ASE 0.8.1 Beta Released

New ASE version released:

• Improved "Tools Configuration" dialog to show only necessary options for the current tool.
• Added "Tolerance" parameter to Magic Wand and Paint Bucket (Trent Gamblin idea).
• Fixed critical problem rendering indexed images with a non-black color in palette entry

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Move Pixels

A video about how to move pixels with ASE 0.8.0 beta:

ASE 0.8.0 Beta Released

New beta version of ASE released with a lot of new features (go to ASE website):

• USER INTERFACE CHANGES!
  • Now you zoom using the mouse wheel without pressing Alt key.
  • Now tools are grouped.
  • Color-bar is completely redesigned (see Quick Reference).
  • Improved selection tools: Now you can move selected pixels dragging the selected area (like MS Paint). [work-in-progress]
  • New ASE skin created by Ilija Melentijevic.
  • "Tools" menu is gone:
  • "Tools > Configure" was moved to "Edit > Tools".
  • "Tools > Options" was moved to "Edit > Options".
  • "Tools > FX" was moved to "Edit > FX".
  • All other options are in "View" (Animation Editor, Palette Editor).
• New tools: Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand, Eyedropper (as an independet tool, Alt+click is available too), Hand, Move, (Filled) Countour, and (Filled) Polygon.
• Now the editor cursor displays pen preview (Ilija Melentijevic idea, like Animator Pro).
• Added compression to .ase/.aseprite format.
• Added support to zoom when you are drawing (e.g. you can use the mouse wheel when you are drawing a polygon or a long line).