Issue 235 in aseprite: eraser>eyedropper>pencil

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Labels: Type-Feature Priority-Medium Component-UI

New issue 235 by jjmille...@gmail.com: eraser>eyedropper>pencil
http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/detail?id=235

What do you need to do?
transition quickly from eraser, eyedrop pick a color, then go to pencil.


How would you like to do it?

As said above, when in eraser mode you can alt-select a color. A nice
behaviour would be to automatically go back to pencil mode when a color is
picked, as there is no need to still be in eraser mode after that. This can
make the workflow very fast.

*If there is a quick hack I can make to the source I'd be OK with that as
well.

Thanks for the nifty program!




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Comment #1 on issue 235 by st...@sprixelsoft.com: eraser>eyedropper>pencil
http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/detail?id=235

Actually there's a feature with the eraser that allows you to replace one
color with another color... so there is reason to select color when in
eraser mode.

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Comment #2 on issue 235 by jjmille...@gmail.com: eraser>eyedropper>pencil
http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/detail?id=235

Maybe I'm not getting it or my build is buggy- even when eye-dropping via
alt-click in pencil mode the color is not being selected. Its registering
on the bottom readout that the dropper is over colors but the foreground
color isn't changing when clicked. Using the dropper as a tool from the
toolbar works though. The eraser doesn't change color either via dropper,
and the right-click function isn't working...
I built from the static 0.9.5 source. ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. This could be
the problem's source :) I may have messed up a step.

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Updates:
Status: Accepted
Owner: davidcapello

Comment #3 on issue 235 by davidcapello: eraser>eyedropper>pencil
http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/detail?id=235

Hi @jjmiller33, I think it's because the Ubuntu desktop (I don't know if
it's Unity, or GNOME, I'm not quite sure) uses Alt key to move/resize
windows (Alt+left click). You can replace the "Alt" modifier in the gui.xml
file:
1. copy aseprite/data/gui.xml to ~/.aseprite/gui.xml
2. open ~/.aseprite/gui.xml (or change aseprite/data/gui.xml directly)
3. find <quicktools> element
4. change "Alt" in <key tool="eyedropper" shortcut="Alt" /> with something
like "Z" or another key
5. restart aseprite
I should fix this for the next version on Linux.

About the eraser, if you select the eraser tool (with E key), can you
replace foreground color with background color using right-click? or
doesn't it work?

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Comment #4 on issue 235 by jjmille...@gmail.com: eraser>eyedropper>pencil
http://code.google.com/p/aseprite/issues/detail?id=235

Hey David sorry for not responding for so long-

hacking the xml file works great. As a side note I changed the dropper to
ctrl and the move to alt, because with a tablet moving can be done from MMB
right from the pen (also move is mapped to the spacebar, which is kind of a
standard). Many programs use Ctrl for the dropper, that might be a nice
overall change.

The E doesn't seem to be working, but I'm still a noob with this program
so maybe I just don't get it. Hopefully within the next few weeks I can get
some more spriting in. I will check it on my macbook to see what happens
there.