Flipping and manipulating selection

Cybrus

Apr 12, 2015 at 5:40 pm

Hi,
iv`e recently transitioned from Photoshop to PE. First of all, great program!
Secondly, iv`e noticed that you can't flip a SELECTION, only a tile.

I think this is essential and would love it if you decide on doing so.
Best regards,
-Cybrus

CandyFace

Apr 12, 2015 at 6:56 pm

Hey Cybrus

Danik the developer is aware of this missing feature, though reminding him is great :)

It is actually possible to flip a selection, if you really want to use PE. What you have to do is to select your sprite, go into transform mode, pull the selection horizontally or vertically till it has been inversed. Like so: CMD+T (for Mac) for transform mode or selection>Transform selected. I believe the shortcut PC is Shift+T

vedioboy

Apr 12, 2015 at 9:51 pm

I think that it is unnecessary to have a flip tool if you can just do this. Too many tools clutters up the tool box and makes the program lose it's simplistic feeling. This works great but I can see that it might be a bit harder with more detailed, less pixelated textures.

WegPast

Apr 12, 2015 at 11:28 pm

@CandyFace, nice mini-tuto. I do the same thing ;)

@vedioboy, I don't agree, a flipping tool is an important feature. Don't forget that we don't all use the tile grid to flip like CandyFace does : we do "single image" too. And they can be made of a bunch of pieces. Pieces we'll like to flip the easier and quicker way :)...

It will allow us to make clear flip and not "look-a-likes" ones and it'll be a gain of time

And moreover, it's not a complicated feature to add :) ... I think...

Cybrus

Apr 13, 2015 at 4:13 am

@vedioboy @CandyFace
Okay, thanks a whole lot!
I do agree with @WegPast claims. It is necessary, the option @CandyFace is offering can be sometimes not accurate and stretch the sprite more than what you wanted.

I guess its fine for now though..
:)

CandyFace

Apr 13, 2015 at 7:54 am

Nah Vedioboy, flipping is a pretty important feature, this works somewhat because the size is rather small but for bigger sprites, it could easily overstretch your sprite. I imagine that the flip feature would be available in a context menu, and in the selection tab or by shortcut rather than a button to clutter the toolbox.

@Cybrus I'm happy that you found it useful ;)

JesterJinx

Jul 23, 2015 at 3:04 am

I would LOVE to see a flip feature added to the Program! Bought it today, was using it free since a while.

I would also love to see :

- Configurable keys
- Autosave features

<3 Much love.

Danik

Jul 30, 2015 at 7:25 am

Quick flipping a selection is implemented and will be available in the next release!