try :)
I absolutely agree with this comment. I would also add that a tool that gives you "one-click solutions" isn't always better. Aseprite has many features that can enhance your workflow, but none will make pixel art for you. Although many Aseprite plugins can do significant parts of your work, I understand if some people prefer only using the maintained features from the tool they are using. I think Aseprite is a very comfortable tool for people who "just want to make pixel art" and have reliable pixel art skills, but it's definitely possible to make pixel art with other tools and I can see why some people would prefer to do that.
The majority of the pixel art examples you provided *were* drawn "one pixel at a time"! It's standard technique for pixel artists to focus on creating smaller groups of differently-colored pixels to form larger shapes- each individual pixel counts! Using lots of layer filters and effects may save time in making something *usable*, but relying on them hinders artists from making something genuinely good.
That's debatable. The initial phases when defining shapes and shades can be accelerated with these techniques. Of course the final touch is done pixel-by-pixel.
@@Zizaco sure, but it's not just "accelerating": it's skipping. that initial trial-and-error phase of a new artist working with shape, form, and lighting may be frustrating, but it's extremely important to learning good design principles. without it, new artists will miss out on the fundamentals and not understand why they aren't improving. for instance, you show your pink ball with filters applied to it only to immediately show an aesprite example of a ball that, while nothing crazy, already looks better design-wise.
@@ZizacoIt's not debatable. The Secrets of Grindea guy you used as an example literally plops each pixel down by hand from the start. There are videos of them doing it.
They use photoshop because they like it's animation tools and it's just what they've always used.
Wow so many experienced and successful pixel artists in these comments
@reggieisnotadog4841 I did not claim that he uses the same techniques that I described here. But it looks like he does make some adjustments to shadow blending / palette and such: www.secretsofgrindea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/09-1.gif
interesting. i never felt like aseprite forced me to draw every pixel. in fact, that's part of what i love about it! it's definitely not as automated as doing a fully shaded ball with one click, but i've even done some high-res-ish art with it, with no plugins. gonna try out photopea tho, even though it's browser-based
Yeah, I felt it was a little disingenuous to say that you could make that ball with one click. You obviously have to set everything up to do that. It's like saying you can make a sprite with one click when you save it lol
It would be interesting for an ASeprite professional to take excerpts from this video and show all the errors and failed techniques.
you never felt that way because thats all you had known lol hope you got to try out a better app!
@@siriusleto3758 and a Photoshop/Photopea pro would be right back at it, surely.
I consider myself an amateur, and Photoshop has been my go to, including when making rotations. Of course I go the longer way around, without using any of these new tricks that I never knew, as I followed more of the old guides and restrictions in a manual approach.
The only time I tried Aseprite... It didn't work for me... Still gave the devs my money out of respect, however.
Rome is not build in a day. You can use what you think it is best for your workflow. I prefer aseprite after spending hours. You can become efficient when you master all the shortcuts. Also, a good pixel art takes time.
Rome wasn't built with sticks and stones, they used the most advanced engineering techniques they had discovered
Aseprite does have a lot of hidden features that lie beneath the surface. It took me a while to figure out these existed but now aseprites amazing to make something quick.
That's true. Aseprite is a great software.
When I say "overrated" I don't mean bad, it's just that there are other softwares with a lot more features that don't get the same level of attention.
For example?
@@Zizaco Please which ones you know ?, I´m looking for recommendations to check and test. Personally I use Aseprite and Clip studio paint. Very happy with the combo.
@@user-od2ld3jg9z ..its literally in the video lmao
@@rudolof8540 did you watch the video my guy
what about the jaggies, that ball you drew was covered in them, but it didn't matter because of its scale but what about a smaller scale? ... how does your preferred tool create 16x16 and 32x32 size sprites?
Indeed it was not perfect. But that was one click. I could smooth it out in a number of ways.
It works well for 16x16 32x32 sprites too.
The thing is, these tools can do these techniques I showed, but they can also do traditional, pixel-by-pixel placement just fine : )
Ive never really seen blockbench as a 3d modeler, only as a software for creating models to put into Minecraft datapacks and bedrock add-ons. I saw that it had an option outside of Minecraft but always though it was just blocks like the Minecraft part and not any more
Ops!
