<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7536/what-software-is-easy-and-good-to-use-for-pixel-art/ Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:07:56 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/115052/#p115052 Rhea Dally says:

Thanks for all your responses, I appreciate it

]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:07:56 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/115052/#p115052 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114774/#p114774 iNFOTOXIN says:

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.)

]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:34:56 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114774/#p114774 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114715/#p114715 bclikesyou says:
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.

]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:55:56 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114715/#p114715 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114581/#p114581 godinpants says:
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?

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:54:22 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114581/#p114581 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114567/#p114567 barbeque says:
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!

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:08:28 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114567/#p114567 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114556/#p114556 XyNo says:
ui wrote:

Grafx2

TOTALLY THIS !!!

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:32:39 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114556/#p114556 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114546/#p114546 bclikesyou says:
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.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:01:53 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114546/#p114546 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114542/#p114542 ui says:

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

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:49:09 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114542/#p114542 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114535/#p114535 ultramega says:

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.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:08:27 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114535/#p114535 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114532/#p114532 Decktonic says:

PIXEN is the best if you are on a mac.

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

if you are on windows then too bad

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:04:43 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114532/#p114532 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114528/#p114528 spinning voices says:

The person who does the art for my albums does it in GIMP.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:54:43 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114528/#p114528 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114518/#p114518 bclikesyou says:

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.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:09:28 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114518/#p114518 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114512/#p114512 Shiru says:

Graphics Gale is a great tool. It has a freeware version, you only have to pay for commercial use and GIF support.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:55:37 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114512/#p114512 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114497/#p114497 SubWooferSpecial says:

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.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:33:56 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114497/#p114497 <![CDATA[Re: What software is easy and good to use for pixel art?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114490/#p114490 MegaMantra says:

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).

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:58:19 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/114490/#p114490