This plugin adds support for reading .ase and .aseprite files images in Qt
applications.
Originally developed for Tiled.
We use Aseprite as a Git submodule. Make sure to update it recursively:
git submodule update --init --recursive
Not all of Aseprite is free software, but this plugin only uses MIT-licensed parts of Aseprite (dio, render and their dependencies doc, fixmath, flic, gfx and base).
Install Qt. You can use the Qt Online Installer or any other method.
Install the dependencies for Aseprite.
In-source builds are disabled by Aseprite, so it is necessary to use a separate build directory:
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
The Aseprite libraries used by this plugin rely on Zlib, Pixman, FreeType and HarfBuzz. By default the versions from the Aseprite repository will be used, but you can tell CMake to look for system versions instead by adding the following parameters:
-DUSE_SHARED_ZLIB=on \
-DUSE_SHARED_PIXMAN=on \
-DUSE_SHARED_FREETYPE=on \
-DUSE_SHARED_HARFBUZZ=on
If you have Ninja installed, you can add -G Ninja to the CMake command line
for automatic parallel builds.
Trigger the build:
cmake --build build --config Release
The plugin will be built in the build directory. You can install it by
running:
cmake --install build --config Release
This will install the plugin to the plugins/imageformats directory of the Qt
installation. You can also copy the plugin manually to the plugins directory of
your application.
