JPixel

JPixel is a straightforward piece of software that provides you with all the necessary tools for creating pixel-art animations and tilesets.

You can start working with this HTML5 pixel-art editor in practically no time, as it does not require any type of installation: just unzip the archive and double click its executable file.

The main and only window is well-organized with a useful toolbar on the left side, a layer selection menu on the bottom part, the controls for the color palette and the animation delay on the right and the typical menu bar on the top.

Despite its somewhat barren looks and overall simplicity, the user interface is fairly well suited for an app such as this with big buttons, easy to use tools and smooth scroll bars. The only thing that is not exactly great is the UI's average response time.

If you have ever worked with a graphic editor before, you will feel right at home with JPixel since it bundles most of the typical tools and features you would expect.

You can create animations or tilesets and export them as spritesheets or GIFs, respectively as PNG images. Also worth mentioning is the fact that JPixel comes with a small but useful set of customizable filters.

With the help of these filters, you can change parameters such as brightness, contrasts, hue shift, saturation and gamma correction. You can solarize, desaturate and invert the colors of your pixel-art creations.

From the app's Settings window, easily accessible from the Editor menu, you can also choose from two distinct UI themes, namely Dark and Bright, as well as change the history states and previous frame opacity values.

Despite the fact that JPixel is currently in an active development stage, overall, the app works as expected. JPixel is a great tool for anyone who needs to create pixel-art animations or tilesets with the least amount of effort.