# Aseprite *Copyright (C) 2001-2014 David Capello* > THIS PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
> See the [license section](#license) for more information. ## Introduction **Aseprite** is an open source program to create animated sprites. Its main features are: * Sprites are composed by **layers** & **frames** (as separated concepts). * Supported color modes: **RGBA**, **Indexed** (palettes up to 256 colors), and Grayscale. * Load/save sequence of **PNG** files and **GIF** animations (also FLC, FLI, JPG, BMP, PCX, TGA). * Export/import animations to/from **Sprite Sheets**. * **Tiled** drawing mode, useful to draw **patterns** and textures. * **Undo/Redo** for every operation. * Mini-editor with **real-time animation preview**. * **Multiple editors** support. * Pixel art specific tools like filled **Contour** & **Polygon**. * **Onion skinning** ## Issues There are a list of [Known Issues](https://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/list) (things to be fixed or that aren't yet implemented). If you found a bug, or you have a new idea/feature for the program, you can report them using the following links: * [Report a bug](http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/entry) * [Fill a feature request](http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/entry?template=New%20feature) ## Support You can ask for help in: * [Aseprite mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/aseprite-discuss) ([subscribe](mailto:aseprite-discuss+subscribe@googlegroups.com)) * [Twitter](http://twitter.com/aseprite/) * [Website](http://www.aseprite.org/) (IRC, G+, Facebook, deviantArt, etc.) ## License This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the [GNU General Public License](docs/licenses/GPL.txt) along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA ## Authors * David Capello [davidcapello@gmail.com](mailto:davidcapello@gmail.com)
Programmer, designer, and maintainer.
http://dacap.com.ar/ * Ilija Melentijevic
New GUI skin (from Aseprite 0.8). A lot of good ideas.
http://ilkke.blogspot.com/
http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/9270.htm * Contributors
http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/people/list Thanks to all the people who have contributed ideas, patches, bugs report, feature requests, donations, and help me developing Aseprite. ## Credits Aseprite uses libraries or parts of the original source code of the following projects created by third-parties: * [Allegro 4](http://alleg.sourceforge.net/) - [allegro4 license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/allegro4-LICENSE.txt) * [AllegroFont](http://chernsha.sitesled.com/) - [FTL license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/FTL.txt) * [curl](http://curl.haxx.se/) - [curl license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/curl-LICENSE.txt) * [FreeType](http://www.freetype.org/) - [FTL license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/FTL.txt) * [giflib](http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/) - [giflib license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/giflib-LICENSE.txt) * [GIMP](http://www.gimp.org/) - [GPL license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/GPL.txt) * [GTK+](http://www.gtk.org/) - [LGPL license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt) * [Google Test](http://code.google.com/p/googletest/) - [gtest license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/gtest-LICENSE.txt) * [mongoose](https://github.com/valenok/mongoose) - [MIT license](https://github.com/valenok/mongoose/blob/master/LICENSE) * [libart](http://www.levien.com/libart/) - [LGPL license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/LGPL-2.0.txt) * [libjpeg](http://www.ijg.org/) - [libjpeg license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/libjpeg-LICENSE.txt) * [libpng](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/) - [libpng license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/libpng-LICENSE.txt) * [loadpng](http://tjaden.strangesoft.net/loadpng/) - [zlib license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/ZLIB.txt) * [tinyxml](http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/tinyxml) - [zlib license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/ZLIB.txt) * [XFree86](http://www.x.org/) - [XFree86 license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/XFree86-LICENSE.txt) * [zlib](http://www.gzip.org/zlib/) - [ZLIB license](https://github.com/dacap/aseprite/tree/master/docs/licenses/ZLIB.txt) Other parts of code by: * Gary Oberbrunner
Code to quantize RGB images with ordered dither method.