Pixel Studio: pixel art editor 5.18

Pixel Studio is a new pixel art editor designed for artists and game developers. It offers a simple and fast experience, making it suitable for both beginners and professionals. With Pixel Studio, you can create stunning pixel art anytime, anywhere.

The software supports layers and animations, providing a wide range of useful tools to help you bring your creative projects to life. You can even add music to your animations and export videos in MP4 format. Additionally, Pixel Studio offers seamless synchronization with Google Drive, allowing you to work across multiple devices and platforms.

Pixel Network™ is a vibrant pixel art community that you can join as part of the Pixel Studio experience. You can also create NFTs (non-fungible tokens) with Pixel Studio, adding another layer of versatility to its capabilities.

With over 5,000,000 downloads worldwide and translations available in more than 25 languages, Pixel Studio has proven itself as a top choice among pixel art enthusiasts.

Features:

• Super simple, intuitive, and user-friendly
• Cross-platform functionality for mobile and desktop with Google Drive sync
• Layer support for advanced pixel art creation
• Frame-by-frame animation creation
• Ability to save animations as GIF or sprite sheets
• Integration of music into animations and export of videos in MP4 format
• Easy sharing of artwork with friends and the Pixel Network™ community
• Customizable palettes with the option to use built-in or downloaded palettes from Lospec
• Advanced color picker featuring RGBA and HSV modes
• User-friendly zoom and move functionality through gestures and joysticks
• Portrait mode optimized for mobile devices and landscape mode for tablets and PCs
• Customizable toolbar and various other settings
• Compatibility with Samsung S-Pen, HUAWEI M-pencil, and Xiaomi Smart Pen
• Support for popular formats including PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TGA, PSP (Pixel Studio Project), PSD (Adobe Photoshop), and EXR
• Autosave and backup features to prevent data loss
• A plethora of other useful tools and features to discover!

Additional Features:

• Shape Tool for creating primitives
• Gradient Tool for adding gradient effects
• Built-in and custom brushes for enhanced creative possibilities
• Sprite Library to store and reuse image patterns
• Tile Mode for brushes to facilitate seamless texturing
• Symmetry drawing options (X-axis, Y-axis, X-axis + Y-axis)
• Dot Pen for precise drawing with a cursor
• Text Tool with a variety of fonts
• Dithering Pen for adding shadows and flares
• Pixel art rotation using the Fast RotSprite algorithm
• Pixel art scaling options (Scale2x/AdvMAME2x, Scale3x/AdvMAME3x)
• Onion Skin feature for advanced animation creation
• Ability to apply palettes to images
• Palette extraction from images
• Mini-map and Pixel Perfect preview for accurate editing
• Unlimited canvas size for unrestricted creativity
• Canvas resizing and rotation options
• Customizable background color to suit your preferences
• Customizable grid for precision alignment
• Multithreaded image processing for improved performance
• JASC Palette (PAL) format support
• Aseprite files support (import only)

Enhance Your Experience with PRO (one-time purchase):

• No advertisements to ensure uninterrupted creativity
• Google Drive sync for seamless cross-platform usage
• Dark Theme for a visually pleasing environment
• 256-color palettes for expanded color options
• Tile mode for creating seamless textures
• Extended maximum project size for larger-scale artworks
• Additional format support including AI, EPS, HEIC, PDF, SVG, WEBP (cloud read-only), and PSD (cloud read/write)
• Unlimited color adjustment options (Hue, Saturation, Lightness)
• Unlimited export to MP4 for convenience
• Expanded storage capacity within Pixel Network

System Requirements:

• 2GB+ of RAM for working on large projects and animations
• A powerful CPU with an AnTuTu score of 100,000+ for optimal performance

The sample images used in this review were created by lorddkno, Redshrike, Calciumtrice, Buch, and Tomoe Mami under the CC BY 3.0 license.