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voidspriteopen-source pixel art editor with extensive format support and features useful for game developmentFree20Pixel Art
voidspriteopen-source pixel art editor with extensive format support and features useful for game developmentvoid◆sprite is an actively developed cross-platform, open-source pixelart editor.
Has features useful for game development, such as split sessions (multiple files on one canvas) and previews of spritesheet animations, tilesets or 3D cubes.
Other unique features include: layer variants, on-canvas comments, custom patterns, templates and real-time LAN collaboration.
Supports many image formats, including some specific to other editors like Aseprite and GraphicsGale.
Most common color palette formats are supported too, and can be used in a separate indexed editor mode.Features:animationlayerspalette manipulationsprite sheet exportonlinetilemaps2dtilescross platformsprite editorimage conversionccollaboration20 3 pieces updated 2 days ago -
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AsepriteThe most popular dedicated pixel art editor, with animation, tilemaps and a scripting API.Paid15Pixel Art
AsepriteThe most popular dedicated pixel art editor, with animation, tilemaps and a scripting API.Aseprite is a pixel art editor built around sprite work: an indexed-color workflow, onion skinning and a timeline for animation, tilemap layers, custom brushes, and export straight to sprite sheets. Extensions and Lua scripts add anything it lacks. It is the editor most Lospec artists reach for first.
Features:layersanimationonion skinningtilemapscustom brushespalette manipulationscriptingsprite sheet export15 254 pieces -
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PixiEditorA node-based open source editor with Lospec palette integration.Free12Pixel Art
PixiEditorA node-based open source editor with Lospec palette integration.Free Open Source Pixel Art EditorsAnimation ToolsProcedural GeneratorsEffect & Particle GeneratorsLighting & Normal Map Tools ActivePixiEditor is a 2D graphics editor for creating and editing raster, vector, and procedural graphics. It supports pixel art, digital painting, vector shapes and paths, animation, and node-based image processing within the same document.
The editor uses a layer-based workflow combined with a node graph. Layers, effects, and other parts of a document can be represented as nodes and connected to create custom processing pipelines and procedural graphics.
Toolsets
PixiEditor includes several toolsets for different types of 2D work:
Pixel Art - tools designed for pixel-perfect drawing and editing.
Painting - brushes, shapes, and other raster painting tools.
Vector - vector shapes and paths.
These toolsets can be used together in the same document, allowing raster and vector content to be combined.
Animation
PixiEditor includes a timeline for creating frame-by-frame animations. Nodes can also be used to build procedural animations and animate custom effects.
Node Graph
Each document has an associated node graph used to define how its contents are generated and processed. Nodes can represent layers, effects, inputs, and other operations.
The node system can be used for non-destructive editing as well as procedural graphics and animations.Features:layerspalette list integrationpalette manipulationanimationonion skinningsprite sheet exportcustom brushestexture paintingextensions12 36 pieces -
PhotoshopThe big image editor, usable for pixel art with the right settings.A general purpose image editor that can be set up for pixel art: nearest neighbour scaling, pencil tool, indexed color mode. Animation is awkward, but the flexibility lets you mimic advanced tools such as index painting.
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LBITThe Lightweight Bitmap Illustration ToolLBIT is a minimal drawing program for pixel art
It's purpose is to provide only the minimum tools needed for creating pixel art, in the most minimal user interface possible. Nothing but a floating grid of squares and your lonely little cursor.
If you want fancy tools that do all the work for you, keep searchin, sista. If you need an interface with lots of text and buttons that describe everything to you, keep searchin, sista. If your brain can't memorize a single hotkey, keep searchin, sista.
Anything that could be left out was. Despite being minimal, LBIT also aims to be smooth and pretty, so it's pleasant to look at and use.LBIT is Extremely Lightweight
- a single 3.3 MB exe file
- uses ~2400KB of ram
- starts in 200 miliseconds
LBIT is Extremely Minimal
- No text or menus
- No buttons or windows
- Controlled with mouse / hotkeys
- No duplicated tools
LBIT Simplifies Pixelling
- no saving (instant autosave)
- no canvas sizes (infinite canvas)
- infinite history (undo all the way to the beginning)
- easy export of current selection / zoom level
LBIT has Cool Features
- tweak a color everywhere on the canvas live
- generate a gif of your entire piece from start to finish
- comprehensive mouse/keyboard shortcuts / combinations
- control the cursor with keyboard arrow keys
LBIT is Smooth
- - smooth transitions between zoom levels
- - drawing strokes optimized for smooth lines even at high resolutions
- - simple / clean cursors and background grid
But why?
Beautiful pixel art requires only a few simple tools, and I find shortcuts only lead you to worse results. For such a simple process, a complicated user interface is not necessary, so I also designed the entire app without any buttons or text. This puts the focus purely on the art.
Being completely mouse and hotkey focused also makes the program much quicker to use, so you can spend less time looking at menus and more time placing pixels.
This app may not be ideal for creating complex game assets, but can be a calmer experience for just making art.3 12 pieces -
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Pixel ComposerA node-based tool for procedural pixel art and effects.Paid3Pixel Art
Pixel ComposerA node-based tool for procedural pixel art and effects.Paid $14.99, free trial Open Source Pixel Art Procedural GeneratorsEffect & Particle GeneratorsAnimation Tools ActivePixel Composer builds effects, animations and generated art from node graphs, so a change to one input flows through the whole result.
