SpriteReel is a web app to view sprite sheet animations. Load your sprite sheet, setup the sprite grid and play back the animation.
The app includes standard playback controls including options for looping and yo-yo style back and forth animation.
A sprite sheet is an image file which contains multiple images in a grid, in sequence, for the purpose of animation.
Software such as a video game engine loops through the frames of the image, displaying the animation.
The sprite sheet layout may be a single row or column, or a table of rows and columns.
Common sprite sheet formats include PNG, JPEG, WebP and SVG although sprite sheets can be created in any image format.
Many sprite sheets will use transparent backgrounds to allow the placement of the animated image upon another background image.
Frame by frame animation is a traditional animation technique where each frame of the animation is drawn separately and rendered in order. It may also be known as "hand-drawn animation" or "classical animation".
A series of slightly different images are stitched together and then played in rapid succession to give the appearance of movement.
Frame by frame animation is commonly used in cartoons, 2D video games or in physical drawings such as flipbooks.
Such animations can give an animation a classical or personal touch as opposed to modern programmatic animation which is often smoother and more precise.
This website is made by Andy Moloney since I was looking for a sprite sheet animation viewer online and couldn't find one.
If you like my app and find it useful, please link and share. Thank you.
hello@anmoco.com
This website does not upload your images and you retain ownership of your work.
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Basic usage data, including upload timestamps, are stored so I can see how frequently this tool is being used.
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