Pixelorama - Your Free & Open Source Sprite Editor
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I've only been using Godot for a some months now, and it never fails to impress me on how easy to use it is, yet so powerful. I started making my own sprite editor called Pixelorama entirely within Godot, using GDScript. And today I'd like to share it with you!
Pixelorama is a free & open-source sprite editor, available on itch.io as a Windows and Linux stand-alone executable, and its source code is available on GitHub! v0.9 currently supports things like:
- 16 different tools to help you draw, which you can map to both of your left and right mouse buttons.
- Are you an animator? Pixelorama has its own animation timeline just for you! You can work at an individual cel level, where each cel refers to a unique layer and frame. Supports onion skinning, cel linking, motion drawing and frame grouping with tags.
- Different tool options for each of the mouse buttons.
- Custom brushes, including random brushes.
- Create or import custom palettes.
- Pattern filling! Use the bucket tool to fill out an area with a pattern of your choosing.
- Import images and edit them inside Pixelorama. If you import multiple files, they will be added as individual animation frames. Importing spritesheets is also supported.
- Export your gorgeous art as PNG or GIF files. Exporting your projects as spritesheets is also possible.
- Pixel perfect mode for perfect lines, for the pencil, eraser & lighten/darken tools.
- Autosave support, with data recovery in case of a software crash.
- Horizontal & vertical mirrored drawing.
- Tile Mode for pattern creation.
- Rulers and guides.
- Rectangular & isometric grid types.
- Scale, crop, rotate, flip, color invert, HSV-adjust, desaturate and generate outlines and gradients in your images!
- Multi-language localization support! See our Crowdin page for more details.
Showcase video: 
If you like Pixelorama's potential, you can consider supporting us on Patreon, or donating via PayPal ! All donors will have a special role in our Discord server! Or, if you don't want to provide financial help, you can contribute to Pixelorama's source code on its GitHub repository and, of course, spread the word!
Thank you very much for your attention, and happy painting! For more details on the project, please check out our website and the blog posts!: https://www.orama-interactive.com/pixelorama
And make sure to join our Discord community server where we talk about Pixelorama, as well as the rest of our projects: https://discord.gg/GTMtr8s
Itch.io page (for the Windows stand-alone): https://orama-interactive.itch.io/pixelorama
GitHub repository: https://github.com/Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama
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I might have gone a bit a bit crazy on a github fork..
are you going to make it part of godot? so you could just do "add sprite" and edit it straight in Godot? or do little touchups for already imported assets? or.. is this just external editor?
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It will stay as an external editor for now, until I am done with adding all (or at least most) of the features I have in mind. After that I will experiment in making it a Godot plugin!
And have you looked at @flurick 's fork on github? I didn't check to see what was added, but might be something interesting. I did however notice that no pull request was made, last I checked at least.
Yes I have! I even used flurick's technique for drawing the grid, since my way was causing performance issues. I gave credits as well.
After a long wait, Pixelorama v0.3 is out! The new version includes:
Showcase video:
Feel free to visit my blog for more info on: https://functionoverload590613498.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/pixelorama-v0-3-is-out/
Amazing
Thank you!
For those who are wondering, I'm still working on the project, and v0.4 should be released very soon!
I just released Pixelorama v0.4! It comes with:
My team, Orama Interactive, has started preparing a new website for all of our projects, including Pixelorama! The website is nearing completion, but we still need to pay for Wix’s services. If you’re interested in Pixelorama and our future projects and would like to see a beautiful home for them, please consider donating on PayPal and Ko-Fi! Thanks for your time and as always, happy painting!
Showcase video:
Read more on: https://functionoverload590613498.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/pixelorama-v0-4-is-out/
As always, it's available for free on GitHub and Itch.io!
Hello mate
Downloading tonight, happy to give feedback and test for you.
Thank you! Feedback is always appreciated
Pixelorama v0.5 has been released! Now available on Linux too! It comes with:
My team, Orama Interactive, has created a new website for all of our projects, including Pixelorama! We also have created a new Discord server for all of our projects, so if you're interested in creating an amazing community around Pixelorama, you should definitely join! Invite link: https://discord.gg/GTMtr8s
We are hosting a community event in our Discord server right now, where we call all artists to draw trees to promote the #TeamTrees fundraiser! The rules are simple, draw a tree or anything tree-related, post it in our Discord server, and after the 25th of December, we will start uploading your art in our social media (you will be credited, of course)! If you use Pixelorama and record your drawing process in video format, we will create a compilation of all of your Pixelorama artworks, and post it in our YouTube channel! Learn more here: https://www.orama-interactive.com/post/orama-interactive-joins-teamtrees
Showcase video:
Read more on: https://www.orama-interactive.com/post/pixelorama-v0-5-is-out
That is really cool.
Thank you very much!
sorry for the late reply, really good program.
feedback
brush shape button doesn't seem to work as expected, doesn't go away when a brush is chosen
needs pallet, maybe it was there but can't find
but all in all very good start, i'll check for updates and happy to let you know how i get on.
keep up the good work
Hello, thanks for the feedback! Can you explain more what you mean that the brush shape button doesn't seem to work as expected? You mean that it should disappear when the user selects a brush?
As for the palette, you can add color presets inside the two color pickers and they even get saved in .pxo files. However, v0.6 will include an actual palette which will be part of the UI and not hidden inside the color picker windows.
Pixelorama v0.6 is out now! The new update comes with:
We also recently launched a Patreon page, if you want to support us! Patrons will get exclusive stuff, so if you're interesting in Pixelorama and want to see it grow even more, consider becoming one!
Showcase video:
Read more on: https://www.orama-interactive.com/post/pixelorama-v0-6-is-out
Thanks for your time, and happy painting!
is layer flipping(horizontal/vertical) supported? or mirrored painting?
I have to say this looks as fun as it does intuitive...really good work....I mean really good work!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words! Yes, both flipping and mirrored painting are supported! You can watch the v0.4 showcase video if you want to see them in action!
Wow, really nice work. It looks pretty full-featured. Love the happy little clouds to bless your new year!!!
Thank you very much, I'm really glad you like it!
Pixelorama v0.7 is out and looking more fresh than ever! Take a look on what the newest update has to offer:
Showcase video:
Read more on: https://www.orama-interactive.com/post/pixelorama-v0-7-is-out
Happy painting!
Hey everyone, it's been a while. We just released version 0.9 with a lot of new features, including new tools and systems. You can see a showcase of them in this video:
How have I not seen this before? This looks great! Will try it ASAP, can I like submit stuff I made in it somewhere?
Thank you! We have a Discord server where you can share your art in the #art-showcase channel with the rest of the community!
(I'm one of the three people on earth who doesn't have Discord, so I hope it's OK if I post here)
Some feedback: It's real good! The one thing I would definitely want to change is that holding the Alt or Shift key selects the Color picker (but only as long as it's held). I couldn't find a way to make that happen in the settings... Hopefully it's not to frustrating to hear about artist's pet peeves all day, sorry! :^o
That's how I do it in Corel Painter and Aseprite so I'm very very used to doing it.
Once, I made a paint application for the terminal in Rust - what I would consider 'from scratch'. Obviously very tiny compared to your project and hardly usable, so the extensive functionality of Pixelorama is very impressive to me.
Best of luck with development!
Nice! Sure, no problem with posting your creations here. Thank you for the feedback!