Multimedia & graphics Windows
Aseprite for Windows
Draw pixel art and animate sprites with layers, frame tags and onion skinning in Aseprite for Windows. The linked trial cannot save files.
Version 1.3.18.6 (trial) · Direct publisher file
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What is Aseprite?
Aseprite is a pixel-art editor for drawing sprites and building frame-by-frame animations. Its layer and frame controls keep artwork and animation timing separate, while frame tags group multiple animations in one project. Onion skinning shows neighboring frames as a drawing reference, and the preview can play a section forward, backward or in ping-pong mode.
Painting tools include palette editing, pixel-perfect strokes, shading and tiled previews for repeating patterns. The full application can export animated GIFs, PNG image sequences and sprite sheets with PNG and JSON data for a game-art workflow.
The download here is the publisher’s Windows trial ZIP, version 1.3.18.6, not the paid full application. The publisher explicitly warns that the trial cannot save files: use it to evaluate the editor, not to produce work you need to keep. A purchased license provides the full application under the Aseprite EULA. The gallery image illustrates an older interface and is not a screenshot of this trial release.
What it offers
- Organize pixel artwork with layers and frame-by-frame animation controls.
- Tag frame ranges to keep multiple animations in one project.
- Use onion skinning and forward, reverse or ping-pong animation previews.
- Draw with pixel-perfect strokes, shading tools and editable color palettes.
- The full application exports animated GIFs, PNG sequences and PNG/JSON sprite sheets.
Good to know
- The linked trial cannot save files; it is not a substitute for the paid full application.
- GIF output is limited by the format’s 256-color constraints and can change colors in artwork using more colors or blending effects.
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