Krita Spritesheet Exporter

A Krita plugin to export animations as spritesheets.

Note

This plugin can only support animation timelines on Krita version 4.2.0 or later, as that was when the Python animation API was added. Alternatively, you may export layers as animation frames.

Features

• Export only unique frames
• Choose whether to place the sprites horizontally or vertically
• Define the number of columns if placed horizontally, and rows if placed vertically
  • By default, the sprites are fit into a square
• Write a JSON texture atlas
• Export individual frames/sprites as an image sequence
• Define the first frame, last frame, and frame step
• Pad or clip sprites

Tips and Tricks

• To import a spritesheet to the animation timeline of a new layer:
  • With the spritesheet open, go to Image > Image Split
  • Then, in a new file of the same dimensions as one frame, use File > Import Animation Frames
• To merge a spritesheet:
  • Use File > Import Animation Frames to add new sprites
  • Then use Tools > Scripts > Export as Spritesheet to export the old and new sprites

Installation

• Download the plugin using the green "Code" button on this page, then click "Download ZIP"
• Import the plugin into Krita using one of the following:
  • Open Krita
    • Go to Tools > Scripts > Import Python Plugin
    • Select the downloaded ZIP file
  • Extract the ZIP file
    • Find pykrita in Krita's resources folder
      • The resources location can be found in Settings > Configure Krita..., then General > Resources
      • Alternatively, you can open the resources folder through Settings > Manage Resources > Open Resources Folder
    • Move spritesheetExporter.desktop and the spritesheetExporter folder into pykrita
• Restart Krita if it was open
• Activate the plugin
  • Go to Settings > Configure Krita > Python Plugin Manager
  • Check Spritesheet Exporter
• Restart Krita
• You can now use it through Tools > Scripts > Export as Spritesheet!

Check Manual.html for more information.

Special Thanks

• Falano and kritaSpritesheetManager for making the wonderful plugin this fork is based on!