Pixen Alternatives

Pixen is described as 'Pixel art editor designed for working with low-resolution raster art, such as those 8-bit sprites found in old-school video games. With innovative features like a color palette system, patterns, and high-zoom support, Pixen packs all the tools pixel artists need in an' and is a Image Editor in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Pixen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Pixen alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pixen are Paint.NET, Pixelorama, PixiEditor and Microsoft Paint.

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  1. Saint Paint is the ideal paint package for creating and editing True Colour, 256 colour, 16 colour, and Monochrome graphics, and animating in any mode or combination of modes, with AVI editing support. It features all the essential graphic tools you'll need in everyday use...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. PixelCraft icon
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    A pixel Art & Animation Creation Tool Built using HTML5 Canvas. It is a Progressive Web App (PWA) with offline compatibility. It is mobile-friendly and is very easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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  3. MyBrushes icon
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    MyBrushes Paint for Mac app allows you to paint on infinite canvas and PLAYBACK whole drawing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. RealWorld Photos is an free portable photo editor for Windows. Retouch photographs and batch process images in an easy-to-use editor. Perform lossless retouching, watermarking and other operations on .jpg images.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Sprite Pencil enables you to create beautiful pixel art sprites on the go. Sprite Pencil has a simple set of tools, and a powerful drawing engine. Sprite Pencil allows you to open and edit pixel art images you may already have in Files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  6. rx icon
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    rx is an extensible, modern and minimalist pixel editor, designed with great care and love for artists and hackers. It was conceived to have as little UI as possible, and instead focus on the work. To achieve this, rx takes inspiration from vi's modal nature and is built...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Pixy icon
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    Pixy Studio is a lightweight, web-based pixel art editor designed to be a free alternative to subscription-based or free with ads apps. It runs entirely in your browser but functions like a native app, saving your data locally to your device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Draw and animate Pixel Art, export the results to CSS and download them. Pixel Art to CSS is an online editor that combines the power of both box-shadow and keyframes CSS properties, to give you CSS code ready to use in your site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Pixel Proof helps you make amazing pixel art and game sprites. The interface is clean and customizable, leaving your workflow smooth and focused. Included are specialized tools that you can't find anywhere else and Twitter integration so you can easily share your work.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Everyday drawing There are hundreds of painting and drawing apps on the App Store. This one is a bit different. It doesn’t want to grow up to be Photoshop, Illustrator, or Draw Anything the Next Generation. It’s not intended for professional artists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Non-destructive editing with layers, blend modes, advanced tablet-responsive brushes, curated brush sets, multi-document interface, OpenRaster native save, broad image format support including EXIF, modern UI with dark mode, one-time licence, and cross-platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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