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<div class="home-blurb">
    <em>Stipple Effect</em> is a <strong>pixel art editor</strong> that will change your workflow with its approach to <strong>scripting</strong>. It has all the standard features of a raster graphics editor, as well as features specifically intended to support you in making pixel art for <strong>video games</strong> or <strong>online distribution</strong>.
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    <div class="feature-category">Scripting</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Automate</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/automation-scripts">Automate</a> program actions for instant execution of batch operations</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Easy to read and write</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/simple-scripts.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Short and simple scripts with no boilerplate code</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Custom previews</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption">Write scripts to transform the contents the project canvas to generate <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/preview-scripts">custom previews</a></div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Simulate post-processing effects</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/lighting-sim-fp.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Simulate lighting, texture UV mapping, or any other post-processing your asset may undergo in a game engine with the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/api/graphics">graphics capabilities</a> of the Stipple Effect <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/api/">API</a></div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Updated dynamically in real time</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption">Scripted previews are recomputed instantly whenever the project is edited</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Turn previews into projects</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/preview-window.html#converting-previews-into-projects">Convert the output of a preview script transformation into a project</a> - optionally with individual layers preserved</div>
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    <div class="feature-category">Animation</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Onion skins</div>
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                    <div>Animation aids that visualize preceding and following frames</div>
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                    <div>Configure the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/layer.html#onion-skin">onion skin</a> settings for preceding and following skins independently</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Split & stitch</div>
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                    <div>Use the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/sizing.html#split-a-sprite-sheet-into-frames">split frames</a> feature to instantly slice a sprite sheet into an animation</div>
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                    <div><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/sizing.html#stitch-an-animation-into-a-sprite-sheet">"Stitch"</a> frames together to turn an animation into a sprite sheet</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Edit during playback</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/live-edit.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">All <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/tools">tools</a> can be used while the project animation is being played</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Linked-cel layers</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/linked-cels-fp.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Use <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/layer">linked-cel layers</a> for static content that does not vary from <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/frame">frame</a> to frame</div>
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    <div class="feature-category">Colors & Painting</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Two-color system</div>
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                    <div>Tools are designed to easily leverage the primary and secondary color</div>
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                    <div><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/color.html#combination-modes">Combine</a> the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/interface.html#system-colors">system colors</a> with dither, blend and noise brush modes</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Shade brush</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption">The <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/shade-brush">shade brush</a> replaces the color it brushes over with the color next to it in the active <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/palette">palette</a></div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Palettization</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/palettization.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Map the pixels in a given <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/scope">scope</a> to their nearest neighboring color in the active palette</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Extract canvas colors</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/extract-fp.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Extract the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/color">unique colors</a> from a given scope to the active palette</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Dynamic gradient brush</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/gradient-fp.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">The <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/gradient-tool">gradient tool</a> has a brush mode: gradient updates itself as the brush stroke gets longer</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Script brush</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption">The <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/script-brush">script brush</a> uses a script defining a color to color mapping to determine its behaviour</div>
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    <div class="feature-category">Selection</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Pixel-perfect selections</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/selection-tools-fp.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Four complementary <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/sel-area-tools">selection tools</a> designed to quickly capture the exact set of pixels you want</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Intuitive outlining</div>
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                    <div>Instantly propagate a selection to its <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/outline">outline</a></div>
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                    <div>Configure custom outlines based on adjacent pixels</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Flexible grid</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption">Easily change the width and height of the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/pixel-grid">pixel grid and checkerboard</a> and snap selections to the grid</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Limit actions to selection</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/color-actions">Actions</a> applied to the whole <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/project">project</a>, a <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/layer">layer</a>, a <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/frame">frame</a>, or a <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/cel">cel</a> can be limited to selected pixels</div>
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    <div class="feature-category">And much more...</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Time lapses</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/state-control.html#generate-a-time-lapse">Generate a time lapse</a> of the project's changes during the session</div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Custom fonts</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/custom-font.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">Design your own <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/fonts">fonts</a> and use them with the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/text-tool">text tool</a></div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Granular undo/redo</div>
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                <div class="feature-caption"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/state-control.html#granularity">Iterate over incremental steps within a recent brush stroke operation</a></div>
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                <div class="feature-tagline">Themes</div>
                <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/fp-gifs/themes.gif" class="feature-gif">
                <div class="feature-caption">A handful of alternate themes to transform the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/docs/interface">program interface</a></div>
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