Power tips for ZT Studio

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jbostoen edited this page Aug 15, 2019 · 5 revisions

Buttons

Some buttons have shortcuts.

Right click Save. This will save the file under its last known name. If not saved yet, it will ask to specify a filename anyhow.
Right click Import PNG. This will add a new frame and then allow you to import a new graphic.
Right click move buttons (hand icons). Rather than move 1 pixel, they will move 16 pixels at once (half a square).

ZT1 <=> PNG: which option to pick?

keep canvas size:

fastest option when converting from ZT1 to PNG.
slowest option when converting from PNG to ZT1.
easy to put the rendered .PNG-files in most graphic programs and combine the frames into an animation.
on re-import from PNG to ZT1, rotation/offset is fine or can easily be adjusted in batch.

crop to largest relevant width/height in this graphic:

slowest option when converting from ZT1 to PNG.
on re-import from PNG to ZT1, rotation/offset is fine or can easily be adjusted in batch.

crop to relevant pixels of this frame:

fastest option when converting from PNG to ZT1.
on re-import from PNG to ZT1, rotation/offset might need to be adjusted frame by frame.