OpenSAE (Open Symbol Art Editor) is an editor and generator for the pseudo-vector symbol art graphics supported by the game Phantasy Star Online 2/PSO2 NGS.
- Reading/writing game .SAR file format as well as the .SAML format used by the other available editors.
- Full-fledged editor supporting groups, rotation, duplications, bulk color adjustment and more.
- Conversion of any bitmap image into symbol arts using image segmentation analysis.
- Browser for viewing all symbol arts in a directory.
- Backup manager for easily saving specific symbol arts from a game directory.
- Multiple UI themes (dark, grey, light)
OpenSAE supports converting any specified bitmap image (JPG, PNG, etc.) into a symbol art using a range of conversion options to get the best result.
NOTE: Not all bitmaps can be converted with good results depending on the level of detail they contain; some settings work better than others for specific images.
- OpenSAE is written in C#/.NET Core 6.0.
- The user interface is written using WPF.
- The installer is MSI based using WiX for Windows Installer and creates shortcuts and file associations, but the app will run as a portable app too.
- Geometrize (bitmap image segmentation): https://github.com/Tw1ddle/geometrize
- ImageSharp (bitmap image processing): https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp
- WiX Toolset (installer): https://wixtoolset.org
- PixiEditor.ColorPicker: https://github.com/PixiEditor/ColorPicker
- WPFDarkTheme: https://github.com/AngryCarrot789/WPFDarkTheme
- Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell
- CommunityToolkit.Mvvm