Aseprite is a program to create animated sprites. Its main features are:
 
 
	- Sprites are composed of layers & frames as separated concepts.
  
	- Support for color profiles and different color modes: RGBA, Indexed (palettes up to 256 colors), Grayscale.
  
	- Animation facilities, with real-time preview and onion skinning.
  
	- Export/import animations to/from sprite sheets, GIF files, or sequence of PNG files (and FLC, FLI, JPG, BMP, PCX, TGA).
  
	- Multiple editors support.
  
	- Layer groups for organizing your work, and reference layers for rotoscoping.
  
	- Pixel-art specific tools like Pixel Perfect freehand mode, Shading ink, Custom Brushes, Outlines, Wide Pixels, etc.
  
	- Other special drawing tools like Pressure sensitivity, Symmetry Tool, Stroke and Fill selection, Gradients.
  
	- Tiled mode useful to draw patterns and textures.
  
	- Transform multiple frames/layers at the same time.
  
	- Lua scripting capabilities.
  
	- CLI
  
	- Command Line Interface to automatize tasks.
  
	- Quick Reference / Cheat Sheet keyboard shortcuts (customizable keys and mouse wheel).
  
	- Reopen closed files and recover data in case of crash.
  
	- Undo/Redo for every operation and support for non-linear undo.
  
 
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