PicoShop Pro is an exciting new offering from ElectricGryphon Industries, enabling realistic full 16-color dithered images to be developed directly on the Pico8 microcomputer.
--18-bit color rendering (using dithering), with 6 bit transparency.
--Moveable Toolbars (Collapse with double-click. Show/Hide with Tab key.)
--Two rendering modes: Fast Pattern and 64-level Bayer (Toggle with 'R')
--Painting Tools
----Brush Tool with feathering
----Gradient Tool (Draws from foreground color to transparent)
----Pencil Tool
--Mask Functionality (You can only draw where image is not masks.)
--Path Functionality (Paths can be converted to masks.)
--Quick-key functionality (See instructions / type 'H' for keys.)
--Save Pic: Saves a PNG of your image in the current render mode to the desktop.
--Export: Save a text file of the image in 24-bit hex format to the desktop
--Import: To import image, copy the text of the text file. Select Import. Paste the text into Pico8.
Tools
-Tab- Show/Hide all Toolbars
-R- Toggle Bayer Render Mode
-H- Toggle Keypad Help
Double Click on Title Bars to Collapse/Expand Toolbars
Colors
-D- Set Color to Black
-Q- Set Color to Erase
Paint
-B- Select Brush Tool
-N- Select Pencil Tool
-G- Select Gradient Tool
Path
-L- Select Path Draw Tool
-E- Select Path Edit Tool
-W- Select Path Select/Move Tool
-9- Show/Hide Paths
Mask
-K- Mask Current Path
-M- Select Rectangle/Marquee Mask Tool
-CTRL Backspace- Fill Mask
-Backspace- Erase Mask
-I- Invert Mask
-A- Clear Mask
-0- Show/Hide Mask
Hold Shift while making masks for ADD mode
Hold CTRL while making masks for SUB mode