SPRITESHEET GIF PREVIEW

Turn your sprite sheets into animated gifs, like these lovely people from the RTP


There are dependencies to run this, you will need Perl and ImageMagick.
For debian/ubuntu linux, "apt install perlmagick imagemagick perl" should get everything needed.
For windows, look at the websites for downloads and installation. (or run linux in a VM)

The script includes presets for RPGMaker sheets from 2k onwards, but I only own VXAce and MV myself so the earlier engines sheet formats come from image resources uploaded on RMN.

For custom sheets or other engines, you can specify the rows / columns / frames on the command line instead of using a preset.
The actual size of each sprite is calculated from the overall image size, so no special parameters are needed for working with oversized sprites.

The previews are useful for spotting errors that are easier to see when the sprite is in motion, and also for showing your work online.

Examples:
"perl preview.pl -p rm-tv-multi SF_Actor1.png" (turns an 8 actor sheet into the image above)
"perl preview.pl -p rm-tv tv-aria.png" (for a 1 actor sheet)
"perl preview.pl -p rm-sv sv-aria.png" (for an MV sideview battler)
"perl preview.pl -p rm2k-sv 'Female Elf A.png'" (for a 2k/2k3 sideview battler)
"perl preview.pl -p rmxp-tv GoblinWizard.png" (for an XP style character)