<s>
Aseprite	B-Language
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
,	O
source-available	B-License
image	O
editor	O
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
pixel	O
art	O
drawing	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
features	O
different	O
tools	O
for	O
image	O
and	O
animation	O
editing	O
such	O
as	O
layers	O
,	O
frames	O
,	O
tilemap	O
support	O
,	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aseprite	B-Language
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
,	O
or	O
purchased	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
or	O
Itch.io	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aseprite	B-Language
source	O
code	O
and	O
binaries	O
are	O
distributed	O
under	O
EULA	O
,	O
educational	O
,	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
proprietary	B-Application
licenses	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aseprite	B-Language
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Allegro	O
Sprite	O
Editor	O
,	O
had	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv2	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
license	O
was	O
kept	O
until	O
August	O
2016	O
with	O
version	O
v1.1.8	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
developers	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
EULA	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
the	O
software	O
proprietary	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
1st	O
of	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
developer	O
,	O
David	O
Capello	O
,	O
wrote	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
Aseprite	B-Language
Devblog	O
explaining	O
this	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EULA	O
permits	O
others	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
Aseprite	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
compile	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
for	O
personal	O
purposes	O
,	O
but	O
forbids	O
its	O
redistribution	O
to	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
before	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
the	O
license	O
change	O
,	O
Aseprite	B-Language
was	O
sold	O
online	O
,	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
itch.io,	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
code	O
repository	O
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Code	I-Application
until	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
migrated	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
where	O
it	O
remains	O
hosted	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2014	O
to	O
2021	O
,	O
Aseprite	B-Language
had	O
66	O
different	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aseprite	B-Language
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
several	O
notable	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
TowerFall	B-Application
(	O
2013	O
)	O
,	O
Celeste	B-Application
(	O
2018	O
)	O
,	O
Minit	B-Application
(	O
2018	O
)	O
,	O
Wargroove	B-Application
(	O
2019	O
)	O
,	O
Loop	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
(	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
Eastward	B-Application
(	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
Unpacking	B-Application
(	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Application
the	I-Application
Robot	I-Application
(	O
2022	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
design	O
purpose	O
of	O
Aseprite	B-Language
is	O
to	O
create	O
animated	O
2D	O
pixel-art	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Color	B-Data_Structure
palette	I-Data_Structure
managing	O
,	O
including	O
65	O
default	O
palettes	B-Data_Structure
;	O
</s>
<s>
Color	O
profiles	O
and	O
modes	O
(	O
RGBA	O
,	O
indexed	B-Data_Structure
and	O
grayscale	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
and	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aseprite	B-Language
uses	O
its	O
own	O
binary	O
file	O
type	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
typically	O
saved	O
with	O
.ase	O
or	O
.aseprite	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
third-party	O
projects	O
were	O
developed	O
to	O
support	O
parsing	O
of	O
.ase	O
files	O
in	O
programming	O
languages	O
including	O
C#	O
,	O
Python	O
and	O
JavaScript	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
game	O
engines	O
such	O
as	O
Unity	B-Application
and	O
Godot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
and	O
animations	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
different	O
file	O
formats	O
including	O
PNG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
FLC	O
,	O
FLI	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PCX	O
,	O
TGA	O
,	O
ICO	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
and	O
bitmap	O
(	O
BMP	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
