An Aseprite Crash Course In 30 Minutes

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Күн бұрын

Heya Pals,
In this video, I thought I'd put together a mix of tips for making pixel art in aseprite, from beginner to advanced features. Hopefully I've packed enough in here to answer most of your burning questions but if not, pop them in the comments below ;)
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - What Is Aseprite?
2:02 - The Workspace
5:07 - The Workflow
7:11 - (B) Pencil
8:27 - (E) Eraser
9:22 - (Alt) Eye Dropper
10:18 - Shade Mode
12:07 - (Z) Magnify Tool
12:57 - (Space) Hand Tool
13:27 - (M, Q, W) Selection Tools
14:17 - (V) Move Tool
15:32 - Hardware & Technique
19:35 - Advanced Features
19:53 - Hiding the UI
20:50 - Snapping to Grid
21:18 - The Preview WIndow
22:00 - Tile Mode
22:50 - Operations Across a Selection
25:50 - Replacing Colours & Outlines
26:56 - Exporting Your Work
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Пікірлер: 548

@edlodude 5 ай бұрын

If you're watching this in or after 2024, the change brush size hotkey got added: hold ctrl+alt and drag your brush

@McMoobii Ай бұрын

omg thank god I literally just started using it and I was so bummed there wasn't a hotkey. I kept going to the brackets out of habit.

@xelmenguyzxlt5571 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even feel the 30 minutes pass by. Great video !

@Galaxy_World 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ArawnFR 2 жыл бұрын

But I really did

@satanm8c40 2 жыл бұрын

Really? It's been 2 minutes and it feels really slow for me

@metashrew 3 жыл бұрын

What i like to do is use the shading mode with the spray tool. Combine that with the tiled mode and you've got pixel art textures/tiles in no time.

@libiroli 2 жыл бұрын

HOLY SH*T!!! I just created the most beautiful cloud in 30 seconds that would normally take me 30 minutes. Thank you kind internet stranger

@nwut 2 жыл бұрын

yeah but it's really random and doesn't work for a lot of materials

@gdog8170 2 жыл бұрын

spray tool?

@gdog8170 2 жыл бұрын

OOH YOU FIND THE SPRAY TOOL BY CLICKING ON THE PENCIL TOOL IN THE TOOLBAR

@nwut 2 жыл бұрын

@@gdog8170 bruh

@ehad1753 3 жыл бұрын

I have more than 280 hours on aseprite and I didn't knew about the shading tool I watched you using on another video and I knew I had to see if you had a video on how to use aseprite propperly and you posted it today!, such a coincidence, I'll try to use a lot more of the tool aseprite has to offer, thanks a lot!

@tippitytop Жыл бұрын

didn't know

@tomyyoung2624 Жыл бұрын

Yes.. End of discussion.

@deepfriedpaper Жыл бұрын

@@tomyyoung2624 ???

@tomyyoung2624 Жыл бұрын

@@deepfriedpaper Yes I wanna see 'Richard as the PRINCIPAL!

@NomichReal 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know that I wanted to get into Pixel Art...

@MythicBeanProductions Жыл бұрын

I didn't either until I bought aseprite on steam because I thought it was a game.

@Nemesis0529 11 ай бұрын

@@MythicBeanProductions😂 loved this

@Narwhal12 9 ай бұрын

@@MythicBeanProductionsLMAO How’s it going?

@mmmMindo 5 ай бұрын

@@MythicBeanProductions If Mario Paint is a game so is aseprite :D

@E_Proxy 5 ай бұрын

I've bought aseprite on sale and i cannot even use paint 🤷🏻‍♂️

@capsey_ 3 жыл бұрын

"And as you can see you easily can reach all important key on your keyboard" Me, lefty: Oh no, not again

@zedmanul7472 3 жыл бұрын

you can always change the keybinds to be on the right side of the keyboard! :)

@pixelup-art 3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I'll help ya! You only need to change 2 buttons and you'll be alright! The brush can still being on B. Change the eraser to J key. And the Zoom to O key.

@jonteguy 3 жыл бұрын

@@pixelup-art The distance from B and O is pretty big in comparison to the right-side he was talking about, it's also angled which makes it more annoying. It's definitely doable but for me I'd rather change most of the keybinds to the numpad.

@pixelup-art 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonteguy Do you have baby hands or something?

@pixelup-art 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonteguy It's B for brush and J for eraser. Zoom on O.. c'mon.

