PixaTool

PixaTool is a tool that provides you with a quick way to transform any picture to a veritable pixel art sprite that you may want to use for other projects.

The tool does not need installation or configuration and hence, you can use it as soon as you decompress the archive. As you probably hinted, you need to load the desired image, an action that you can conveniently do with drag and drop, and then proceed to edit the image.

In case you want to preview the image as you make modifications in a clean workspace, then you can press the H key. While it is true that you can move the picture around, it can interrupt the workflow. It would have been nice if the app came with two dedicated panels, one for the settings and another for previewing in real time.

In addition to providing several pixelate modes, the application allows you to customize the image even further. More precisely, you can alter the hue, saturation, light, dither, contrast, brightness, sharpen and similar parameters directly from the interface. You will be happy to learn that the program lets you save the presets so that you can employ them with other projects or pictures.

Then again, you should bear in mind that the tool does not include an editor and you cannot create a sprite from scratch. Consequentially, if you want to design your own sprite or make modifications to the sketches you have, you may need to look for another tool.

Whether you are working on developing a mobile game or you are just having fun with some of your personal videos and pictures, PixaTool could come in handy.