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Stipple Effect

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Product
Stipple Effect is a pixel art editor with animation and scripting support, designed for iterative creation of video game assets and other artwork.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Audience
The maker highlights 2D game developers with many similarly structured animated assets as a use case, and says the editor can also be used without scripting or programming experience.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Integrations
The maker links a Visual Studio Code extension that provides syntax highlighting for Stipple Effect's DeltaScript dialect.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Animation
Features include onion skins, splitting sprite sheets into animation frames, stitching animations into sprite sheets, and editing while playback runs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Automation
Automation scripts can programmatically execute most program actions, including batch operations on open projects.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Demo limit
The downloadable demo provides all features except saving and exporting.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Live previews
Preview scripts transform project contents for display and rerun when the project is edited; their output can be converted into projects.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Painting
Painting features include a two-color system, dither, blend and noise brush modes, a shade brush, palettization, and a script brush.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Project size limit
The documentation states that project dimensions are currently limited to 1920 by 1080 pixels.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Runtime requirement
The Java program requires Java 17 or later; the Windows installer includes the runtime, while the cross-platform build requires a separate JRE installation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Supported systems
The editor is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux; the maker says it is developed and most thoroughly tested on Windows.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io
Updates and support
Updates are not automatic, and the FAQ directs users to GitHub issue reports for bugs and feature requests.Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io

Plans and prices

Stipple Effect Price not published One-time purchase through itch.io or Humble Bundle; page does not state a price. All future updates included at no additional charge · Demo excludes saving and exporting Read 11 Oct 2026 · stipple-effect.github.io

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