Welcome Asepriters! Today we are finally releasing Aseprite v1.3 as the stable version replacing the previous v1.2.40. It is already live on Steam and all our platforms. (Note: not yet on Humble Bundle because they are some issues uploading new files.)
If you were already using v1.3 beta or a release candidate, you can check out the release notes just to check the latest fixes/features. If you came from v1.2, we recommend you to check out the new features in this post.
What’s new
The main new feature on Aseprite v1.3 are tilemap layers:
A summary of other minor features you can find in v1.3 from v1.2:
File > Export is now a submenu and the option is File > Export > Export As…
File > Import Sprite Sheet is in File > Import > Import Sprite Sheet
Native file dialog on Windows and macOS, you can go back with Edit > Preferences > General > Show Aseprite file dialog
Do you want to go back to v1.2.40?
If you are on Steam you will be updated to v1.3 automatically, but in case you need to go back to v1.2.40, you can do so right-clicking Aseprite on Steam > Properties > Betas > Beta Participation = v1.2.40:
Congrats with the release. I work mainly on 1.2.40 when I do commissions it’s stable and have 99% of what I need in my day to day work. Nevertheless from time to time I check new 1.3 betas and now it is the release. The one of the things I check in new version is custom brush menu. It is a old bug with a UI scaling and scrolling and unfortunately it is still here. BTW do you planing to make this menu more user friendly, probably similar to PS, with possibility to edit and tune brush inside of the menu? It will be great. Nevertheless great job, still enjoing your product almost every day. Highly recomend Aseprite to all my friends who do PA. Have a great one!
Hi @pakowacz, we have plans to redesign that popup but we wanted to finally move on from v1.2.40 (as it still had a lot of already fixed bugs in v1.3 and a lot of users on Steam). This week we’re going to check if some users are getting more priority bugs in the migration process and then continue implementing new features again in the following weeks (in a more periodical way too).
I was using the beta version for a few months but now that it’s updated I noticed that it’s very laggy when I try to use the brush, even when drawing on a very small canvas (18x18). A member of the aseprite discord also has the same issue :c
Is there any way to fix this? thank you sm in advance!
Sorry for this, we contacted Humble Bundle team but didn’t receive an answer yet. Anyway v1.3-rc9 is pretty close to the last v1.3, you can safely use it, and when v1.3 is available re-install Aseprite.
Great update, the new option to export only the selected area is something i was in dire need of! Speaking of selection, despite being a great update i’m reverting to 1.2.40 after my initial tests for now, since some tools (specially the selection tools) seem a bit less responsive or laggy. I’m sure this will be fixed in due time but it really hinders my workflow. i’m sure that will be fixed, keep up the good work!
