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Pixelorama for Mac

Pixel art editor.

Free
In English
Version 1.0.5
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 1.0.5

Added
  • Add density to the square & circle brushes. 100% density means that the brush gets completely drawn. Anything less leaves gaps inside the brush, acting like a spray tool.
  • Selection expanding, shrinking and borders have been added as options in the Select menu.
  • Mouse buttons can now be used as menu shortcuts. #1070
  • Added confirm and cancel buttons in the selection tool options to confirm/cancel an active transformation.
  • OKHSL Lightness sorting in palettes has been implemented. #1126
Changed
  • The brush size no longer changes by Control + Mouse Wheel when resizing the timeline cels or the palette swatches.
  • Improved the UI of the Tile Mode Offsets dialog and added an "Isometric" preset button.
  • The Recorder panel now automatically records for the current project. This also allows for multiple projects to be recorded at the same time.
Fixed
  • Opening the Tile Mode Offsets dialog no longer crashes the application.
  • Panels no longer get scrolled when using the mouse wheel over a slider.
  • Fixed layer effect slider values being rounded to the nearest integer.
  • Fixed memory leak where the project remained referenced by a drawing tool, even when its tab was closed.
  • Fixed memory leak where the first project remained forever references in memory by the Recorder panel.
  • Slightly optimize circle brushes by only calling the ellipse algorithms once while drawing
Removed
  • The Recorder panel has been removed from the Web version. It wasn't functional anyway in a way that was useful, and it's unsure if we can find a way to make it work.

Pixelorama for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.0.5
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