Note
This project has been taken under stewardship of the SS13 org to provide updates and allow for community support, as the original creator is no longer maintaining it.
This project is a DMI (BYOND's Dream Maker icon files) editor extension for Aseprite, a popular pixel art tool. It is written in Rust and Lua and aims to enhance the Aseprite experience by providing tools for editing and managing DMI files.
The latest version of this extension is available for download from the Releases page on the project's GitHub repository.
The plugin will also prompt you to download an update when a new version is released.
Once the project has been downloaded or built, the extension can be added to Aseprite by dragging and dropping it into the application or by selecting the 'Add Extension' button in the 'Edit > Preferences > Extensions' menu.
DMI files can now be opened in Aseprite in the same way as any other file format. You will need to change the open file dialog filter to 'All Files'.
New files can be created via the following pathway: File > DMI Editor > New DMI File.
The state properties, including the state name, can be modified by right clicking on the state or by clicking on the text below the state in the editor.
Right-clicking on the state will bring up the context menu. The context menu allows the user to copy the state to the clipboard, which can then be pasted at a later stage. Right click on an empty space within the editor to paste the copied state. The states are copied in the JSON format, with PNG images, which are base64-encoded, included for the frames.
In Aseprite's timeline, new frames can be added and delays between frames can be modified.
The DMI file may be expanded, resized, or cropped via the File > DMI Editor menu. It should be noted that the active sprite must be a DMI iconstate in order to utilise these commands.
Under the File > DMI Editor menu, there is an Preferences menu which contains various options:
- Auto Overwrite: Automatically overwrites the source DMI file when saving an iconstate.
- Auto Flatten (Enabled by Default): Automatically flattens layers downward into directional layers when saving an iconstate, allowing you to fully use Aseprite layers.
To build the project, run tools/build.py Python script.
Push a tag like v1.0.8 via git, after changing the Cargo.toml and package.json files.
GPLv3, for more details see the LICENSE.
Originally created by Seefaaa at https://github.com/Seefaaa/aseprite-dmi.