XML Editing Help

[naptimeshadows]

Hello!

What do I need to know to edit image XML files?

I am using the same XML as I used for items made a year ago with a nameswap, but the new items are squished with a white border around them in the inventory bar.

All images are 64x64 with a transparent background, so I assume the issue is in the XML.

So what do the XML file pieces mean?
How do I change u and v values to influence placement?

How can I measure X and Y values to effect exports?

Edited January 15, 2017 by naptimeshadows

[Lumina]

I'm not sure issue is the XML. But you can try a tool like

this one if you want to ensure your XML is fine. If you still have the problem with this, your image is probably the reason.

[naptimeshadows]

I fixed the issue. 

I cropped a larger issue in photoshop, and somehow excess edge data was still there. 

Editing the image again fixed the inventory problem.

 

I am still having character issues, where the face is adhering to the XML instead of where I move it in Spriter.

And editing the XML at random doesn't seem to be making much difference, since I don't know what the X and Y are referring to.