@AlcreedFlores 3 жыл бұрын

Always appreciate this types of content creator that gives their free time for free learning course for beginners. If it wasn't for them I would've no clue where to search for. Thanks bro. Love your contents.

@nonstandard5492 6 ай бұрын

don't get me wrong the video is very helpful and homie seems like a chill cool dude but pretty weird to frame making a tutorial to put on youtube and make a bunch of money off of it as "giving free time"

@lordsergio 3 жыл бұрын

Man, your tutorials on pixel art are the BEST on youtube by far, (and I have watched a lot of them). The clarity of your explanations put them on a different league! thanks a lot.

@msnerdytoastx8412 3 жыл бұрын

I have loved pixel art my whole life and finally bought Aseprite and this video helped me not feel so overwhelmed, thank you so much!!

@ToffeeBun 3 жыл бұрын

You've been a great help in helping me get started. I know it can be hard to process it with the amount of comments you get, but you really are making people's lives an easier and smoother time. Thanks!

@ManEaterBrainBug 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched a bunch of pixel art learning channels and i have to say, your channel is the best. Thanks for sharing that knowledge!

@UltiemeHack 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos have inspired me to make my own art for my game. Long way to go but I look forward to practicing drawing and such. Keep doing what you do. Really appreciate it!

@pixelflash3996 3 жыл бұрын

I found your videos a few days ago and they are very helpful. I am training pixelart for many years now and i am always struggling with some technics/aspects of pixelart. Your tutorials are the perfect help to improve my work. Love your art style. Keep up the good work!

@brianzhamilton 3 жыл бұрын

I was literally just thinking the other day about how nice it would be if you released a video like this! Thanks!

@karakaz 3 жыл бұрын

Bought Aseprite yesterday! This is perfect! Thanks a bunch 😊

@fadelrahmadhan5737 3 жыл бұрын

i bought it 2020 when the price is good

@anthonycarro5294 3 жыл бұрын

I compiled the code, almost made me wish I bought it

@penguinlim Жыл бұрын

@@anthonycarro5294 same. it was *such* a pain to get it compiled.

@kzltilki6716 Жыл бұрын

This is a perfect start to Aseprite. Everything is clearer than before now. Thanks. I mean it. Thank you. We need teachers like you, man. I'm all tears.

@JhonatanMorais 3 жыл бұрын

This was Amazing! I'm a Web Developer and this was my first time watching how a pixel artist work. Thank you for share it. You did Great!.

@WallysaurRex 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos, this channel has helped me understand aesprite and pixel art so much. Keep up the good work!

@rcookie5128 3 жыл бұрын

Love all the resources you provide! Already used Aseprite for about 100h, but still there's always something small I learn (love the Ctrl+F shortcut!). Thanks!

@anthonycarro5294 3 жыл бұрын

After painfully figuring out how to compile the code for Aseprite, I'm finally ready to learn how to use it. This is a great video btw.

@dookcurruff9047 2 жыл бұрын

lol i gave up and just bought it

@derbiervampir3516 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great tutorial. I really like the way you are doing your tutorials. You are giving so much information presented in a compact but yet not to short way. And you are explaining all those things in a very calm fashion. Thank you! :)

@sunenglish8732 8 күн бұрын

I am so happy to start this pixel art journey with your videos! I'm only 20 minutes in and I feel like you've skyrocketed my skill level in minutes. I'm coming from an art/sculpture/technical drawing background and your process makes sooo much sense to me.

@alekseyklimets6589 2 жыл бұрын

This is crazy useful, thank you so much! Best 30 min course ever!

@philipsheard624 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video Adam very informative and easy to put into practice. I found your channel yesterday and looking forward to watching more videos and getting stuck into pixel art.

@randomrandom450 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome ! Thank you ! I watched the tileset and paralax video in which you use the shading tool and I was like "I want that power !!!" I'm glad you covered it here + a couple of cool tips. Thank you.

@estevaoyt 11 ай бұрын

Best Crash Course I 've seen in my life, thank you!

@polter5195 3 жыл бұрын

Nice crash course! I always wondered how you managed to switch the brush size so quickly! Really hope that gets added to Aseprite as an official feature. Another option is to just hover the size box and use the scroll wheel on your mouse, but it'd still be nice to hold down a key and move your mouse.

@tonyg1296 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! It really helps man, I appreciate your work and I hope you have a beautiful day!

