User Contributed Update to the Ziggyware Vector Sprite Editor Tool
Modifications From Joshua- Slightly adjusted UI interaction for specifying the vector type (polygon or line list)
- Horizontal and vertical scrollbars if the image is larger than the panel viewport.
- You can hold shift and left-click to drag across the image as well (this is a little clunky at the moment).
- The ability to auto-generate a line list within a specified rectangle.
- If you click the "Auto create points" check box and click "Create" you will have a red rectangle with which to select sprites.
- You can dynamically adjust the size of the rectangle by holding control and moving the mouse wheel up or down.
- You can adjust the accuracy with which points are created (this may be a little extreme at the moment as the "Very high" option creates an excessive amount of points)
- The ability to undo your actions by pressing ctrl+z.
- If you are in polygon mode or the regular line list mode, this will just remove the most recently created point.
- If you are in line list automatic mode, this will remove the last created line list.
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