Unity's NEW Aseprite Importer - Setup and Tutorial

Hey guys! quick video today on Unity's Aseprite Package that got released in early 2023 and a guide on the installation and understanding how it is setup.
TO INSTALL:
unity.com/releases/editor/qa/... (ANYTHING AFTER 2021.3.15f1)
store.steampowered.com/app/43...
' com.unity.2d.aseprite ' (copy inside the quotations - this is the filename you want to use to install the Aseprite Package from the Unity Package Manager)
If there are any questions, please let me know in the comments below!
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Music:
massobeats - 'floral', 'midnight', 'lavender', 'honey jam', & 'magic carousel'
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Tags (Ignore)
#gamedev #tutorial #gamedevelopment #unitytutorial #unity2d

[@thulko]

Wow, I didn't even know about this feature. Something to look forward to when I update my unity version again.

[@bluzenkk]

Yeah~ the package has been out for months and its weird that not alot of YT talks about it.
Its very useful for importing animations~
i wish photoshop can do the same, but PS dont have tags for animations..at least not that i know of.
since you seem like exploring the realm of pixel art workflow, may I introduce you to Pixel composer and pixel Bash. both are on steam.
it might speed up your pixel art workflow a bit.

[@GarnetKane]

Oooh, I haven't heard of those - I'll definitely check it out.
And yeah, super surprised I haven't seen more tutorials/coverage on this - it's insanely powerful!

[@bluzenkk]

@@GarnetKane yea especially the pixel composer which allows procedural generation of animation. If you could figure out how to use it to generate an 8 directional sprite, please make a video about it.

[@SaxOps1]

Another amazing tutorial! 🎉

[@GarnetKane]

Thanks bro!! Keen for more!

[@MarcelQT]

Great tutorial!

[@GarnetKane]

Cheers bro!

[@BrunoFinger]

This is really neat. I am having trouble setting up rigged bones animation in Unity with aseprite files though. I did not animate my character in aseprite, instead, I created a layer for head torso legs and arms each individually, basically what you'd do in Photoshop for this kind of setup, but when I get to skinning editor, what I get instead of my character in the position I'd expect is each layer as an individual pre sliced sprite, and I cannot find a way to put my character together with bones and everything in this way. I am a beginner with Unity, not sure if there is something I am missing? What do you think?

[@unityted]

Right now, we haven't explored the overlap between Aseprite Importer and 2D Animation, so there might be some missing pieces if you try to do skeletal animation with the Aseprite Importer. I'll note down this request though, so that we can track it internally.

[@DanielSantana-hn2tz]

How I make a animation that doesn't loop with this importer?

[@Aerrihn]

so easy to understand

[@GarnetKane]

Glad to hear it!

[@user-fz6cf2tw7c]

how can i change the animation speed

[@deecsaunders]

Omg game changer

[@user-ju1if1bv5x]

how to fix the error message??

[@absentSun612]

My animator and parameter keeps resetting when I save and I have no idea why

[@AstorYT]

same

[@AstorYT]

i found the sollution you need to create a new animator and bring the animations into it manually and use that one instead, it'll save and stuff.

[@briosh.mp4]

3:05 i dont have the 'Aseprite Inporter' idk why because i have the package like u

[@GarnetKane]

Hey there! Sorry for the confusion - Aseprite Importer is actually the name of the Unity Project that I created so that exists only on my end - your instance of "Aseprite Importer" should instead be whatever you named your Unity Project inside of the Unity Hub (i.e. 2D Platformer Game or whatever you have named your project). From there you should be able to navigate to the assets etc. -
Really sorry for the confusion but I hope that clears it up!

[@briosh.mp4]

@@GarnetKane oh ok thanks :)

[@bissash103]

The only problem i see is that the Animation gets imported as Read Only and i cant add anything, does anyone knows how to change this?

[@user-wd1mh9eh9q]

I had this problem. Just duplicate the animations from the aseprite file in unity and use those duplicates instead

[@jayengel9012]

When saving the project into the Asset folder I get to error messages : Object not set to an instance of and object, and Assert import failed. It makes the imported file unusable in unity unfortunately.
I also tried installing it with the name and it says there is no package with this name : com.unity.2d.aseprite.
I'm using Unity 2021.3.3f1

[@GarnetKane]

Hey there - Unity 2021.3.3f1 unfortunately doesn’t support the Aseprite importer. Any version after 2021.3.15f1 is acceptable though!