Sprites

Sprites are animated pixel art characters who can be used within any of the levels created in SDK Spriter. They can contain 8 frames of animation for each of the 4 compass directions. Each frame is 64 pixels by 64 pixels. Sprites can be exported to your Photo Gallery of the SDK Spriter online gallery (iPad only). Sprites exported to the online gallery publicly display at 50% resolution, and the original artist can claim the art at its full resolution.

Tutorial

Tools

There are a variety of tools available for the creation of sprites:

Paint Brush (Mode) - Solid color pixel pencil
Noise Brush (Mode) - Variable color pixel pencil
Eraser (Mode) - Clear a pixel to transparent
Drag (Mode) - Shift the entire canvas, wrapping boundaries
Loupe - Magnify the canvas 4x
Rotate - Turn the canvas 90 degrees clockwise
Flip - Invert the canvas vertically
Mirror - Invert the canvas horizontally
Clear - Reset the canvas to fully transparent
Undo - Step backward up to 99 times
Redo - Step forward up to 99 times
Save - Store the spritesheet to any of the 32 slots
Exit - Return to the Sprites menu
Dropper (Mode) - Select a paste color from the canvas
COPY - Place the canvas into the buffer
PASTE - Place the buffered into the canvas

Please consult the in-game manual for a full list of shortcut keys.

Palettes

5 color palettes are available for drawing sprites: 2 based on classic video game consoles, 1 based on a classic video game handheld, 1 grayscale one, and the hue one from SDK Paint. These palettes can be swapped at any time. Additionally, use the dropper tools to select previously-used colors from the canvas. This may include colors not on the current palette.