Stipple Effect documentation

This is the documentation for Stipple Effect. It aims to describe in plain language how the program and all of its components work.

For the documentation of the particular behaviours of scripting functions, please read the API specification.

What is Stipple Effect?

Stipple Effect is a pixel art editor that supports animation and scripting. It is designed to support a variety of workflows and to encourage rapid, iterative creation of video game art assets and other types of artwork.

Please read the frequently asked questions for more information about the program.

Getting Started

You may wish to start by familiarizing yourself with the fundamental concepts:

• The interface
• Tools
• Projects
  • State
  • Layer
  • Frame
  • Cel
• Selection
• Color palettes

Program Actions & Features

• Sizing & frame control
  • Resize
  • Pad canvas
  • Split sprite sheet into frames
  • Stitch animation into sprite sheet
• State control
  • Undo/redo
  • History
  • Time lapse
• Color actions
  • Palettization
  • Extract canvas colors to a palette
  • HSV adjustment
  • Run a color script
• Outlining
• Pixel grid

Technical

• Scripting
  • Automation scripts
  • Preview scripts
  • Color transformation scripts
  • Child scripts
• Saving & exporting
• Shortcuts

Theory

• Color
• Fonts
• Scope