Quad

Introduction

Quad is a simple program to create pixel art sprites and animations. Its main goal is to be simple, yet powerful and not overengineered. Quad was created using Rust, Tauri framework and TypeScript.

• Quad supports layers and animation frames.
• Export to PNG, GIF.
• Import PNG, JPG and automatically scale it.
• 18 different tools (Mirror, Bucket, Scissors, Primitive Shapes…)
• Undo/Redo actions.
• RGB, HSL, HEX colors

Keybindings

Compilation

You need to have NPM (https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) and rustup (https://rustup.rs/) installed.

1. Choose Rust version and make it default.

rustup default stable

2. Clone the code, change directory.

git clone https://github.com/B1azA/quad
cd quad

3. Install npm packages.

npm install

4. Install all dependencies (https://tauri.app/v1/guides/getting-started/prerequisites/).

5. Build the app. The executable is located in "src-tauri/target/release".

npm run tauri build

6. If you want to start a local development server, run:

npm run tauri dev