Reference Viewer

Reference Viewer is an extension for Aseprite that opens a window with a reference image.

Installation

Download the reference_viewer.aseprite-extension.

In Aseprite open the Preferences dialog window by clicking on Edit>Preferences... in the top bar menu.

Go to the Extensions tab, then click on the Add Extension button and find the downloaded reference_viewer.aseprite-extension.

Usage

To open the Reference Viewer click on the View>Reference Viewer menu.

A dialog window will open. The dialog window can be resized and moved. Click Select File to open an image (aseprite will give you a warning about the script accessing an external image).

With an image opened, it is possible to:

• zoom in and out using the slider or the mouse wheel.
• click on the Fit button to fit the image into the dialog window.
• move the image  by dragging it.

 

Known issues

Touch gestures for zooming don't work properly so, for now, they are disabled.

Every time View>Reference Viewer is clicked a new window is opened, so there can be multiple windows opened at the same time. In this particular case it might be a feature.

Currently it has only been tested on Windows. But it should also work on Linux and Mac.

License / Disclaimer

Reference Viewer is provided "AS IS" and distributed under the MIT license.