@IlTuboDiLowen Жыл бұрын

found this channel during GMTK Game Jam and it made me buy aseprite for my project, I'm super happy of my result, thank you very very much!!

@tobiasware 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this tutorial was totally worth watching especially because you answered my exporting fuzzy problem in your last section.

@neennaps2144 9 ай бұрын

Love the shading mode and the outline tool!! thank you for your tutorial ❤❤

@koes007 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video my dude, thank you for introducing me to the basics of how to navigate this marvelous software efficiently. Thanks!

@rhymewave6777 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, simple, effective presentation. I'm going down the rabbithole and as Bill Withers sang ' Before you put your plan into operation, you gotta take it all in and check it all out'. Your videos are a large part of that :)

@johnwright5126 Жыл бұрын

Best intro to Aseprite ever! THANK YOU!!!

@ConclusiveConfusion 11 ай бұрын

It's always fun watching right handed people enjoy tech and devices laid out in convenience. I get to imagine for a moment what it must be like to not have to constantly switch things around/reach across something awkwardly/ put what ever was in my left hand down so I can reach over for the keyboard shortcuts before picking it back up again. Yes I will die mad on this hill, why do you ask? Unrelated complaining aside. Thanks for the tips and videos, tremendously useful stuff across this whole channel.

@felipebdc4316 Жыл бұрын

almost 1.500 hours on aseprite and you just showed me some stuff i didn't even know about! tysm!

@miguellavariel1348 3 жыл бұрын

You do some of the most professional Pixel art tutorials on youtube, imo.

@JasonValentineFL Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's been several years since I've used Aseprite and this was a great re-introduction.

@russellpenn375 3 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant, bought Aesprite and a tablet after watching! Thanks for the video

@Inconnue760 3 жыл бұрын

which one did you get?

@Talluff 3 жыл бұрын

Wow yeah an extremely well presented and set up video, thanks!

@BobbyCharlz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome tutorial. It served as a proper intro for me.

@ghogu14 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome videos all round, mate. Thanks so much :)

@deathnutz 3 жыл бұрын

Wow man. Thank you so much for making this. I was surprised to see you using the keyboard over the tablet shortcuts. It makes total sense. I was hoping to see you show everything you did, including how you change brush size... I hope it becomes standard as well.

@chourando 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for layer switching trick, definitely implement in my forkflow👍

@AstraAnime 3 жыл бұрын

I'd definately love to see a more indepth tutorial how you created that rotating background. I can't even begin to imagine how'd i'd do it even with your workflow. Supercool!

@kevinyee9550 2 жыл бұрын

Great intro video! Excited to get into pixel art more

@bersi3306 3 күн бұрын

Bro this video will influence many future games. Thank you so much! Really useful!

@TheCryptoMasters 3 жыл бұрын

You intro animation is epic!!! Hoping to start making indie games here really soon once I get better at the artistic aspect!

@conorgardiner2476 3 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this for a while soo helpful 💖, don't think you mentioned it but I prefer to use ctrl to switch between layers, it shows a nice box around whatever pixels are in the layer which is

@Master13346 Жыл бұрын

Great channel and I’m so glad I found it. You explain things so well.

@Holdsworthands 3 жыл бұрын

really helpful, ive been using aseprite every day for 2 years now, lots of hours but i still found somethings useful here, i will try to avoid the pixelperfect feature from now on. This is the best program ive ever used and i keep finding new things, for me it is almost perfect, i have just some really minor things but they told me they will improve them in the near future, like exporting animations in some video format, improving the text tool and adding the resize thing like you have (although when they introduced the pen pressure i didnt find myself resizing too much since i have a lot of sizes with just pen pressure but it would be nice to have)

@merendine1452 2 жыл бұрын

there's something therapeutic about seeing you work!

@Sandpiper_04 2 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite programm now, thanks a lot!

@adiwijayakusuma2288 Жыл бұрын

That's really cool Aseprite introduction video, I can clearly see the potential and going to use it, Thought I'd watch your Pixel Art Class playlist, thanks

@UndeadArchitect45 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great resource for new people, thanks!

@mefcalols4446 6 ай бұрын

This is some masterclass level tutorial and its just... Free on KZfaq. Cheers mate. My friends and i are doing a game jam and im trying to learn pixel art as we go. This is goong to help a ton.

