<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> 2012-06-23T19:07:56Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7536/what-software-is-easy-and-good-to-use-for-pixel-art/ <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> Thanks for all your responses, I appreciate it

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Rhea+Dally 2012-06-23T19:07:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/115052/#p115052 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> This new version seems to of fixed all that, as far as I can tell anyway. Haven't had any crashes when saving (or scaling, that was the bigger problem for me.)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/iNFOTOXIN 2012-06-22T13:34:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114774/#p114774 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> godinpants wrote:

Does Pixen still crash unexpectedly, often when saving?

It did all the time for me. There were also certain keyboard commands that it did not like.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/bclikesyou 2012-06-22T03:55:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114715/#p114715 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> Decktonic wrote:

PIXEN is the best if you are on a mac.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixen

if you are on windows then too bad

Does Pixen still crash unexpectedly, often when saving?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/godinpants 2012-06-21T20:54:22Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114581/#p114581 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> Decktonic wrote:

PIXEN is the best if you are on a mac.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixen

if you are on windows then too bad

I really dig pixen. just make sure to save often!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/barbeque 2012-06-21T19:08:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114567/#p114567 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> ui wrote:

Grafx2

TOTALLY THIS !!!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/XyNo 2012-06-21T18:32:39Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114556/#p114556 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> ultramega wrote:

i use 2 windows in photoshop so I can edit zoomed in and still see the image at actual pixel size, or 2x2. this keeps me from having to zoom in and out over and over...

in photoshop go WINDOW -> ARRANGE -> (at the bottom) NEW WINDOW FOR whatever, now that smaller window will stay on top while you work in the background, just move it out of the way. Also you can turn off rulers for the small window specifically (VIEW -> RULERS or CTRL + R) so it will be as small as possible and out of your way.

some good tips right here.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/bclikesyou 2012-06-21T18:01:53Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114546/#p114546 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> There are many good apps for pixelart. I personally recomend theses...

MsPaint
Grafx2
Paint.net
Graphic Gale
Photoshop

Of course there are more, but those are my fav when youre creating pixelart. You can find them all here
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/4103/ … d-related/

Enjoy

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ui 2012-06-21T17:49:09Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114542/#p114542 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> i use 2 windows in photoshop so I can edit zoomed in and still see the image at actual pixel size, or 2x2. this keeps me from having to zoom in and out over and over...

in photoshop go WINDOW -> ARRANGE -> (at the bottom) NEW WINDOW FOR whatever, now that smaller window will stay on top while you work in the background, just move it out of the way. Also you can turn off rulers for the small window specifically (VIEW -> RULERS or CTRL + R) so it will be as small as possible and out of your way.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ultramega 2012-06-21T17:08:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114535/#p114535 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> PIXEN is the best if you are on a mac.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixen

if you are on windows then too bad

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Decktonic 2012-06-21T17:04:43Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114532/#p114532 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> The person who does the art for my albums does it in GIMP.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/spinning+voices 2012-06-21T16:54:43Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114528/#p114528 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> Photoshop works great.
Set yr image size in document setup > Turn on pixel grid > use pencil and set size to 1 pxl.
You can download 8-bit / 16-bit swatch collections too.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/bclikesyou 2012-06-21T16:09:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114518/#p114518 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> Graphics Gale is a great tool. It has a freeware version, you only have to pay for commercial use and GIF support.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Shiru 2012-06-21T15:55:37Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114512/#p114512 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> I use Flash CS5 with the pixel plugin, but that's a bit pricey and more for animation. But it will make your image into a vector which is nice for resizing and all of that jazz.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SubWooferSpecial 2012-06-21T14:33:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114497/#p114497 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> I use Paint.net, but only because regular Paint doesn't zoom in far enough on very small (40x40 or so) images.  Due to the nature of Pixel art, the tools don't really need to be all that complex, it's far more about the one using them (the same could be said for many things, but pixel art especially).

]]> https://chipmusic.org/MegaMantra 2012-06-21T13:58:19Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114490/#p114490