There's always a way to enjoy the versatility of Photoshop without the price downside at all 😉
true, but you can help making it not the standard anymore :)
The secret ingredient is crime
My man
photopea (photoshop but online)
Literally crack it.
These are all very cool, but in my opinion, aseprite is still one of the best tools for pixel art. Specially for small sprites. I think its just a me thing but it just feels good to work in.
Very cool video though!
I know, right? Aseprite is good software. It's just that for a "paid" software it's a bit overrated IMO.
Definitely the cute pixel art interface and the whole "build for purpose" marketing works. Its success shows how presentation and packaging are very important.
It's not an option for everybody(building c++ can be daunting), but you can get aseprite for free if you build it yourself from source. There is also a less up to date fork of it called libresprite which is an opensource version.@@Zizaco
@@Zizaco There's always LibreSprite tho
@@leonoliveira8652 what are the differences between the two?
@@Zizaco "paid" because you totally cant compile it from source for free (this is sarcasm. go compile it from source if you dont wanna pay). and its not overrated, because it offers everything (and more through plugins) that any pixel artist would need. theres even a plugin that lets you use it with blender to get a similar result to blockbench and crocotile3d
This is awesome! I'll have to rewatch to grab the name of that 3d modeling software. One game I want to make is heavily inspired by GC&N64 style graphics, and that looks perfect for it!
I love pixal art, and i'm planing to include it in my future animation videos, thanks for the video, it was so helpful.
Brasil mano, parabéns pelo conteúdo, de qualidade em!
Estudei programação a alguns anos, mas voltei querendo criar jogos que é um sonho bem antigo!
Valeu a ajuda.
I kinda disagree with Aseprite being overrated. First, you yon't have to draw every single pixel in Aseprite either. A lot of people use larger size brushes (sometimes with drawing tablets) and rough it out before adding details, and it doesn't often come down to every single pixel. There are a lot of texture brushes that can achieve exactly what you were showing with the sphere very easily.
And second, a lot of people who use pixel art used Grafx2 or GraphicsGale (from what I've heard), both of which are free. Aseprite basically has all the features those have and more. (and you can literally compile aseprite for free on your own, there's tutorials on it)
ehhh just wanted to say that Aseprite isn't that overrated (and it kinda turned into a long comment, whoops). idk if people are marketing it as the "best" thing for pixel art, so it's understandable if you get the feel that it's overrated but it can do basically all you need or want for pixel art. Your choice on what tool you prefer though because really almost any tool can be good for pixel art in the end.
Exactly, you don't have to put something down to put something else up, it's the tool it's the artist
Can you use a 65px brush on Aseprite? xD
AFAIK GrafX2 allows you to do something close to what I showed in the video: Non-destructive effects, indexed colors and palette manipulation. I've heard that the technique I showed comes from Deluxe Paint but I'm not sure.
While I have not personally used the old-school amiga tools (Deluxe Paint and Brilliance), I'm not sure Aseprite has all the features those had.
@@Zizaco 65px XD true!
Aseprite does have both non-destructive effects and palette indexing. The effects are in the layer properties (right click on the layer -> properties) and come with the effects I've seen in other software like Procreate and Krita (darken, multiply, hue, saturation, color, etc.). I'm not sure if it has everything that the software you use have but it seems to cover everything. And the indexed palette is a color mode (Sprite -> Color Mode -> Indexed).
As for your particular technique shown, I'm not sure but it seems like a similar effect could be achieved with the shading tool and the outline command? I'm not really sure it's not something I've really tried before (I have a different style with less dithering so idk much about aseprite's tools in regard to that).
So I'd say give Aseprite a second chance! If you'd rather not though that's totally fine, you seem very comfortable with the tools you currently use, and if they have the features you need then Aseprite probably won't make much of a difference. ^.^
Darken, multiply, hue, saturation, color, etc is a minor part of what you can do in these softwares: helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/photoshop/using/layer-effects-styles/ps-layer-style-dialog-box.png.img.png
There is no hd index painting in Aseprite... Unfortunately, there is no way around feeling like a downgrade 😅
@@Zizaco oh I see what you mean, yeah I don't think it has that ^^"
Noice! Subbed! Would definitely love a tutorial on how you use Photopea and Krita to do Pixel Art!