@Aesthetic.__.Senpai 9 ай бұрын

Great crash course Adam

@playMOTU 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! thank you for this, I always wondered how you worked the app, great learning for sure :)

@sporent 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for this tutorial! It helped me a lot with understanding the software :D

@GrizzliusMaximus 3 жыл бұрын

I'm weird. I read the title as "How to crash Aseprite in 30 minutes". But regardless, this is the tutorial I need! I've been using aseprite for a while but seeing how efficiently you use it blows my mind! Great tutorial!

@joeplain3133 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for teaching us dude! Great tutorial!

@Feelou 2 жыл бұрын

after two years of aseprite utilisation, i discover just now the outline tool ... i put outline everywhere in my 'art', i'm a outline lover, and i do this manualy everytime, every frrames hahaha this is crazy ... sometimes i wonder why am i so dumb, thanks for your vids, i discovered you few days ago, very great content.

@carlosbrito6396 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you know the tremend value this video has!! Thanks for the great information.

@jonathancossette6252 3 жыл бұрын

I would really love if you could talk about Isometric pixel art either in relation to Aseprite or just your own opinions and knowledge about it. I find that it is a style/perspective that isn’t often used in games or talked about these days and I’m extremely interested in it, thank you I absolutely love your channel, it’s fantastic!

@AdamCYounis 3 жыл бұрын

I actually have a video in the works about isometric. It's one of my favourite looks, and there are interesting reasons for using it that I'll be talking about in the video.

@MartinPurathur 3 жыл бұрын

Though I don't watch every video day by day, it's super useful when I want to learn a new topic

@AshcanComicsPub Жыл бұрын

Way Cool!! I'm new to pixel art. Very glad I found your video. Thank you for posting:)

@pablo17349 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@LawlFrank 2 жыл бұрын

This has some great tips! Thanks man :)

@slosh5411 3 жыл бұрын

Super useful! Many thanks!

@yorkipudd1728 2 жыл бұрын

Legendary video. Many thanks!

@andreaujensen6007 2 жыл бұрын

Such a useful video!

@DestroyingBombNL Жыл бұрын

Great crash course, I've learned a lot. Keep it going ^--^

@HeavnscapeRadio 2 жыл бұрын

hello fellow new pixelers!! can't wait to see your awesome art!!

@doctorzoidberg3000 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, as always.^^ Thank you so much.

@benjaminlehmann Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks for your help and insight. Great job.

@nokillnina Жыл бұрын

I keep returning to this video of yours. If I should get into a new project, I will go for Asepirte!

@MrKingJavo 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Very helpful stuff here!

@NoldoWalker 3 жыл бұрын

Very complex and usful guide, thx!

@Chironyx 3 жыл бұрын

21:30 - 21:40 , Gods, I've been waiting for an option to do that for years, from what I understood Aseprite needed some sort of rehaul in order to support that, if that's really coming in the next update then I'm hyped, finally I'll be able to preview my work on another screen! Really good job on this video by the way, aside from selection modifiers I think you've covered pretty much everything a beginner should know!

@skyibis 2 жыл бұрын

Great news, the beta supports that feature now!

@plexim1591 3 жыл бұрын

You are a king.

@Its_just_me_again 2 жыл бұрын

awesome vid - thx dude!

@mazthelion 3 жыл бұрын

this is awesome and really helpful! Thank you very much =)

@pipi7928 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video！

@Nori_Plays 3 ай бұрын

thank the heavens i watched this, i was about to start exporting each sprite into photoshop and making my own sprite sheet from there. again THANK YOU.

@amouramarie 4 ай бұрын

Awesome overview! Thanks. :)

@markvador6667 3 жыл бұрын

The best tool for pixel art by the best artist of pixel art 😊

@bistrobmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Great episode! And judging by the top of your screen, I was your most recent twitch follower!

@SplashingGoldfish 3 жыл бұрын

omg my twitch name was in the beginning

@patrikfriedmann8321 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam, great video as usual, I'm not sure whether you already covered the slice tool or not. Anyway just thought I would mention it. :)

@how-2-be 5 ай бұрын

Hi and thank you. I got aseprite a few days ago, tried around a bit and then decided that learning it from the ground up would be beneficial in the long run. Looked for videos, got curious by your name (turns out Thor from piratesoftware mentioned you) and stuck around for your softspoken but concise explanations. Many thanks and I surely will be back for your other videos