Hello there and welcome to a small, but useful, project I've been working on!

What is this project about?

"Live Block Preview" is an application where you can drag and drop textures directly on to the cubes sides to see what they may look like together on the cube or block. 

There might be a few games in mind as you can tell in my feature gifs below but don't let this limit how you might use the tool. 

It should also work with any image editing software so it can be quite versatile. 

I'd love to see what your using this tool to work on! Use #CarbsTools on Twitter to share!

Once you have dropped your textures on to the cube they will now know to automatically update when ever the texture is saved or exported.

This means while using your favorite art software (for me Aseprite) and you load up your textures, any time you save them they will update automatically on the cube providing a very fast look at what your block may look like.

Keep in mind there may be slight differences in the preview and in game due to lighting etc. but that this is merely to get a quicker preview while working on the textures.

Key Features:

Compact Mode:

Like many art software applications Compact Mode provides a small preview of the cube while you work on each texture. This cube can be spun around either manually or automatically. 

The goal here is to have a minimal impact on your screen real estate so you can see your cube but still be able to have optimal space to work on the textures.

Customizable Background Color:

Change the background color to anything you want! By default there is a slight gradient with the background but this can be set to flat color in the Color Settings.

Love a color? Save it as one of your presets using the button in this menu. You can have multiple presets which you can swap back and forth as you like.

Presets are saved and loaded next time you run the app.

Load Last Textures:

Working on a project recently? Load up the last textures you were using!

Show In Folder:

By control clicking on a texture preview this will open the folder that your texture resides in.

Front Indicator:

This is a quick way to remember which side is the front.

New Features in 1.1.0!

Support has been added where you can now drag and drop a single image on to the preview boxes to the right.
Doing so will load the texture on that side of the cube.

Support has been added for multiple file loading.

Simply drop the group of up to 6 images anywhere in the open near the cube to load them all in to their sides.

Example above: dragging the group in by the 1st  file

Example above: dragging the group in by the 4th file. Notice how it starts with top and loops around.

Hotkeys now displayed in right click menu.

I hope you all enjoy this little tool as I've worked quite hard on it thus far to get it to this stage.

Please leave a comment below with any feedback or if you need any help with any of the features!

Also would love to see your textures! Feel free to @CarbsCode on Twitter with your cool textures!

Thank you!

Quick shoutout to everyone that has shown interest in my projects and tools! It's really awesome too see  everyone enjoying and getting great use from them! 

An extra big shoutout to everyone that has been able to donate / paid / add a tip for any or my applications. You guys help make my tools available to everyone at little to no cost. You go above and beyond which really makes my day that you find enough value in them to give a little extra support. So thank you so so much as I really do enjoy making these applications!