SpriteWorkshop 2D Sprite and Animation tool

2.5​

SpriteWorkshop is a 2D solution that emphasizes in workflow and animation. The latest version of SpriteWorkshop has been completely rebuilt and redesigned from the ground up. Sprites are faster, easier to use, and animations are more flexible. You can control the content of a sprite with the sprite model system, skin the appearance of a sprite with the atlas system, and extend the behavior of an animation with the animation sequence API.


Features

Layer system
Intuitive layering system allows you to display multiple images in a single sprite like a traditional 2D graphics application.​

Sprite Modeling
Modeling system allows you to create templates to predefine the layout of a sprite.​

Sprite Skinning
SpriteWorkshop makes it easy to change the look and feel of a sprite by using sprite atlases.​

More color options
You can control the color of a layer and how that color is inherited by other layers. Also, you can animate the RGB and HBS channels.​

Onion skin tool
The onion skin tool makes it easier to preview several frames at the same time when working with animations.​

Combine animations
The new animation system makes it easier to play and combine multiple animations.​

Animation Editor
The animation editor in SpriteWorkshop gives you more control over your animations.​

Procedural Content
Animations can be used to generate temporary content without the need of scripting or prefabs.​

Scriptable Animations
You can extend the behavior of an animation with the Animation Sequence API.

And much more...

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To learn more visit the website at spriteworkshop.com

Available in the Unity Asset Store
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Free version also available!​

 

Beta 2 is now available for download . Click here to see release notes.

 

Well done. It looks great!

 

Beta 3 is now available. This version focuses on usability; it adds a new locking feature and introduces a new tool that makes it easier to work with keyframes. See release notes for more details.

 

Wauuu....this is what i was searching for ! Many thanks for this Gem ! The perfect Sprite-Animation Workshop for nice PixelArt and fancy VectorArt. Well done. I will keep an eye on this progress.

 

I'm very excited to announce that Beta 4 of SpriteWorkshop is now available for download! This release includes the new onion skin tool. See release notes for more details.

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The latest version of SpriteWorkshop is now available! You can download the demo from the website. Also, I just updated the asset store package; so the new version should be available within the next few days.

 

Version 2.5 of SpriteWorkshop is now available in the asset store. You can still download the demo version from the website.

 

Great redesign !


I have a few questions however. My main usage will be to display sprites sequences, not animating layers properties. Because my sprites come from filmed animations (like old school Mortal Kombat). So my concern is about what you say on multiple sprite sheets and Unity 5 :

Each of my animations will have on average 15 frames, but I will have a lot of animations so a lot frames that cannot fit in one (even 4096) sprite sheet. If I create one sprite sheet per animation (and not one sheet for all animations) will the problem you describe occurs ?


Also, my textures have differents sizes, when I “Insert sequence” it will be great to create the size keyframes accordingly. Otherwise the textures are stretched. Now I have to do it manually on each keyframe by clicking Resize at the layer level. Maybe I can script this.


Because my textures have different sizes I also need to do some alignment but I see the OffsetX & Y only at the layer level. I cannot add an Offset sequence at the animator editor. But I can align using the Position sequence. Are Offset and Position interchangeable ?


I found a bug that corrupts the animator instance : in the Animator add an element (Layer/size/group etc), select and delete it. I get this exception [EX1]. I restart Unity to fix the problem, the animation file does not seems corrupt.


Good to know : the onion only works with the Sprites/Default shader. I get this exception when using Sprites/Diffuse shader [EX2].

 

Hi BambooX, from what you described I think you should be ok. Unity changed how sub-meshes are rendered in Unity5, however, this is not an issue if you have a sprite with layers that don’t overlap, use one layer, or you use one material at a time.

Since you are grouping your frames into separate sprite-sheets, even though you may have multiple materials in your atlas, your sprite will only use one material at a time when you play an animation.

For the resize, there is an option that you can use to fix this. When you create an image sequence, select it and then at the bottom of the timeline you should see a resize option; if you select it, then the animation will resize the layer to match the size of the image in the frame. It should look something like this:



You can also animate the offset, however I label it pivot, sorry for the confusion ><. You use the offset/pivot to define the origin of the layer, whereas position is the location for the layer relative to its parent

Thanks for letting me know, I'll look into them. I think the first one was fixed in version 2.6.

 

Thank you !

I'm using the version 2.6 on Unity 5.0.1f1.

 

Great Tool ! I am glad you got that out of Beta status. I will buy it definetly next week. It is also a really fair price for that masterpiece imho ! Thank you very much, for this Gem.

 

Thanks! ^^

 

Hi RSG,

what design you recommend to do something like an animated hitbox ? I would like to attach a gameobject containing a BoxCollider to an animation. But right now I do not understand how to achieve this. I need to extend the animation system like in the LayerParentSequence / VibrationSequence scripts ?

 

Hi BambooX,

Sorry I haven’t done much documentation on how to create your own custom sequences. Essentially, you write a class that extends AnimationSequence; also, you need to add the SequenceInfo attribute to the class so that it can be recognized in the animation editor.

In a sequence we use keyframes to record values and a behavior to define how those values are used. For example if I wanted to record changes to a boolean value I would add a BooleanKeyframes property with a SequenceMember attribute. You use the SequenceMember attribute so that the property can be used in the timeline. Also, if you add the property to a regular field/property, it will appear at the bottom of the timeline when you select the sequence.

Then you have a behavior, this is a class that implements a SequenceBehavior and it is used to tell the animator what to do when the animation plays. the SequenceBehavior has an OnFrame function that is called on every frame of the animation, OnStart function that gets call at the start of the animation, and an OnStop animation that gets call when the animation stops playing.

I hope this info helps; also, I attached an example of a custom sequence that shows you how to animate a Box collider that is attached to a sprite. With the script you should be able to animate the center, size, and even the physics material of a box collider .

Also, on the next update ill include a feature that allows you to implement auto- keyframing for custom sequences. So for now when you use a custom sequence you have to use the timeline in order to create keyframes.

 

Free edition now available!


I'm happy to announce that the free edition of SpriteWorkshop is now available in the asset store. The only difference between the free and the standard version is that the animation editor is only available in the standard version, however, I'm planning on changing that on the next update. Other than that you get the full API

Get it HERE!

 

Thanks for BoxCollider2DSequence !
Do you think it is possible to get rid of the Physics2DMaterial (less files is better !) ? By just setting a game object containing a BoxCollider2D. If you don't see limitation for this I'll will modify the code, otherwise it's not a big deal.

 

I am playing around with the paid vers. Does anybody know, if there is any demo-content. Maybe something like in the videos. Would be great, because i am learning best by clicking & trying out and so on... ;-) (could imagine, that some example-scenes should be integrated into the *.unitypackage)

 

ill add some basic examples on the next release

 

Yeah. Thats great ! Thank you very much ! I think this would really help many beginners. Learning by doing...and so on

 

Hello, looks great... I have a pre sale question... I want to work with AssetBundle, I saw on trial, that is dll based, so if I create an asset bundle with a gameObject this will work if I instiate? And maybe I could have some problem with apple store? I´m working with android and iOS platform. let me know. thank you

 

You can use the plugin with asset files and asset bundles and it works with Android and iOS