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/431730/Aseprite/ Download from their site: https://www.aseprite.org/download/ And here's how to get it for free (LEGALLY): https://www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/comments/on9pw6/guide_how_to_build_aseprite_from_source_aseprite/ 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