Aseprite Quick Reference
Sprite Editor
Draw | |
| Draw with foreground/background color (FG/BG) | Left button / Right button |
| Pick FG/BG color | Alt+Left button / Alt+Right button |
| Swap FG/BG colors | X |
| Increase/decrease brush size | + or - key |
Tools | |
| Rectangular Marquee | M |
| Elliptical Marquee | Shift+M |
| Lasso | Q |
| Polygonal Lasso | Shift+Q |
| Magic Wand | W |
| Pencil | B |
| Spray | Shift+B |
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Eraser (Left button) Replace FG with BG color (Right button) |
E |
| Eyedropper tool | I |
| Hand tool (pan/scroll) | H Middle button Space bar+Left button Space bar+Arrow keys |
| Move / select layers | V Ctrl+Left button ⌘+Left button |
| Paint Bucket | G |
| Line | L |
| Curve | Shift+L |
| Rectangle | U |
| Ellipse | Shift+U |
| Contour | D |
| Polygon | Shift+D |
| Blur/Jumble | R |
| Zoom | Z 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 keys Mouse wheel |
Line/Rectangle/Ellipse Tools | |
| Square aspect / angle snap | Shift |
| From center | Ctrl |
| Displace origin | Space bar |
Color bar | |
| Displace FG color in the Color Bar | Alt+Mouse wheel |
| Displace BG color in the Color Bar | Alt+Shift+Mouse wheel |
Editing | |
| Undo / Redo | Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y or ⌘Z / ⌘Y |
| Cut / Copy / Paste | Ctrl+X / Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V or ⌘X / ⌘C / ⌘V |
| Clear | Del or Backspace |
Selection | |
| Select all | Ctrl+A or ⌘A |
| Select cel content | Ctrl+T or ⌘T (from v1.1) |
| Deselect | Ctrl+D or ⌘D |
| Reselect (if you have deselected) | Ctrl+Shift+D or ⌘⇧D |
| Invert selected region | Ctrl+Shift+I or ⌘⇧I |
Transformation | |
| Lock X/Y Axis (when move) | Shift |
| Snap to grid (when move) | Alt |
| Angle snap (when rotate) | Shift |
| Square aspect (when scale) | Shift |
View | |
| Show/hide timeline | Tab key |
| Show/hide palette editor | F4 |
| Preview | F7 |
| Fullscreen Preview | F8 |
Grid | |
| Show/hide grid | Shift+G |
| Snap to grid (on/off) | Shift+S |
Timeline (Tab key) | |
| Select a layer/frame/cel | Left button |
| Show popup menu | Right button |
| Show layer/frame/cel properties | Double click |
| Set loop section | F2 |
| Create new tag | F2, F2 (two times) |
| Switch onion skin | F3 |
Animation Control | |
| Previous frame | Left arrow , (comma) key Ctrl+Mouse wheel (down) |
| Next frame | Right arrow . (dot) key Ctrl+Mouse wheel (up) |
| Jump to first/last frame | Home/End key |
| Frame properties | P |
| New frame | Alt+N |
| New empty frame | Alt+B |
| Duplicate cel | Alt+D |
| Duplicate linked cel | Alt+Shift+D |
Layers Navigation | |
| Select next layer (more in the front) | Up arrow |
| Select previous layer (more in the back) | Down arrow |