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ShoeBox 3.2.1

Overview

ShoeBox is a free Adobe Air based app for Windows and Mac OSX with game and ui related tools. Each tool uses a drag and drop - or clipbord interaction for a quick workflow.

A more in depth manual can be found here:
Manual  

Installation
  1. Install the Adobe
    AIR runtime
  2. Intall the ShoeBox.air file
   Usage
  • Drag a file on a tool.
  • Copy a text or image to your clipboard and click on a tool.
   Settings
  1. Right-click on a tool.
  2. Click on the template to choose a setup.

Works great with:
Starling Sparrow Cocos2D NGui UiToolkit Unity3D HTML/ CSS

YouTube Videos User Feedback Other resources

Special credit goes to Soap Creative for allowing me to work on some of thse tools at work. Other links related to this project include: Polycount forums, Tig Source forums, Unity3D forums, Starling forums.

Pack Sprites Help

Packs multiple images, animated SWF (AS1, AS2, AS3) or animated GIF's into one texture Atlas.

Bitmap Font Help

Generates a Bitmap-Font set that can be designed with Photoshop and is compatible with the angelcode *.fnt format.

Extract Sprites Help

Detects sprites in a transparent image and cuts them out.

Extract Tiles Help

Extracts a tile map and tile bank out of a screenshot of a game.

Flickr Upload Help

Upload a dropped image or clipboard bitmap straight to Flickr.

HTML Text Help

Converts UTF-8 rich copy into HTML safe code. If it finds characters that need to be changed for HTML it will show in red it's convertions.

Ani 2 Sheet Help

Converts a GIF or SWF (AS1, AS2 or AS3) into a sprite sheet with an array of frames.

Sprite Pivots Help

Edit registration points (pivots) of multiple sprites at once. This pivot point is represented by the center of each sprite's canvas area.

Slice 9Help

Creates and reads slice 9 sets (aka 9 patch) from design files or existing slice 9 images.

Mask Image Help

Masks and feathers a non transparent image from your clipboard into a complex masked composition.

JPNG Bitmap Help

Converts from and to JPEG images with an additional alpha channel.

Mac to PC url Help

Copies the path of a dropped file to the clipboard or opens a file location if a path is copied into the clipboard. The path format is consistent between Mac and PC so that locations can be shared and quickly openend from any platform.