Spriter

Creates sprite images.

• Generates horizontal, vertical and smart(compact) sprites.

• Can add images to existent sprites without modifying other images positions.

• Can get positions from existent sprites for already sprited images and create new sprite for other.

Requirements

Spriter requires node-imagemagick which depends on Imagemagick.

There are many ways to install Imagemagick. For example, if you are using OS X, you can use Homebrew: brew install imagemagick.

Usage

Install with npm:

$ [sudo] npm install spriter --save

If you want to use spriter on your cli install with:

$ [sudo] npm install spriter -g

CLI

Usage:

$ spriter <src> <output> [options...]

src     Glob string(s) or file path(s) to find source images for spriting
output  Output sprite filepath

Options:

    -h, --help : Help
    -v, --version : Version
    -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT : Path of directory to write sprite file to [./sprites]
    -n NAME, --name=NAME : Name of sprite file  [common]
    -e EXTENSION, --ext=EXTENSION : Extension of sprite file  [png]
    -i IFEXISTS, --ifexists=IFEXISTS : Action for already existent sprite  [override]
    -l LAYOUT, --layout=LAYOUT : Layout of the sprite image  [smart]
    -p PADDINGS, --padding=PADDINGS : Tiles padding in px  [2]

Example:

    $ spriter '**/*.png' -o './sprited' -n 'common'

JS API

Usage:

var spriter = require('spriter');

spriter.api(options).then(cb);

Options:

• src: Glob string(s) or file path(s) to find source images to put into the sprite [required]
• path: Path of directory to write sprite file to [./sprites]
• name: Name of sprite file [common]
• ext: Extension of sprite file [png]
• ifexists: Action for already existent sprite: override, add or use [override]
• layout: Layout of the sprite image: smart, horizontal or vertical [smart]
• padding: Tiles padding in px [2]

Example:

var Spriter = require('spriter');

Spriter
    .api({
        src : [ '**/*.png' ],
        path : './sprited',
        name : 'common'
    })
    .spread(function(images, sprites) {
        console.log('done');
    });

Checkout more examples at /examples and /tests.