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Pixelorama for Mac

Pixel art editor.

Free
In English
Version 1.1.8
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 1.1.8

  • Added support for multi frame/cel swapping! #1393
  • You can now search & rename tilesets in the project properties dialog. #1383
  • Various improvements to the import image dialog have been made when importing an image as a spritesheet, such as a preset system and the ability to include or exclude empty tiles. #1385
  • The recorder panel now has more options, such as the ability to use FFMPEG to export the recording as a gif file, and the ability to set a custom rectangular area of the screen to record. #1387
  • Gif files are now being exported frame by frame, which saves memory space and users can now see the current progress of the export. #1396
  • The override.cfg file, which is used to store settings such as single-window mode, window transparency and audio driver is now stored in the same place as the config.ini file, instead of the same folder as the Pixelorama executable.
  • When double clicking on a layer button to rename it, the entire text is now automatically selected. #1411
  • The "apply all" toggle when importing multiple images is now faster. #1390
  • Fixed a visual bug with clipping masks. #1389
  • Clear the saved processed images from memory when closing the export dialog, so that they don't waste space in memory. #1397
  • Fixed selection animated borders setting not being applied on startup.
  • Non-valid names for projects are no longer allowed in the project properties. #1383
  • Fixed guides being appended twice when loading Krita & Photoshop projects, leading to crashes when hovering over the canvas rulers.

Pixelorama for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.1.8
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