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Very interesting method of creating pixelart u showed in the video! Ive seen this kind of thing with those bitmap and layer effects but I've never personally got to use it. Imo aseprite is still perfect for pixelart, but it absolutely comes down to the artist itself, and artsoftware can help you work faster, but it can't make you better.
Altho I do have to say there are just a couple things I wish aseprite had like more brush options, cuz u cant really apply any patterns to a brush the way photoshop does it, and also I think ur max brush size is 64px wich is very limiting ,so sometimes I just have to switch to Photoshop. But Because Photoshop is so old and is made to achieve so many things outside of just photo editing, it is very useful to create different workflows and ways to get what you want if you do pixelart or whatever else. At the end it depends on what you want to achieve and u have to figure out how to get there.
Do you have a link on tutorial on how he does it.
Thank you for the video, really insightful.
Had no idea of filtering to do pixel art.
Glad it was insightful!
I learned so much from this video. I would love a tutorial on your art process!
There you go : )
I'll stay with Godot and Unity, although I might look into Construct 3.
Very nice of you to show Photopea, I can do some things Aseprite ain't good at without spending a huge amount of money. Never heard of it before.
Blockbench, cool! I will also try that.
I'll try audacity as well, I hate what it looks like, but I see we can have custom skins to have it look more modern so it's nice
What software is that that you use to do a one-click shaded sphere, and be able to modify it so quickly?
It's Photopea. It's the Layer Styles & Blending options technique that I show in my "illegal pixel art techniques" video.
Looking forward for the next video!
Coming soon!
Asesprite is a gem of a tool for pixel art, but the beauty of indie game dev is that you can choose the tools that best fit your workflow, vision and budget. Thanks for sharing some interesting software to look in to!
Personally my softwares of choice are asesprite, affinity designer, clip studio paint and dragonebones… with a bunch of other interestingapps for music and documentation, etc.
Great to see a fellow Construct user on UA-cam though! I really think the engine needs more UA-cam love!
Thanks for sharing! Indeed Aseprite is a good software, but it doesn't mean that one have to use it as their sole art software. You are nailing it by having a multi-software workflow it with dragonbones and more : )
"pixelization"(filtering) method not a "real pixel art"!:D fast, but sterile,uniform,etc.
When you learn how to use Aseprite, you'll be at the speed of light!
Can make your own brushes(different dithering style) and speed up the drawing process.
Not to mention the millions of add-ons and scripts!:D
"sterile", "uniform"? Compared to what? One can't tell which technique was used unless you watched an uncut live stream of the artist.
You'd be surprised to learn that a certain artist/game uses this technique. Check out Chasm and let me know if that is not "real" pixel art.
For sure one can be trained in Aseprite. I didn't say it was a bad software, I said it is overrated (which is very different).
One can be trained in Photoshop, Photopea and Krista and make art at "the speed of light" too.
@@Zizaco the dithers of your sphere example are not nice either.
this is a conversion. I tried this technique ~10-15 years ago, but for me it was more of a step backwards.
Aseprite is a simple program, that's the good thing about it.
This technique allow for changing the dithering thresholds and patterns. There's also an option not to use dithering.
I agree that Aseprite is a simple, yet good program.
@@Zizaco this "techniqe" by me the converting category. but its fine for game making the process.
Wow, it is impressive how just one click can do such an amazing art! Please do more tutorials for pixel art!!!
Alright, pretty interesting video. Just wanted to say, you never ended up finishing that 3D vr game? I might be more of the old skool types of graphics, but even without the focus on VR it looks really good, I'm actually interested what it was about and how the gameplay was.
While I was part of the team working on it (C++ developer) I don't own the rights. So that's not for me to decide.
Plus being an unfinished game from 2008, I'm not sure it aged well.
I loved watching this video, you gave a lot of useful tips too!! I'm still fascinated by Marco's AI, if you could do a tutorial on it that would be great
I have tried several times to make an AI that resembles that of Super Smash Bross for my platform game, but I can't find an effective method or one that works anyway
Marco's AI appears more impressive than it actually is. Have you downloaded the source-code? You can examine how the waypoints scattered throughout the level make the AI work. (which works differently in the boss fight btw)
I think that in a game like "Smash Bros", having well-placed waypoints scattered throughout the level is crucial to make the AI seems inteligent.
