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DocsDictatePic

Docs · studio · dictatepic

Layers, paint, export the sprite.

DictatePic at /studio/image is a GIMP-style raster and sprite editor on a fixed 512 × 512 document: a layer stack with blend modes and opacity, five working paint tools, bounded undo, and one-click transparent PNG export.

512²: px document
5: working tools
8: blend modes
30: undo snapshots

Layers

Stack, blend, fade

Every layer carries a name, visibility and lock flags, opacity from 0.0 to 1.0 (applied as canvas alpha at composite time), and one of 8 blend modes: source-over, multiply, screen, overlay, darken, lighten, color-dodge, color-burn. A 16px checkerboard paints under the stack so transparency reads honestly.

dictatepic — layer stack

512 × 512

☀ highlights · screen · 0.6visible

✏ lineart · multiply · 1.0visible

🎨 flats · source-over · 1.0visible

🔒 sketch · source-over · 0.4locked

Walkthrough

From blank doc to exported sprite

Paint with the five working raster tools, manage the stack as you go, and export. Strokes and layer changes publish interop events (dictate-pic:stroke, dictate-pic:layer-change, dictate-pic:export) on the shared 4weird_interop_bus so other tools can follow along.

Sketch on a locked layer
Add a layer named “sketch”, drop opacity to ~0.4, and rough in the sprite with the pencil. Lock the layer so paint strokes never land on it by accident.
Paint flats, then shade
Add a “flats” layer (source-over, 1.0) and block in color with the brush and bucket. Add a shading layer set to multiply for shadows and a highlights layer set to screen or color-dodge.
Sample and erase precisely
Alt-pick colors with the eyedropper instead of guessing hex codes; clean edges with the eraser. Hidden layers stay hidden — visibility is per-layer, not global.
Undo without fear
History holds the last 30 snapshots per layer, newest first — scribble boldly, step back freely. Snapshots are capped so a huge canvas never eats storage.
Export the PNG
One click exports dictate-pic-512.png: full 512 × 512 with transparency kept, no checkerboard baked in. Ready for GraveGain 2D/3D textures or NewGamePlus assets.

Honest boundaries

Stubs say stub, planned says planned

Not every button paints yet. The UI labels each tool's state so a grayed control is never a mystery — and selection/clone tools are openly deferred past Wave 3.

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DocsDictatePic

Docs · studio · dictatepic

Layers, paint, export the sprite.

512²: px document
5: working tools
8: blend modes
30: undo snapshots

Layers

Stack, blend, fade

dictatepic — layer stack

512 × 512

☀ highlights · screen · 0.6visible

✏ lineart · multiply · 1.0visible

🎨 flats · source-over · 1.0visible

🔒 sketch · source-over · 0.4locked

Walkthrough

From blank doc to exported sprite

Sketch on a locked layer
Add a layer named “sketch”, drop opacity to ~0.4, and rough in the sprite with the pencil. Lock the layer so paint strokes never land on it by accident.
Paint flats, then shade
Add a “flats” layer (source-over, 1.0) and block in color with the brush and bucket. Add a shading layer set to multiply for shadows and a highlights layer set to screen or color-dodge.
Sample and erase precisely
Alt-pick colors with the eyedropper instead of guessing hex codes; clean edges with the eraser. Hidden layers stay hidden — visibility is per-layer, not global.
Undo without fear
History holds the last 30 snapshots per layer, newest first — scribble boldly, step back freely. Snapshots are capped so a huge canvas never eats storage.
Export the PNG
One click exports dictate-pic-512.png: full 512 × 512 with transparency kept, no checkerboard baked in. Ready for GraveGain 2D/3D textures or NewGamePlus assets.

Honest boundaries

Stubs say stub, planned says planned

Not every button paints yet. The UI labels each tool's state so a grayed control is never a mystery — and selection/clone tools are openly deferred past Wave 3.

Layers, paint, export the sprite.

Stack, blend, fade

From blank doc to exported sprite

Sketch on a locked layer

Paint flats, then shade

Sample and erase precisely

Undo without fear

Export the PNG

Stubs say stub, planned says planned

Layers, paint, export the sprite.

Stack, blend, fade

From blank doc to exported sprite

Sketch on a locked layer

Paint flats, then shade

Sample and erase precisely

Undo without fear

Export the PNG

Stubs say stub, planned says planned