Design & creative
Pixelorama is a pixel art application for creating sprites, tiles and animation. It combines drawing tools with frame-based editing and export options that help artists prepare assets for games or small animated graphics.
Game artists producing pixel assets
Pixel-focused tools are less suited to photo editing. Game integration still needs export configuration.
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Pixelorama offers its open-source pixel art tools without a software fee. Optional store purchases support development rather than establishing a required subscription for the open-source edition.
Free open-source application and web version; optional store purchases support development.
Free open-source application and web version; optional store purchases support development.
Drawing and animation tools share one pixel-focused workspace.
Tilemap and spritesheet outputs support game asset preparation.
Pixel-focused tools are less suited to photo editing
Game integration still needs export configuration
Choose the sprite dimensions and a limited palette before drawing. Use animation frames to test movement, then export a spritesheet that matches the target engine layout.
Keep the editable project so palette changes and timing adjustments can be applied consistently across the asset set. The official feature list includes tilemap layers for rectangular, isometric and hexagonal tiles. Yes. Spritesheets, GIFs and other animation formats are supported.
Pixelorama offers its open-source pixel art tools without a software fee. Optional store purchases support development rather than establishing a required subscription for the open-source edition.
The official feature list includes tilemap layers for rectangular, isometric and hexagonal tiles.
Yes. Spritesheets, GIFs and other animation formats are supported.
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