Aseprite Scripts Collection

JJHaggar · February 4, 2020, 7:25pm

That’s great news! I’ll try it right now, thank you!

Also, I’ve just updated the 1st post! ^^

Edit:
I’ve just tried the script but it seems that it doesn’t work 100% correctly. I made a simple sprite with just one layer and one frame, saved it, and the exported it to psd.

After that I tried to open the psd file with other programs, but I got these errors using Photoshop and Gimp
imagen
imagen

I could open the psd file using Krita, but the image was pretty broken.

In case somebody already got the script to work correctly, could you please help?

Edit 2:
It seems that the 2nd version of the script works just fine. I’ve updated the 1st post to include a link to that version of the file.

dacap · February 5, 2020, 3:43pm

I think in that case it would be better to report the bug in the repository issues: Issues · Tsukina-7mochi/aseprite-scripts · GitHub

JJHaggar · February 5, 2020, 9:45pm

Thanks I’ll do that

ThunderFD · February 6, 2020, 10:59pm

Hi there! I made my own little repo with one script (so far) that lets you export all tags as individual gifs: GitHub - ThunderFD/Thunders-Aseprite-Scripts: Scripts that I've written to help me automate repetitive tasks in Aseprite.

JJHaggar · February 7, 2020, 2:16pm

Hi @ThunderFD! Thank you very much for your script and welcome to Aseprite community!

(I’ve edited the 1st post to include it)

JJHaggar · March 13, 2020, 8:24am

First post updated with these scripts:

Change the palette of several sprites (by dacap): (Before using these scripts create a backup of your sprites).
Copy Merged Scaled (by YellowAfterlife): Copy a merged version of the sprite layers, and also scale it up so that you can paste it wherever to show it to people
Rotation tweening (by Gasparoken): Youtube video, Script here.
Mark cels based on frame duration, or manually (by libroumque): Original tweet, view it on github or download the script.

sprngr · March 13, 2020, 6:04pm

Hi, I recently released a collection of scripts for taking incremental snapshots and then opening it up in Aseprite as a time lapse Record for Aseprite by sprngr

Hopefully people can find some use from it.

JJHaggar · March 13, 2020, 9:00pm

Hey, thank you very much @sprngr, and also welcome to Aseprite forums!!
I’ve just added it to the first post!

hohlinger · April 7, 2020, 5:26am

Hey.
I got a problem with the Export Koala script and I do not know what happens. I was trying to export a sample pic (4 colors, c64 palette, 160x100 pixels) to Koala format but got the following error message:

Can anybody help me with that? Am I doing something wrong?
How can I get a koala pic out of Aseprite?
Thank you very much in advance!

JJHaggar · April 7, 2020, 7:05am

Hi @hohlinger, you are referring to the export script from GitHub - Viza74/c64helperscriptsforaseprite: C64 helpers scripts for aseprite , aren’t you?

I fear that don’t know what could cause the problem (maybe you are using a different version of Aseprite for that script that the one it was written for?), but you probably should report the bug in the repository issues so the original author can know it exists (and maybe fix it): Issues · Viza74/c64helperscriptsforaseprite · GitHub

hohlinger · April 7, 2020, 8:31am

Hi JJHaggar.

Thank you very much for your help. I will post it in the repository issues and hope for an answer.

Thanks again and best regards

Olga_Galvanova · April 26, 2020, 3:35pm

hello everyone, do any of you know (or are any of you bored enough to write) a script which would dither the image based on:

currently active palette
custom dither pattern (ideally in format aseprite uses for dither with gradient tool)?

why: while it is not hard to create dithering manually with gradient tool and custom brushes, editing image already full of dithering can be pretty painful and time consuming. with dithering script user could simply use opacity and add dithering only in last step before export.

JJHaggar · May 5, 2020, 4:21am

Two new scripts added to the first post

Aseprite Mega Drive Digitizer (by themrcul)
Center the current selection on the sprite (by tuxpup)

@Olga_Galvanova That seems a really difficult task I fear ^^U If somebody makes a script for Aseprite I’d be delighted, but meanwhile you can use Photoshop or Pixatool for that

Olga_Galvanova · May 5, 2020, 6:52pm

hey, thanks for the tips! another great method for dithering pictures with custom patterns is dan fessler’s index painting - if you make your gradient map to match your palette and posterizing steps. that method works even in after effects.

however, i just found out that the script isn’t actually necessary
you can select installed dither patterns when converting to indexed (sprite -> color mode -> more options)
omg
patterns seem to be duplicated (ordered dithering + name, old dithering + name (for some reason this seems to get better results)) but they work.
i can’t believe i didn’t notice it sooner.

sandor · August 8, 2020, 5:51pm

Hi, I wrote a little extension that reduces the bit-depth of the palette. This can be useful when designing sprites for retro-hardware.

github.com

sandord/aseprite-scripts/blob/master/Reduce palette bit-depth.lua

----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Reduces the bit-depth of the palette colors.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Author:  Sandor Drieënhuizen
-- Source:  https://github.com/sandord/aseprite-scripts
-- License: MIT
----------------------------------------------------------------------

local spr = app.activeSprite

if not spr then
  return app.alert("There is no active sprite")
end

local dlg = Dialog("Reduce palette bit-depth")

local function showHelp()
  app.alert{title="Help", text={
    "This extension reduces the bit-depth of each palette color, which could be desirable if you",
    "want to match the color limitations of retro hardware such as an Atari ST.",

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jest · August 18, 2020, 12:13am

Made a script for importing existing tags from the exported JSON. Useful so you don’t have to re-tag every animation for similar sprites:

github.com

jestarray/aseprite-scripts/blob/master/jest_import_existing_tags.lua

local json = { _version = "0.1.1" }

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Encode
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

local encode

local escape_char_map = {
  [ "\\" ] = "\\\\",
  [ "\"" ] = "\\\"",
  [ "\b" ] = "\\b",
  [ "\f" ] = "\\f",
  [ "\n" ] = "\\n",
  [ "\r" ] = "\\r",
  [ "\t" ] = "\\t",
}

local escape_char_map_inv = { [ "\\/" ] = "/" }
for k, v in pairs(escape_char_map) do

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AseAseAse · August 18, 2020, 4:53am

Is this malware free?

JJHaggar · August 18, 2020, 5:28am

Hi @sandor and @jest! Thanks a lot for sharing your scripts! I have just added them to the first post!

Yes, this malware is 100% free.

Sorry XD Jokes aside, the scripts are plain text and most of them are on github ( commonly used to host open-source projects), so you can literally read what the scripts do

AseAseAse · August 18, 2020, 5:37am

hello guys…I am really having trouble selecting the right colors, especially for 32 bit, choosing the right color is a big deal. So how about adding an option or tool which would make color picking that much easier?

For example, I will pick 2 colors (black, white) then the system/tool will suggest the best “in-between” color(gray) to make the in between color harmonize or mix well with the other 2 colors.

JJHaggar · August 18, 2020, 6:31am

@AseAseAse If I have understand you correctly, there is already a script for that, “Hue Generator”

I don’t want to be harsh or anything, but you should probably search in the script list before requesting new script functionalities ^_^U