The most well known software that is also great for pixel art is Photoshop. When evaluating graphics software for pixel art this is the kind of tools I'm looking for:

It's also far cheaper and available on the Mac App Store, if that's a concern.īoth Photoshop and Acorn have the full list of features above.Ģ023 update: Definitely check out Aseprite. It has a pencil tool that's similar to Photoshop, as well as nearest neighbour scaling (if you need it). It also has some other tools that might be handy, like posterisation.Īcorn would be my second option on the Mac. I'd also highly recommend Photoshop, predominately using the Pencil Tool - it does exactly what you're after, letting you paint non-antialiased pixels easily. Pixen is awesome, and worth investigating:

Being able to export the formats you'll need (PNG? GIF?).īased on that criteria, there’s a few tools that can do it.

Nearest neighbour scaling (keep blocky things blocky when you scale).

Being able to paint with a non-antialiased pencil or brush.

I think the main features you're after are:

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