Graphic Program w/ Keyboard Support

Meatballsub · Post by **Meatballsub** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:44 am

Hey guys,

I know I've asked this before but haven't been able to find the thread that talked about it as of yet. Regardless, I was wondering if anyone knew of a graphic program that supports keyboard/pixel movement like CUSTOM does. I seriously need a better way to draw HUGE enemy sprites, and the only way I see that happening is if I can find a program that works similar to custom.

I appreciate the help.

crowtongue · Post by **crowtongue** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:38 am

I haven't actually been able to find one, which is a bit annoying.

I use Aseprite which does allow you to hold CTRL and use arrow keys for scrolling, and zoom with keys 1-4, but placing pixels is still by mouse.

Post by **TMC** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:14 pm

Here's one thread on the topic (I don't have anything new to say on the topic):
http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5082

There's also a lot of information and suggestions on the wiki:
http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce ... _Utilities

Meatballsub · Post by **Meatballsub** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:23 pm

Not the answer I was hoping for, but thanks for the help nonetheless

Post by **TMC** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:35 am

Well my answer was basically that Grafx2 is the best that I've found in terms of keyboard support (not that I've really looked, but I haven't heard better suggestions), and you can definitely use it without ever touching the mouse, but it's not actually designed to be used in that way. It's better than the OHR sprite editor in every way except keyboard support and simplicity.

The good news is that we're planning a rewrite of the OHR sprite and tile editors soon, but we are not going to try to make them competitive with external graphics editors. However lots of people do use them and love the keyboard support, so we should try to make them as passable and ergonomic as possible.

Meatballsub · Post by **Meatballsub** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:27 pm

That's awesome news! And I did download Grafx2 but haven't had a chance to really mess around with it yet. I'm a little intimidated by it but probably because I just don't know how to use it yet.

Post by **TMC** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:11 pm

Yes it is intimidating at first, but luckily it's very well documented (F1 anywhere). Sending you back to the wiki again:
http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/GrafX2

Also, I don't mean to imply it's better than anything else out there; I rarely draw pixel art and simply wouldn't know about that.