From kirby...@gmail.com on August 30, 2012 02:39:19

What do you need to do? I would like an onion skin that overlays the previous/next frame over current frame with a lower opacity rather than underlay the previous/next frame so it only shows in transparent areas on the current frame like the current behavior.

I would also like an option to tint the previous and next frames. How would you like to do it? Perhaps just a few settings in the .ini under [Onion Skin] like "overlay = yes", and "Red Step = 128"

Why I would like it:
At the moment, the current onion skin isn't too useful unless you're working with outlines that are filled and surrounded with transparency.

Check "test.ase". It contains two frames. With onion skinning on in any way I've found, neither can really be seen behind the other. The current behavior even makes it difficult to see things if you're just working on a white background. Check "test2.ase" and go to frame 2. Neither frame 1 or frame 3 can be seen because no transparency is used on frame 2.

Check "test3.ase". It's a quick mockup of what I'm looking for. Admittedly it's still pretty hard to read, but for actual pixel lineart (like "test2.ase") it would certainly make working on one layer easier.

Attachment: test.ase test2.ase test3.ase

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/detail?id=167