Please do a breakdown of how you use TS in Construct 3! I've been a user for 8 years or so, and would love to get into it! (Also the feature is really new and there's not much docs)
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to make a video on the subject!
:) @@Zizaco
Hey is there a way you could send a link to that game design document template? it looks very expanded and could very much help keeping my next idea organized.
thank you in advance.
Hey @omega_the_iii8606
Sure! Google "GDD Template Written by: Benjamin “HeadClot” Stanley"
Now i need tutorials to learn how to set up these custom brushes for pixel art on Krita and Photopea
This is really interesting! What do you think of GIMP? I've heard a couple people talk about how they like it, but it always just feels like it was designed to be as annoying as possible
I like the fact that it's open source. But I'm not a big fan of how Gimp tries to be so distinctive in it's UX (for no particular reason).
I found in Photopea what I expected from Gimp (Free Photoshop)
7:49 That's Arch btw
Is Affinity Designer a suitable substitute for photopea? it even has artboards and effects and the such, just asking since i have it
I don't know much about Affinity Designer. Based on the features they claim to have, I'd say it is a suitable alternative.
@@Zizaco got it
Wow, thank you for this video. I didn't even know that VS Code is a thing. Visual Studio took up a lot of space on my computer and took a long time to update and install.
You're welcome! : )
That +20% more expensive got me 😂
Hey, could you tell me how you made that brush at 2:49? (the one that you drew the turtle with)
Sure! It's not actually a special brush, but a layer with filters. It's a bit hard to explain, but I'm preparing a comprehensive tutorial on how to make it.
@@Zizaco Cool thanks for the reply, I'll be sure to watch the tutorial when it comes out!
It's live : )
@@Zizaco Whoop!
Great video! Thanks!
Is the vscode icon theme "file-icons"?
Thanks Fernando.
Yes, precisely : )
I. am SO looking forward to that pixel art guide for its Krita content. Pixel art with a drawing tablet? Am I working with a tablet pen or a magic wand!?
Yes why not pixel art with a drawing tablet? It’s just another I put as a mouse. Like pixel art was made with tablets even before there was mouse usage. It was either tablet or joystick back then
uh, in my experience it's not great to do that if you want the lines looking right, staircasing i think the term is called? that issue.@@litjellyfish
I just posted a tutorial on some of these techniques.
I use a wacom drawing tablet (old model)
Thanks for telling me, I'll check it out now!
I don't know if mine is an old model but the part on it that says "Wacom" has me pretty confident in its brand and I've had it for a while lol@@Zizaco
Well now I want a tutorial on how to set photoshop to do that lol is it just custom brushes and a limited palette?
Have you checked my other video about the Illegal techniques? :D
which too to use for Industry Giant 2 models?
0:00 how is called the forst icon block white with black eye
I'm not 100% sure what the example for the Asesprite thing was supposed to mean, just because it looks like the argument was that with other software you can start with an asset and then play around with it, but you can do that already with Asesprite no issue. Nothing stops you from using a base model just like that and then editing it just as you did in the second example.
PS not trying to hate or anything, love the video, just curious if I missed a point or something.
The thing is, it was not an "asset"! If you pay close attention to the way I edit it (and the way it reacts to the changes), you'll see that you can't do that in Aseprite.
I made a deep-dive in my video about illegal pixel-art techniques
I'll check out the video. That's a lot for the reply, for real super cool to actually get a follow up.
I personally tend to take on the make 3D models, then pixelate them approach just because I'm more of an animator than an artist, and I have someone else that makes the textures. But it's fascinating understanding how these things are done. @@Zizaco
Hello, wow, is impressive. I use photoshop for my works in pixel art too but never see I can realize pixel art with one click, can you tell me how i can do the same pls? I need a tuto or something like this to accelerate my work. Thank you veryu much for the answer (sorry my inglish butt im a native spanish person :( )
No worries. I'm working on a tutorial explaining this techniques. I hope I can post it next weekend. Stay tuned!
ok, do you have any tutorials on how to configure photopia for pixel art like that?
Not yet, but I may make one in the future. Subscribe if you don't want to miss it :o)
@@Zizaco That video alone made me sub before you asked, I'm VERY curious about what you'll publish about that.
