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Automatically Mirror Player Sheets

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Automatically Mirror Player Sheets

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This is a plugin for Paint.NET that automatically mirrors the right half of a player spritesheet onto the left half.
It has no concept of any horizontal anchoring of individual frames, so it assumes that all sprites are properly centered.
What does that mean?
Lay out your sheets properly!
If you do, this'll save you some busywork.
Or, to put it visually:
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NEVER THIS
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Credits to rocky for giving me the idea. He's doing the same thing in aesprite right now!
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Re: Automatically Mirror Player Sheets

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Enjl wrote: 4 years ago NEVER THIS
Only villains do that.
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Enjl wrote: 4 years ago This is a plugin for Paint.NET that automatically mirrors the right half of a player spritesheet onto the left half.
It has no concept of any horizontal anchoring of individual frames, so it assumes that all sprites are properly centered.

Credits to rocky for giving me the idea. He's doing the same thing in aesprite right now!
Thanks to both of you! I've always found the spritesheets really daunting, so I've never really wanted to edit them. This'll help a great deal.
Mind you, it'd be nice if there was some kind of grid around each individual sprite to help us centre each sprite into the proper location on the sheet. Then again, would the engine pick up the grid and try to render it around the player sprite?
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ztarwuff wrote: 4 years ago
Enjl wrote: 4 years ago This is a plugin for Paint.NET that automatically mirrors the right half of a player spritesheet onto the left half.
It has no concept of any horizontal anchoring of individual frames, so it assumes that all sprites are properly centered.

Credits to rocky for giving me the idea. He's doing the same thing in aesprite right now!
Thanks to both of you! I've always found the spritesheets really daunting, so I've never really wanted to edit them. This'll help a great deal.
Mind you, it'd be nice if there was some kind of grid around each individual sprite to help us centre each sprite into the proper location on the sheet. Then again, would the engine pick up the grid and try to render it around the player sprite?
It would pick up the grid, but you can use layers.
Hoeloe made this image a while ago that helps align sprites:
http://i.imgur.com/1dnW3g3.png
I tend to use a variation which further subdivides each cell, so that I can easily find the center and a reasonable "ground":
https://i.imgur.com/RkqOOk3.png
I do things. You can find them on my talkhaus site. https://enjl.talkhaus.com/
Here is another link. This one lets you draw.
https://enjl.talkhaus.com/draw.html
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Re: Automatically Mirror Player Sheets

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Enjl wrote: 4 years ago It would pick up the grid, but you can use layers.
Hoeloe made this image a while ago that helps align sprites:
http://i.imgur.com/1dnW3g3.png
I tend to use a variation which further subdivides each cell, so that I can easily find the center and a reasonable "ground":
https://i.imgur.com/RkqOOk3.png
Oh, that's really useful! Thank you very much! :D
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