squint

Squint is a live upscaler companion program for Aseprite that allows you to see live what your drawing would look like upscaled through one those filters:

• xBR-lv1-noblend (simpler, but less fancy)
• xBR-lv2 (fancier with extra smoothness and settings

It is provided with a Lua script that has to be run by Aseprite to make the connection with the tool.

Using Squint

1. Launch squint. It should be waiting for a connection.
2. Open Aseprite and the sprite you want to upscale
3. Launch the client script.
4. A small window should appear in Aseprite. It's non-blocking, you can still edit your sprite while it's on, just leave it out of your way.
5. Aseprite is now trying to connect to squint.
6. Once squint shows your sprite, it's ready to go!

Controls

• F1 to toggle the help screen.
• F2 to toggle the background's color between white and dark gray.
• Right-click or TAB to toggle the options screen.
• S to save the current result into saved.png.
• F12 to screenshot.

Troubleshooting

• ? - I can't find the script option in the File Menu
  • Sounds like you either have an outdated version of Aseprite. Please make sure to have a recent one. 1.2.30 should be the first version fully compatible with squint.
  • For linux tinkerers: some repositories can have or make build a version without this feature. You might need to to build your own version of Aseprite.

Thanks to

• David Capello for Aseprite, of course.
• Lampysprites for working on Pribambase and having Aseprite be added WebSocket support and providing a sample project that kickstarted squint's development.
• Raysan5 for working on Raylib, the framework squint is based on.