Photoshop to Spine script - add rotation

Davide

We could do that, but it’s not clear to me how this would optimize sprites for the atlas.
Could you show us a complete example of your goal and explain how it would “optimize sprites for the atlas”?

We’re always open to implementing feature requests, but we need to clearly understand their goals, and right now that isn’t very clear, unfortunately 🙁

Hocopor

https://disk.yandex.ru/i/9R10Qz93jPgM1w

Davide

Hocopor

Thanks for the illustration. The intentions are now pretty clear.
We’ll discuss it internally and let you know if we’re willing to implement it.

Hocopor

Thanks!)

Davide

Hocopor

We'll probably implement it, but with a slightly different behavior. [rotate:degrees] will behave similarly to the [scale:value] tag.

The image will be exported rotated by degrees, and the corresponding attachment in the JSON will be rotated by -degrees.

This will allow keeping the image visually coherent in Photoshop and Spine, while allowing the actual PNG to be rotated as desired to easily pack it in the atlas.

Hocopor

Thank you! This will be a very useful addition to the script!

Hocopor

Hi! Is there any progress?

Davide

Hocopor

Sorry for the delay. As any new feature, it will available only in the next beta.
Even if it's still in validation, we actually implemented it as described above.

Hocopor

Thank you!

Davide

Hocopor

4.3.40-beta is out and you can now test the new rotation tag.
User guide was updated accordingly: https://esotericsoftware.com/spine-import-psd#Group-and-layer-tags

[rotate:degrees] Layers are rotated. Their attachments are rotated inversely so that they appear the same in Spine. This is useful to rotate images for better atlas packing.

warmanw

Hey Davide,

I tried this tag but it does not trim before export and image size remains document size

Davide

warmanw

Fixed as reported in this thread.

plunksville

Hey guys, thanks for adding the Rotate tag, it is a very useful addition.
Would it be possible to add it to the Photoshop to Spine script too? My studio is only able to use Spine 4.1 so cannot use the new PSD import feature 😥
Or could you post the code here for us to add manually?
Many thanks

Nate

It's very painful to work on Photoshop scripts. You could use 4.3 to process your images into a new skeleton. You could export to 4.1 JSON, then use import data just like if the JSON came from the Photoshop script, but give it a try and make sure there are no problems exporting the older JSON.