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New Pixel Art Tool!

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Printed Date: 06 April 2026 at 5:00am


Topic: New Pixel Art Tool!
Posted By: Dokitsu
Subject: New Pixel Art Tool!
Date Posted: 04 March 2014 at 10:31am
News...

in case you did not know, I'm a game developer for windows xp,7 and vista. http://djinngames.blogspot.com/ - my website
I was started to develop a pixel art tool drawer some time ago.

Now I'm releasing the first beta version of the program.
Dot Art for pixel art.

heres the http://dotpart.blogspot.com/ - official site and some of the containing features...

not all will be active*:

ToolBar:
-File
*New
*Load
*Save

-Edit
*Undo (doesn't work)
*window (window goes to the default size, *off)
*clean (cleans the drawed dots)

-View
*zoom in (mouse wheel up too)
*zoom out (mouse wheel down too)
*show preview (opens a window with the preview of your drawing DotArt)

-Transform
*Shift move (moves the img from his origin, *off)
*mirror flip (WIP)
*res. canvas (resize the canvas size)
*trans col (define the transparent color)
*color replace (replace wished colors to another new HSV)

-Frames
*Open Box (opens the window to work with multiple frames or frameworking, it can add new frame, copy but doesn't copy colors, paste and delete. max 16 frames)

-Customize
*Bg colors (change the background colors) *customize.

-CO-ART
*link box (opens a window to connect via online with a partner) *it needs log me in hamachi.
*co-dots (opens a window to se what your partner is drawing, but doesn't send RGB colors yet, and it get lagged) *you need to get connected first.

------------ TOOLS
-pencil (yes)
-color shifter (yes)
-line(no)
-eraser (yes)
-rectangle (no)
-magic selector (no)
-circle (no)
-color selector (yes)
-bucket (yes)
-area selector (no)
-antialiasigner black (yes)
-ditherer (yes)
-antialiasigner white (yes)
-color interchanger (yes)
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for now, it works with 128x128 canvas size as max.
it had a accesible color palette with 16 slots to save colors. you can change it by pressing the middle mouse button.

DotArt can save as
-bmp (yes) (really is PNG)
-png (yes) (doesn't works yet)
-stripe (yes) (save a stripe with all frames)
-tileset (yes) (save your tilesets, based on the grid size)
-tilemap (no)
-gif (no)

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well, I hope you like it. I was worked thinking in easier work for the drawer.
I know what it need to be worked more....
comment any suggestion or questions!.



Replies:
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 04 March 2014 at 12:24pm
When its all ready submit as a link in the gallery, k.

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Posted By: Dokitsu
Date Posted: 05 March 2014 at 8:39am
ok. thanks!.



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