Just dropped the tutorial
@@Zizaco AW YEEEEAH
can i ask something?, I have krita but i can't use it to make pixel arts. Can you teach us to use it?
Sure! Check my other video: ua-cam.com/video/YVUPgiyB6iM/v-deo.html to learn a few interesting tricks.
Also, @GDQuest has some good pixel art tutorials for Krita
Any tips on how to learn all of the console commands for github?
Google for "git cheat sheet" there are many versions available but they are essentially the same.
Just stick to the basics and you'll find that it's simpler than it seems. :)
What's the game at 0:47?
I wish it was a game. It's a mockup by Cyangmou:
pixeljoint.com/pixelart/83546.htm
Love to see Blockbench there
Awesome!! Thank you!! How did you do that with one click ??!
Love and blessings!
I'm working on a tutorial that will be out soon. Stay tunned : )
@@Zizaco grateful and excited!
can you make a video tutorial on how you set up the filters and such for pixel art on krita or photopea?
chould some one explain how he did that with the sphere at the begining I have been trying to do this sens i saw it and still cant figerit out
I'm working on a tutorial video next. Stay tuned!
@parkerhatch7049 the tutorial is live
Always cool to see someone else's workflow. Sign up link for the mailing list seems to be missing - anyone have it?
I have just realized that the link was not visible to everyone. My bad!
It should be visible in the description now.
These were some nice tipps. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Hey how did you make the circle in one click photopea
Hey DaeMur123,
Check my other video, "LLEGAL Pixel-Art Techniques".
There I explain the Layer Effects to get a similar effect.
@@Zizaco ok
I use GIMP now, but my old WinXP machine has Photoshop 5.0 with Eye Candy plugin. Old news, but still so very good! However, for Pixel art, GIMP is great.
Thanks for all these suggestions, I haven't heard of some of them.
Wow! Your workflow on 1:00 looks like an advanced/tweaked version of Dan Fessler's HD Index painting method. I would love a tutorial!
Found Dan's method thanks to you. This is awesome!
Exactly! And you can't do that on Aseprite ;)
@@Zizaco I'm still in love with Aseprite myself (used to pixel in Photoshop before), but that's so true
can you share the psd of that sphere to see how you achieved that? @@Zizaco
I just posted a tutorial including PSDs
shit, I think blockbench is just the thing I've been looking for. great list
I can’t believe you are such a new channel I’m an instant new subscriber! Really good and unique content!
Welcome aboard!
1:00 I want to learn how you manage this with Photopea. Upcoming video?
Yes
can you make the tutorial how to set up the mask in photopea to mage good pixel art?
A tutorial is in the works! stay tuned
Hey, thanks for the video, just one question, where did you get that template for Game Design at 3:35?
YW!
Google "GDD Template Written by: Benjamin “HeadClot” Stanley"
Aseprite -> "Ay-sprite"
Photopea -> "Photo-pee"
GIMP and GrafX2 for 2D sprite art, Audacity and custom tone and noise generating code for audio, custom engines for each game. This is the way, at least for me.
Nice gatekeeping the pronunciations of the applications. Surely you would be better suited to the Godot community - people fight with knives over how to pronounce that name ;)
@@nailbomb420 What's wrong with correcting someone's pronunciations? I don't see any gatekeeping here. Maybe you have the word mixed with something else.
Affinity Photo or Designer are both good alternatives to Photoshop that are cheaper/have perpetual licenses
Shot Blockbench looks very good - thx
beepbox is my preferred tool for creating music
it's very simple but great for "8-bit" music
Thanks for the suggestion. I might give it a chance for my next game : )
which filter do use for photopea
I'm making a video about this... stay tuned
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I generally use Aseprite and Photoshop CS5 (yes old but it's legal) and occasionally Pyxel for tilesets... I'm looking at Krita, but I don't see how you're doing the automatic dithering... What you're doing looks great, but I'm unclear on how you are doing it.
I honestly use GIMP mostly, though without having used the program Zizaco does I cannot say how they compare.
I don't have too much experience with GIMP. I like the fact that it's open-source, but other than that I prefer Photopea.
