Pixaki 4 Intro 4.5.8

Pixaki Intro is a suitable option for individuals venturing into pixel art, offering a glimpse of the features available in Pixaki Pro. With Pixaki Intro, users can design sprites up to 160 × 160 px, utilizing 3 layers and 8 frames for animation.

Drawing:

• Pixel perfect painting mode that automatically eliminates duplicate pixels during line art creation.
• Versatile brushes including round, square, and matrix dither options.
• Line tool with the ability to be locked to isometric angles.
• Additional tools such as rectangle and ellipse shapes for enhanced drawing capabilities.

Layers of Animation:

• Shared layers throughout the project, granting each layer its independent timeline.
• Static image layers for consistent background and foreground elements across all frames.
• Wide array of 18 layer blend modes to enhance creativity.
• Convenient features like layer renaming, drag-and-drop layer and frame reordering, and a scrub-friendly timeline.

Color:

• Four color selection modes, including a square picker with a scrolling hue slider, HSB and RGB sliders, hex code input, and project palette integration.
• Eyedropper functionality to sample any color from the canvas.
• Bucket fill with options for contiguous or discontiguous filling, along with color replacement throughout the project.

Selection:

• Versatile selection tools like freehand, rectangular, and color-based selection mechanisms.
• Ability to utilize the active selection as a mask for refined editing.

Transform:

• Moving without prior selection requirements, allowing precise positioning on or off the canvas without clipping issues.
• Scaling options for uniform adjustments or squash-and-stretch transformations.
• Rotational capabilities at any angle, along with horizontal and vertical flipping functionalities for added versatility.

Import & Export:

• Support for importing static images and GIF files for enhanced creative flexibility.
• Magnification feature during export to upscale images without compromising quality.
• Export options include single images or sequences in PNG, TIFF, or JPEG-2000 formats.
• Possibility to export animated images as GIFs or APNG files, as well as generating sprite sheets with customizable columns.

Screenshot artwork by Genuine Human, waneella, Chelsea Faust, and rachels_ham.

To learn more about Pixaki Intro and its offerings, visit pixaki.com.