[Extension] Reference Viewer

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Reference Viewer screen capture

Reference Viewer is an extension that opens a window with a reference image.

Download: Reference Viewer by enmarimo
Source code: GitHub - enmarimo/aseprite_reference_viewer: Aseprite extension to open a reference image

Features

  • Zoom in and out using the slider or the mouse wheel.

  • Click on the Fit button to fit the image into the dialog window.

  • Move the image by dragging it.

  • Pick the color using the eyedropper tool.

Usage

To open the Reference Viewer click on the View>Reference Viewer menu.

A dialog window will open. The dialog window can be resized and moved. Click Select File to open an image (Aseprite will give you a warning about the script accessing an external image).

It is also possible to paste an image using Ctrl-V (it requires Aseprite v1.3.13+).

Changelog

  • v0.5: Using local functions to avoid possible conflicts with other extensions/plugins. Fixed bug when canvas size was 0. Show version number in window title.

  • v0.4: Fix performance issues when zooming out the reference image.

  • v0.3: Added support for eyedropper (color-picker) and pasting from the clipboard (ctrl-v).

  • v0.2: Improved image scaling.

  • v0.1: Initial version.

License / Disclaimer

Reference Viewer is provided “AS IS” and distributed under the MIT license.

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