If I'm not mistaken, its options of layer blending styles and filters were more limited.
one thing i love about you is that you hyperly optimizing your games, you dont get to see that a lot with youtube devlogers.
Thanks. I don't think I'm not hyperly optimizing my games. What I'm trying to optimize is the process of making games :)
Dude this video was recommended to me and blowed my mind by who it came from! haha
Vr arena ftw!!
😁 hail VR arena!
amazing recommendations, thanks
Glad you like them!
If I really wanted to do pixel or demo scene art again I'd go for my trusty grafx2. after all, it's like DPaint which I used since the mid 80s.
Everything 2D: Photoshop and Painter
Everything 3D: Zbrush and Maya
Cool! Grafx2 (and Deluxe Paint) are the true classics!
I have used Aseprite and it was very good, until I found a major bug. If I edited a model it would not allow me to save the edit, which of course makes it totally useless.
The ellipse tool in Krita is crippled tho (in combination with any pixel brush, that is) and the issue has been kept unresolved for years now. It's so annoying!
That's true. Ellipses are indeed kinda bad in Krita (for pixel art) x)
How'd you make that ball?
It's via Layer Styles & Blending Options.
Tomorrow I'll be posting a step-by-step tutorial on that
@@Zizaco You read my mind! I'll give a subscribe for the quality videos mate.
In my workflow I use blender, photoshop/gimp, and then aseprite. The latter is very useful to automate task writing lua scripts. For a programmer like me that is valuable option. In any case, I don't like online tools. So, for me Photopea is not an option. I'm interested in Krita. Other tool I would like to use is PixelOver, but I still haven't learned to use well.
I don't think aseprite is overrated. I agree that It is not the best paint tool and that for some tasks It's better to use other software. But it's a very powerful tool if you know how to extend it!
As a pixel artist and a normal illustrator as well this might be good for programmers but kinda not dumb for any artist the reason we like pixel by pixel is because we can design what we are making to be of right size make proper animations for it and export it properly well my drawing software can kinda do that its alot harder to navigate something like photoshop for pixels😅 ...... I think this guy just wants clicks cause I actually don't think people probably use that too if there making sprites ....... Also if anyone is interested in a 3d pixel software I use magic voxle ...... 😊
Other tools are better suited for other mediums
I agree. However, tools are not mediums per se. My point is not that one should do "one-click"; it's just to show that Aseprite is more limited than most people realize.
@@Zizaco not for pixel art no asprite is what every artist wants also you don't have to just click one by one they have bucket and line tools as a artist we value making those changes that makes things feel cohesive or a story blend together well using a illustration program makes the resolution funky you can't export it in animation order gifs nor is the frame by frame animation in illustration apps easier too and if you actually want to make it look right you have to do so much where as asprite knows what its made for it dosnt it for you the other programs well i do use them are best made for other salutions styles in pixel art are just as important witch can only be done pixel by pixel they communicate storys forground from characters where your supposed to land sucontiontiously asprite is actually perfect for what its made for
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How do you set up the "one click" pixel art effect in photopea?
I want to do a tutorial on how I do pixel art. Stay tuned.
It's live
@Zizaco thank you for this!
what about lmms for music?
Lmms is awesome
So much tools, there must be an application that does all that on one, with several good free 3D and 2D Softwares, like UPBGE, i'm amaze we there's still the need for several tools.
Interesting vid! Still using aseprite, but nice vid
Cool, thanks!
Overrated does not mean it's bad. Aseprite is good software. :)
Have you tried affinity photo?
I have not. What do you think of it?
Even with deep pockets, Blender will likely still be somewhere in your 3D pipeline or just flat out your main tool.
There are many things that Blender just does better and/or faster than the alternatives.
I agree!
If you tell me that you do your video montage on Davinci Resolve I'm definitively in love of you
ehat are your filters
I made a whole video about it ua-cam.com/video/YVUPgiyB6iM/v-deo.html
Valeuzão mano
Man, you triggered the Aseprite casual users so hard with your video, lol. I do also think Aseprite is way overrated. The sadly defunct Hexels from marmoset is way better in many areas, I'm currently using Pixelmash and it's fantastic. People really think that all the pixel art games are done in Aseprite and that's ridiculous.
Thanks for the comment!
