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PixiEditor – universal 2D editor

PixiEditor is a universal 2D editor that was made to provide you with tools and features for all your 2D needs. Create beautiful sprites for your games, animations, edit images, create logos. All packed up in an intuitive and familiar interface.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • 3 toolsets:
    • Pixel art – it contains tool suited for pixel-perfect scenarios.
    • Painting – basic painting tools, soft brushes, anti aliased shapes.
    • Vector – shapes and paths for creating vectors.
  • Animations – timeline and animation capabilities. You can create frame by frame animations or use nodes to animate your custom shaders.
  • Nodes – node render system is what powers such extensive capabilities. All layers, effects and the layer structure are nodes or a result of its connections. PixiEditor exposes node graph for every documen

Website: github.com/PixiEditor/PixiEditor
Support:
Developer: PixiEditor
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0

PixiEditor in action
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PixiEditor is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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