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Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 12 Nov 2010, 01:46
by Rotonen

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 12 Nov 2010, 08:12
by i
Rotonen wrote:http://opensword.org/Pixen/

Anyone tried?
only for mac :/

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 12 Nov 2010, 11:32
by Gotcha
hi, at the beginning of this thread it was about live preview in gimp, and i'm not sure if that solved in the meanwhile, anyways, here is 1 way to do it:
(i hope the menue order is the same as in english version)
livepreview.jpg
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When you paint into the zoomed window, you get the updated view of it at 100% in the lower window.

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 12 Nov 2010, 15:27
by i
Gotcha wrote:hi, at the beginning of this thread it was about live preview in gimp, and i'm not sure if that solved in the meanwhile, anyways, here is 1 way to do it:
(i hope the menue order is the same as in english version)
When you paint into the zoomed window, you get the updated view of it at 100% in the lower window.
Nope. It's a bit different "live preview". We need to tile it on the fly to test repeating patterns.

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 19 Dec 2010, 15:30
by i

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 28 Dec 2010, 12:47
by Bertram
Hi,

Could this be a start?
replicator-gimp26.zip
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This adds the Image->Replicator menu which creates a new window tiling the current one.
Try the options.

If so, I may be able to have a talk with some GMP expert and try to upgrade it.

Best regards.

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 22:07
by Rotonen
To have that realtime is exactly what would be needed.

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 30 Dec 2010, 09:11
by Bertram
Hi Rotonen,

Ok, I'll have (mid-priority) look upon having a script reacting on painting events,
while keeping the nice options of it.

My script-fu skills are five years old, so don't be too impatient. I hope that the current script
can help making people wait.

Best regards.

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 30 Dec 2010, 20:17
by i
Bertram wrote:Ok, I'll have (mid-priority) look upon having a script reacting on painting events,
while keeping the nice options of it.

My script-fu skills are five years old, so don't be too impatient. I hope that the current script
can help making people wait.
I thought about "live canvas background". Instead making a new script we could modify gray window background. So no new window would be needed. I messed with gimp sources a couple months ago, but without luck. IMO it's too complex for someone without basic understanding gimps source code (like me).

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 03 Jan 2011, 09:51
by Bertram
Hi iru,
I thought about "live canvas background". Instead making a new script we could modify gray window background. So no new window would be needed. I messed with gimp sources a couple months ago, but without luck. IMO it's too complex for someone without basic understanding gimps source code (like me).
And what if the script would create and update a bottom-most layer with copies of the given image?
IMHO, it would be better since gimp source code would have to be changed while achieving the same effect and preserving the current behaviour with tiles having a transparent part.

What do you think about it?

Best regards.

Re: Tools of trade - useful software

Posted: 18 Aug 2014, 17:23
by bagzie
Recently I've been using PyxelEdit for my pixel art stuff. It has a very nice workflow for tilesets and spritesheet animations. Current tools are very basic though and some "essential" things like shape tools (line, rectangle, etc) are missing. It also costs $9 and it's Windows-only (although it apparently runs nicely in Wine).

Re: Tools of trade - useful software [DIS]

Posted: 14 Feb 2015, 02:01
by rawn
In case this can help anyone, Krita has exactly this functionality. Press the 'W' key to enable what it calls "wrap-around" mode. Here is a youtube video showing it in action.