I was expecting Aseprite users to be curious, not triggered. I was very wrong xD!
Pixelmash looks awesome. It seems to be a time saver for making pixel art. Cool!
1:00 I don't think I have ever seen someone's credibility spike through the roof like that. "WHAT DO YOU KNOW?" ... "Oh. Okay."
i use krita for pixel art.
except i use the square tool for every pixel
I would recommend learning how to use Aseprite before making claims like 'you have to colour every pixel'.
In the background aseprite footage you could achieve what you were doing with one stroke of the Shading tool with the circle's pallete selected.
The sphere example you cook up in photoshop is relatively simple to do in aseprite too, again with the shading tool.
Step 1: Create a circle.
Step 2: Shade in each lighting layer.
Step 3: Dither, if you're using a tablet with pressure senitivity you can combine this with Step 2 using Dynamics>Pressure>Gradient.
Want to change hue?
Edit>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation, or just Control+U if you want to get to the tool quickly.
Cracks?
Shading tool again, invert the shading order to reduce light.
Eyes? Just draw.
It takes me one minute to create a sphere with cracks, gradient shading, lighting and eyes equivalent to the drawing you made.
Forgive me for asking, but when you sped up your photoshop footage, how much did you speed it up by, and how long did it originally take?
If my guess of how much you sped up the footage is correct, we spent about the same amount of time making the same shape, with the tools we are both familiar with.
Our familiarity gives us speed and efficiency, as you said, swapping to new programs is hard and takes time. You should take more time to learn the ins and outs of your tools before discarding one for another.
Of course, you can get the same result in Aseprite, MS Paint or even Notepad (editing a .bpm file), but it takes longer.
Thanks for the step-by-step, but the part you didn't get was that It was ONE CLICK to get Outline, Dithering, Color-Ramp... and that they are all Non-Destructive (which doesn't exist in Aseprite. See: community.aseprite.org/t/auto-outline-layer-setting/11427/2 )
Also, in 1:14 , if you pay close attention you will see that the shading actually changes the colour ramp (optional), not only the colours of existing pixels. This is possible because of the Non-destructive -> HD Index Painting. ("HD" index painting is not possible to do Aseprite, just regular index painting). To do similar "Adjustments" in Aseprite, you would have to draw pixels.
Watch this video to see what I mean by that: ua-cam.com/video/YVUPgiyB6iM/v-deo.htmlsi=v7mFnrGK40ajvWKX
The outline, the dither, and the number of colors in a color ramp can be adjusted when you use Krita, Photoshop & Photopea. With Aseprite you have to modify them by editing pixels. You can get the same result, taking ~5x longer.
Thanks for the advice, but I did learn Aseprite and other art software. That's how I know Aseprite's limitations.
Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast
That first example is like that meme "how non artists think digital art works" but for real, you just brush a ball or dither. What the
PLEASE teach us how to create this effect 01:00
Sure! I'm preparing a video on this. Stay tuned :)
@@Zizaco i'll be w8ting 😱😱
wow. your workflow is like 99% of other indie devs.
I'm not sure about that. I don't see many devs using Photopea, Blockbench or Construct.
He was being sarcastic@@Zizaco
@@ItsNothingAmazing 😅
People always strive to speed up the process of creating something. I think in the future,(+ 100 years), there will also be people who will draw pixel-by-pixel graphics. And this work will be much more valuable than the garbage generated by neural networks or any other tools that speed up work.
I hope you are right
If I'm not wrong Construct 3 isn't totally free, so I'm staying on the harder but entirely free way, with sdl.
sdl is free if you don't value your time
@@Zizaco I mean, without money you don't have much more options than use your time in the hardest way possible. You don't learn without some pain.
@@justsomerandomguy6042 There are free engines like Godot or Raylib, you don't have to make an entire engine.
Nonetheless if you're aiming to become a game engine engineer and learn the inner workings rather than only making games, then you're in the right direction.
Cascaduer is incredible for animations.
Thanks for letting me know. I just took a look and it seems very interesting : )
I like aseprite for the animation
The animation workflow in Aseprite is indeed very intuitive!
Hey @cartman48 , I tried Krita's animation tools and I made a video about it. I think you will find it interesting : )
Very informative video Sir u get a sub & like
Thanks for the sub!