Graphics Gale

**Graphics Gale** is a part of the Level Creator that is responsible for the pixel art.

## Features

1. Magnification - Choose the magnification for your image.
2. Grid - Enable or disable a 1-pixel wide grid.
3. Custom grid - Enable or disable a custom grid with customizable grid sizes.
4. Snap to grid - Automatically snap mouse actions to the grid.
5. Onion skin - A feature that may be broken or misunderstood.
6. Zoom - Similar to magnification, but allows zooming by clicking on the image.
7. Mover - Allows scrolling of the image with the mouse.
8. Rect selection - Select a rectangle from the image for resizing, rotation, and movement.
9. Oval selection - Select an oval-shaped area from the image.
10. Lasso - Freehand selection tool.
11. Magic wand - Select pixels by color with adjustable sensitivity.
12. Color selection - Similar to the magic wand tool.
13. Pen - Freehand drawing tool.
14. Connect line - Draw connected lines by dragging the mouse or clicking to create interconnected lines.
15. Spline curve - Draw a spline curve by clicking points on the image.
16. Rectangle - Draw a rectangle.
17. Filled rectangle - Draw a filled rectangle.
18. Oval - Draw an oval (circle).
19. Filled oval - Draw a filled oval.
20. Flood fill - Fill an area with a specific color, with adjustable sensitivity.
21. Color replacer - Replaces the second color with the first color, useful when flood fill is not applicable.
22. Draw text - Allows drawing text on the image with options for anti-aliasing, line spacing, and character spacing.
23. Antialias - Enable anti-aliasing for lines, rotating images, and scaling.
24. Transparent - Enable or disable transparency.
25. Paint mode - Three modes available: paint, clear, and opacity. Opacity mode is useful when working with alpha channels.

Note: The set of features does not include an eraser tool. Instead, drawing in a transparent color can achieve the same effect.

## Toolboxes

### Layer Toolbar

1. Layer picker - Displays all layers with thumbnails for changing the order.
2. Show / Hide - Toggle layer visibility.
3. Lock - Tri-state button for locking the layer or transparent pixels only.
4. Alpha blending - Toggle alpha blending on and off.
5. Properties - Display layer properties window.
6. Menu - Dropdown menu with additional layer options.
7. Trash can - Drag layers here to delete them.
8. Move - Move layers up and down.

### Frame Toolbar

1. Frame timeline - Displays all frames in a timeline for reordering.
2. Properties - Displays the frame properties window.
3. Menu - Menu with additional frame options.
4. Trash can - Drag frames here to delete them.

### Palette Toolbar

1. Color picker - Choose colors from the palette.
2. Primary color - The color currently being used for drawing.
3. Secondary color - Not used for drawing.
4. Brush shape - Choose from various brush shapes.
5. Drawing pattern - Select a pattern for filling pixels.
6. Menu - Additional options available.
7. Color correction - Correct the primary color.
8. Corrector type - Choose the type of color correction tool.

## Useful Tricks

Here are some useful tricks you can try in the application:

* In the Preferences window, you can customize various settings, including the default transparent color and keyboard shortcuts.
* The "Make alpha channel" option in the Image menu allows creating an alpha channel from luminance, selection, or another image.
* The "Make gradation tool" from the palette popup menu lets you create smooth gradients between two colors by setting them as the primary and secondary colors.
* Right-clicking on the color picker is a time-saving feature for picking colors. Consider keeping a "palette layer" with visible transparent color for easy color selection.

## See also

* Original Level Creator guide by Sos Sosowski on Steam