Ase Frame Select

Overview

Extracts one composited frame as a regular Image from an Aseprite document. This is the boundary where the contents of an .aseprite file enter PixPipeline's image-node pipeline.

Usage tips

• The basic Aseprite workflow is aseprite_load → (ase_layer_select) → ase_frame_select → image processing. To narrow the layers, place the layer selection before frame selection.
• Promote frame to an input pin 📌 to step through an Aseprite animation from the PixPipeline side.
• The output is the fully composited appearance. If you need a specific layer, narrow it with ase_layer_select first.
• Composition applies the known Aseprite blend modes and treats parent Group visibility, opacity, and blending as a hierarchy rather than ignoring them.

Related nodes

• aseprite_load — supplies the document
• ase_layer_select — narrows the layers upstream
• image_to_aseprite — writes a processed image back into a document
• ase_tags — obtains frame ranges from tag information

Read this first

• This is the node that turns an AsepriteFile into a regular Image.
• Use it as the boundary when connecting Aseprite data to existing PixPipeline image nodes.

Basic workflow

AsepriteLoad
  -> AseFrameSelect
  -> Preview

This previews the first frame of the .aseprite file as-is.

Example with selected layers

AsepriteLoad
  -> AseLayerSelect
  -> AseFrameSelect
  -> Outline
  -> Preview

This wiring:

• keeps only the layers you need,
• converts the selected frame to an image, and
• processes it with regular image nodes.

Example

• frame = 3

In this case:

• the fourth frame is emitted from image, and
• that frame's display time is emitted from duration_ms.

If the source document has only two frames, the index is automatically clamped to the valid range.

When to use it

• To process one Aseprite frame as a regular image
• To preview the result after narrowing the layers
• To reference an Aseprite frame duration in the graph

Notes

• The node outputs only one frame.
• If aseprite_load had to fall back from an unknown blend mode to normal, inspect that node's warnings output.
• To handle every frame as a sprite sheet, combine it with the P07A sprite-sheet nodes or use the upcoming Aseprite animation workflow.