Aseprite

Aseprite is a comprehensive pixel art editor designed for creating animated sprites and pixel art. Key features include real-time animation preview, layer management, frame tagging, and onion skinning. It supports various color palettes, shading modes, and pixel-perfect strokes. Aseprite allows importing and exporting PNG image sequences, animated GIFs, and sprite sheets. It also offers a command-line interface for automated image conversions and texture atlas creation. Target users include game developers, pixel artists, and animators.