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GrafX2A DOS-era bitmap editor inspired by Deluxe Paint, still going.Free3Pixel Art
GrafX2A DOS-era bitmap editor inspired by Deluxe Paint, still going.GrafX2 was made for DOS and has been ported everywhere since. It has tools no other program does, constraints for retro platforms, and an antiquated interface.
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PixelForgeDraws pixel fonts and exports them as real TTF files.PixelForge is a font editor built for pixel fonts: draw each glyph on a grid, set the spacing and kerning, and export a TrueType file that installs like any other font. It can also import an existing TTF - if it is genuinely a pixel font it detects the size and loads the glyphs back onto the grid for editing.
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PiskelA simple online pixel art and animated sprite editor.Piskel is an open source editor that runs in the browser, with layers, animation and a public gallery. Development has stopped, but it still works and is a common first editor.
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PixeloramaA free, open source pixel art editor made with Godot.Pixelorama is a full featured free editor: layers, animation with onion skinning, tile mode, palettes, and an active development pace. It runs on every desktop platform and in the browser.
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KritaA free digital painting program that can be set up for pixel art.Free2Pixel Art
KritaA free digital painting program that can be set up for pixel art.Krita is intended for digital painting, but its pixel brush presets, indexed color filter and animation timeline make it a capable pixel art tool once configured.
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3 screenshotsBitFontMaker2A browser grid editor for bitmap fonts, one glyph at a time.Free2Pixel Art
BitFontMaker2A browser grid editor for bitmap fonts, one glyph at a time.BitFontMaker2 is a bitmap font editor that runs in a browser: draw each character on a small grid, set the widths, and download a TrueType file. It has been around a long time and stayed simple, which is why it is still the quickest way to get a pixel font out of an idea.
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NovaboardA web-based pixel art editor that also runs on the desktop.Free2Pixel Art
NovaboardA web-based pixel art editor that also runs on the desktop.Novaboard runs in the browser and as a desktop app, with layers, animation and effects.
Features:animationlayerspalette manipulation3d model exportonion skinningonlinesprite sheet export2dcustom brusheseffectssprite editorcross platform2 0 pieces -
PixZelsTurn 2D pixel art into isometric and top-down 3D assets.A standalone program for building isometric and top-down assets by extruding pixel art into 3D.
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PixquareA pixel art app for the iPad and iPhone, built around the Apple Pencil.Paid1Pixel Art
PixquareA pixel art app for the iPad and iPhone, built around the Apple Pencil.Pixquare is a pixel art editor for iPad and iPhone with a deliberately dense feature set: layers, animation, palettes, tiled preview and pressure-aware Apple Pencil drawing. It reads and writes the formats desktop editors use, so a drawing started on a tablet finishes anywhere.
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PixakiA full pixel art and animation studio built for the iPad.Pixaki is a full pixel art studio for the iPad, built for drawing with the Apple Pencil rather than a mouse. It has layers, a proper animation timeline with onion skinning, palette tools and tiled preview, and exports sprite sheets, GIFs and layered files.
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9 screenshotsPixlyAn Android pixel art editor whose Play Store listing is no longer up.Free1Pixel Art
PixlyAn Android pixel art editor whose Play Store listing is no longer up.Pixly is a game-oriented pixel art and animation editor for Android, with the gestures worked out for a touchscreen: two fingers to pan and zoom, three to change the brush size. It covers layers, onion-skinned animation, symmetry, real-time tiling and cloud sync. Its own site is still up and still points at Google Play as the only way to get it, but that listing no longer resolves.
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6 screenshotsPro Motion NGA professional pixel art and animation tool descended from Deluxe Paint.Paid1Pixel Art
Pro Motion NGA professional pixel art and animation tool descended from Deluxe Paint.Pro Motion NG is inspired by Amiga Deluxe Paint and used in commercial game studios. It has a detached-window interface, deep palette and tile tools, and an animation workflow tuned for sprite production.
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GIMPThe free, open source image editor, configurable for pixel art.A multi-purpose image editor designed as a free replacement for Photoshop. It can be configured for pixel art with the pencil tool, indexed mode and nearest neighbour scaling.
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2 screenshotsGraphicsGaleA veteran Japanese animation-focused pixel art editor, now freeware.Free1Pixel Art
GraphicsGaleA veteran Japanese animation-focused pixel art editor, now freeware.GraphicsGale has been in use since 2005 and excels at animation, with onion skinning and frame-by-frame preview. It was made freeware in 2017. The interface shows its age but the tools are precise.
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LDtkA modern level editor from the creator of Dead Cells.LDtk is a level editor with auto-tiling rules, entity definitions and a clean JSON format with loaders for most engines.
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Pyxel EditA pixel art editor built around tiles and tilesets.Pyxel Edit is a smaller pixel art program focused on tile editing: paint tiles once and every placed copy updates, then export the tileset and tilemap for your engine. It also handles simple animation.
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TiledThe general purpose 2D level and tilemap editor.Tiled is a flexible tilemap editor supporting orthogonal, isometric and hexagonal maps, with importers for most engines.
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