Everything You Need to Know About ASEPRITE | Pixel Art Fundamentals

An introduction to all of Aseprite's most useful tools, and a quick peek at how to use them effectively. Aseprite truly is a very powerful pixel art editing tool, and I'm hoping to give beginners some insight into how to get started with it. Thanks for dropping by!

Video Contents:

0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Why Aseprite?
0:54 - How to Get It
1:37 - Making a New Drawing
2:27 - Brush Tool
3:52 - Eraser Tool
4:06 - Shape Tool
4:38 - Selection Tool
7:33 - Eyedropper Tool
8:37 - Grid
9:01 - Color Editor
9:30 - Outline Tool
9:50 - Horizontal/Vertical Flip
10:20 - Layer/Frame Window
12:00 - Palette Window
12:59 - Color Selector Window
13:19 - Preview Window
13:58 - Common Issues
14:40 - Exporting Image/GIF
16:11 - Exporting a Sprite Sheet
16:28 - Other Stuff

Here's everything you need to get started:

Here are all the hotkeys I mentioned in the video:

B: Brush
E: Eraser
U: Square shape (tap again to toggle if it's filled or not)
Shift+U: Oval shape (tap again to toggle if it's filled or not)
M: Box marquee
Shift + M: Circle marquee
Q: Lasso
W: Wand
Alt: Eyedropper
G: Paint bucket
Ctrl + ': Toggle grid
Ctrl + U: Color modifier
Shift + O: Outline
Shift + H: Horizontal flip
Shift + V: Vertical flip
Tab: Open layer window
Shift + N: New layer
Alt + N: New frame
F7: Preview Window
Ctrl + F: Fullscreen mode
Shift + S: Snap to grid mode

[GoodmansGhost]

Rotating while holding shift used to not give perfect 90-degree rotations a few years ago so I asked the dev to make the 90-degree angles the same as when you click to have those specific rotations in the menus and he fixed it within a day. Great program and great dev.

[smmmma]

a capital Q looks like a lasso. in my mythology this is why Q is the hotkey for lasso.

[issolomissolom]

@6:24
This magic wand does reminds me of something

[abberistired]

when I first saw aseprite I literally just wanted it because the style of it is freaking cute it's an adorable program
and the fact that it's so nice to use just makes it all the more tempting to get

[edwardtheduck]

I've been trying to break into Aseprite for awhile, but other tutorials dive extremely deep and are quite daunting. This was a great mix of useful content while being very digestible and not hours long. Thank you for the great content!

[cosmotect]

Excellent. I love how the developer of this tool was a sensible person that did not try to reinvent most of the hotkeys and straight up used PS's. I think that alone warrants a buy

[TyCischke]

This is a perfect example of a walkthrough video for me.
Super concise and to the point. Talking quickly with not a lot of pauses. Everything was really clear and you gave great examples for every step.
Thanks for putting this out!

[NSelina]

i needed a tutorial to find these icons on the right. truly a tutorial for all kinds of dummies.
thank you!

[stephen]

I want some of that Jigglybuff bro!
Hot air balloon of love.

[Discordantmusic]

I finally got around to compiling my own copy of aseprite today and your tutorial videos have been absolutely invaluable. They are PERFECT- no excess commentary, no dilly-dallying, just tips and jokes. Liked subscribed and bell'd. If you ever make more tutorials for aseprite (or anything else honestly, i can't stress enough how refreshing it is to just sit down, watch something, and get the exact information I needed!), I can guarantee that half the watch data will just be from my actually ADHD ass gratefully replaying over and over again as I forget things and need quick refreshers <3

[AquilesAwK]

I was trying my hand at pixel art using Ps, but it lacks specific tools for this style. Your video convinced me to buy Aseprite. It really answered all my questions about the software. Thank you!

[brandiganBTW]

really been enjoying your journey through your devlogs and coincidentally picked up Aseprite a few months back! awesome stuff, keep it up!

[jessejburton]

Wow! A picture a day for 500 days? Now that's a commitment! Would love to see some of your favorites! I really like your art style. Thanks for sharing your journey :)

[astropossum]

I'm a beginner at pixel art, used to draw 11 years ago and recently picked it back up. It's been amazing, I made a big project over the course of 2 1/2 weeks and I wish I watched this video earlier, the preview & symmetry tool would've come really handy. I'll 100% use it moving forward.

Amazing video! very easy to understand. I also thank you for putting examples put into it on how and when to use the tools :P

[bill_makes_games]

Best video on Asesprite fundamentals and efficient use. Will be eagerly waiting for the colour and animation videos!

[Dylan-ttic]

you killed this tutorial. concise, well thought out. its a beautiful cheat sheet for beginners. thanks man

[darkowl]

I have a suspicion that Q is the lasso because it looks like a rope loop, and G is paint bucket because in Photoshop it's the gradient tool (and gradient is grouped with the paint bucket). That's just my guess.

[traviummorphine]

Thankyou very much for making a great easy to follow tutorial video. I got Aseprite about 2 days ago an have been feeling somewhat overwhelmed, when it came to all the tools an what they do. So again thankyou it has helped me start my pixel art journey 😀 long road ahead but it's going to be fun!

[Slipy]

Thank you for the quick intro to a lot of the useful tools. It's exactly what I was looking for

[GastonPereira-ge]

I know this is a somewhat old video but bro, THANK YOU, I'll watch this on repeat for the next year.