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Pixelorama for Mac

Pixel art editor.

Free
In English
Version 1.0.3
5.0
Based on 1 user rate

Pixelorama overview

Pixelorama is a powerful and accessible open-source and multi-platform pixel art multitool. Whether you want to create sprites, tiles, animations, or just express yourself in the language of pixel art, this software will realize your pixel-perfect dreams with a vast toolbox of features.

Features:
  • A variety of different tools to help you create, with the ability to dynamically map each one on the left and the right mouse buttons with a single click.
  • Animation support with a timeline composed of layers and frames, with onion skinning, frame tags and the ability to draw while the animation is playing.
  • Pixel perfect mode for perfect pixel lines.
  • Clipping masks.
  • Pre-made palettes as well as many palette importing options.
  • Multiple image manipulation effects.
  • Non-destructive and fully customizable layer effects, such as outline, gradient map, drop shadow and palettize.
  • A powerful drawing canvas with guides, a rectangular and an isometric grid, and tile mode for easier seamless pattern creation.
  • Autosave support, with data recovery in case of a software crash.
  • Comprehensive user interface with many customizability options.
  • Export to PNG and other image and video formats, as well as spritesheets, GIFs, animated PNGs etc.
  • Import spritesheets, multiple images as separate frames, as well as GIFs and videos.
  • Various rotation and scaling algorithms tailored for pixel art, such as cleanEdge, OmniScale and rotxel.
  • 3D layers that allow you to bring 3D shapes and models into your 2D canvas.
  • A command line interface for automated file exporting.
  • Custom user data for projects, layers, frames, frame tags and cels, allowing you to attach metadata for game development.
  • Various free community-made extensions, such as tools that automatically convert your 2D pixels into 3D voxels.
  • Fully open source with free updates, forever.
  • Multi-language localization support.

What’s new in version 1.0.3

Added
  • Added new global layer buttons that change visibility, lock or expand all layers on the first level. #1085
  • Added a new Gaussian blur image and layer effect.
  • A new Index Map layer effect has been added. #1093
  • Is it now possible to adjust the opacity of onion skinning. #1091
  • Added option to trim the empty area of the exported images. #1088
  • A quality slider has been added to the export dialog, when exporting jpg files.
Changed
  • The layer opacity and frame buttons are now fixed on top, always visible regardless of the vertical scroll position. #1095
  • The default blend mode of layer groups is now pass-through.
  • The color picker popup when editing gradients is now moveable.
Fixed
  • Fixed an issue where the '\n` escape character got inserted inside the palette name, causing the palette to fail to be saved.
  • The export dialog has been optimized by caching all of the blended frames. Changing export options, besides the layers, no longer cause slowness by re-blending all of the frames.
  • Optimized the lasso and polygon select tools, as well as the fill options of the pencil and curve tools. The time they take to complete now depends on the size of the selection, rather than checking all of the pixels of the entire canvas.
  • Fixed a crash when re-arranging palette swatches while holding Shift.
  • Fixed a crash when using the move tool snapped to the grid.
  • Fixed wrong preview in the gradient dialog when editing the gradient and dithering is enabled.
  • Fixed a visual bug with the preview of the resize canvas dialog.
  • Fixed wrong stretch mode in the cel button previews. #1097

Pixelorama for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.0.3
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