Piskel CLI

Wraps the Piskel pixel editing application to enable similar export options via the command line.

Pixel art in Piskel can be saved as .piskel files; this CLI allows exporting from .piskel files directly without opening the GUI application.

Installation

npm install -g piskel-cli

Usage

Export provided .piskel file as a png sprite sheet using app defaults

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel

Export scaled sprite sheet

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --scale 5

Export scaled to specific (single frame) width value

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --scaledWidth 435

Export scaled to specific (single frame) height value

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --scaledHeight 435

Export sprite sheet as a single column

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --columns 1

Export sprite sheet as a single row

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --rows 1

Export a single frame (0 is first frame)

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --frame 3

Export a second file containing the data-uri for the exported png

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --dataUri

Export cropped

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --crop

Custom output path and/or filename

piskel-cli snow-monster.piskel --output ./output-folder/snah-monstah.png