PixlPunkt is a pixel art editor that combines conventional drawing tools with animation, tile editing and non-destructive visual effects. It is designed for artists creating game sprites, textures, animated assets and other forms of pixel-based artwork.
The application provides a layered editing environment with controls for organising a composition and applying visual effects without permanently modifying the source artwork. Its palette facilities support both predefined retro colour sets and custom collections.
Animation is an important part of PixlPunkt. It offers conventional canvas animation alongside a tile-based animation workflow, giving artists different approaches to creating moving game assets.
PixlPunkt also supports an extensible architecture. Plugins can contribute additional tools, brushes, effects and file handlers, allowing the editor to accommodate more specialised workflows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Draw using brushes, erasers, shape tools, fills and selections.
- Configure brush size, opacity, density and pixel-perfect drawing behaviour.
- Create linear, radial, angular and diamond gradients.
- Apply dithering when producing gradients and colour transitions.
- Organise artwork using layers and layer folders.
- Control layer opacity and blending modes.
- Apply non-destructive effects including outlines, shadows, glow and scanlines.
- Use colour adjustment and palette quantisation effects.
- Create frame-based canvas animations with keyframes.
- Use onion skinning to compare animation frames.
- Animate supported layer effects.
- Use camera transforms and audio reference tracks in animation workflows.
- Create tile-based animations using reels and frame sequences.
- Build and manipulate tilesets.
- Import supported Tiled map and tileset files.
- Use retro palette presets or create custom palettes.
- Extract palettes from existing images.
- Work with reference images while preparing artwork.
- Export sprites and animation sheets.
- Extend functionality through plugins providing additional brushes, tools and effects.
- Import and export supported formats including PNG, GIF, Aseprite, PyxelEdit and Tiled files.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/ChadRoesler/PixlPunkt
Support:
Developer: Chad Roesler
License: MIT License
PixlPunkt is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Pixel Art Editors | |
|---|---|
| Pixelorama | 2D sprite editor, made with the Godot Engine |
| PixiEditor | Create beautiful sprites for your games, animations, edit images, create logos |
| Piskel | Simple web-based tool for spriting and pixel art |
| LibreSprite | Create 2D animations for videogames |
| rx | Modern and extensible pixel editor implemented in Rust |
| GrafX2 | Billed as the ultimate 256-color bitmap paint program |
| mtPaint | Painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photos |
| PyDPainter | Usable pixel art program. |
| Slate | Qt-based pixel art editor |
| PikoPixel | Draw and edit pixel art images |
| Fizzy | Pixel art editor and animation editor |
| voidsprite | Pixel art editor in an early stage of development |
| csprite | Tiny pixel art tool |
| Tilf | Simple yet powerful pixel art editor |
| PixelPen | Pixel art editor with layers, animation and Godot integration |
| Pixcil | Pixel art editor with an almost infinite canvas and animation |
| PixlPunkt | Modern, cross-platform pixel art editor |
| Pixed | Pixel art editor |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 LinuxLinks helps you discover the best free and open source software for Linux. Explore our extensive collection of recommended applications, including alternatives to popular proprietary software.We also publish software reviews, Linux tutorials, hardware reviews, free programming books and articles covering the wider open source community. Browse our Linux resources to discover more. Know a useful free and open source Linux application we haven't covered? Suggest a program for inclusion. Has your software been featured on LinuxLinks? Display one of our Featured on LinuxLinks badges on your website or GitHub README. |
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.