Pixen
Pixen is a professional pixel art editor designed for working with low-resolution raster art, such as those 8-bit sprites found in old-school video games. Pixen packs all the tools pixel artists need in an intuitive, native interface including support for high zoom levels, animation editing, color palettes, and a lot more.
Leverage Pixen's wide array of tools when composing pixel art: Pencil, Eraser, Brightness, Text, Eyedropper, Zoom, Rectangular Selection, Magic Wand, Lasso, Move, Fill, Line, Rectangle, and Ellipse.
Take advantage of the flexibility layers provide when working with complex pixel art. Change opacity, blending modes, and more to compose creative effects.
Use filters to adjust colors, create effects, and post-process your artwork.
With Pixen, you can add and organize commonly-used colors into palettes. Pixen can even import and export color palettes in the Adobe Color Table, Microsoft Palette, JASC Palette, and GIMP Palette formats.
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Lospec Pixel Editor
The Lospec Pixel editor is a free pixel art program that you can use right here in your web browser. Our goal was to create an easy to use, intuitive and unobtrusive pixel art application that you can use anywhere. Whether you're creating assets for a game or just want to make 8 bit art, this tool is an easy way to pixel fast. This application does not have all the features of more advanced desktop editor, but we will add more over time. It currently features a pencil, eraser, fill, pan, eyedropper and zoom tool. You can also easily adjust any colors in your palette.
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Resprite
Pixel art editor for iPad and iPhone. Solid alternative to Pixaki and Pixel Studio.
Whether you're lying on the couch, camping in a tent, lounging at the beach, or waiting at the airport, Resprite is your mobile pixel art studio.
Desktop-level animated timeline forms enable you to deal with complex projects. Efficient positioning of animation frames and quick switching of animation paragraphs.
Shorten the distance from the panel to the finger to improve efficiency.
Let you arrange colors freely and adapt to various working styles.
It contains all the conventional editing tools, and it also has an easy-to-use dithering style tool, which supports free transformation, shading and dithering styles.
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Pixquare
Pixquare is a powerful pixel art app for iPad. If you are looking for an app with a simple UI, easy workflow, and advanced features for pixel art creation, then Pixquare is a good choice for you!
Pixquare's highlight features include: Apple Pencil optimization, timelapse recording, advanced mode for experienced artists, and smooth sketching powered by Apple's MetalKit. It offers convenient features like manual and auto-save modes, keyboard shortcuts, quick sliders for size and opacity, and integration with Lospec colour palettes. Explore additional functionalities like symmetry, reference images, and versatile file import/export options for a seamless pixel art experience.
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