HTML5 canvas-based synchronizing multi-device editor for editing different
pixeldata formats (such as pif ), and creating
monochrome pixelart for embedded devices's displays, such as the Arduboy Arduino-based gaming device and others.
PIF is short for Pixeldata Image Format, a plain-text-based intermediary
format to facilitate the creation and sharing of low-resolution, monochrome
image data.
These images are most frequently used in tiny, DIY LCD/LED/OLED displays in conjunction with small embedded hardware. Creating such images should be straightforward, but is hindered by the missing simple tooling and the output requirement of a non-trivial binary pixelformat.
This editor uses the pif library for reading
files, converting between different representations and working with the
PIF format.
This editor tries to address three basic problems with the creation of monochrome bitmaps:
- Accessibility: written in pure HTML5 with web technologies, usable on practically all platforms, from desktop to mobile.
- Ergonomy: due to the syncing nature, using the best tool for the job becomes possible: draw on touch device (mobile, tablet), copy the code on desktop, paste, compile & push it on the device for displaying.
- Shareability: PIF files are simple text files, one could edit them by hand and share across projects with relative ease. They are also simple enough to be self-explanatory so (compared to proprietary, binary formats) third party tools could easily be created to use them.
- 0.1.1 (2015.05.03) Additional file type support
- support for loading BMP bitmaps (1bit,24bit,32bit) as per paulbourke
- support for subfolders on the server-side for
/sprites/ - support for multiple file extensions for
/sprites/folder - added BMP testfiles via Begemmed by
team-arg
- 0.1.0 (2015.05.02) Initial release