Pixel FX Designer

Visual effects are always an important part of a project, whether we are talking about movies, games or any other project that includes an FX element. If you are interested in creating wonderful animations, Pixel FX Designer can provide a helping hand, as it is a tool built to provide you with an easy way to create and customize effects.

The interface is pretty straightforward, and you won't have any troubles in discovering its features with ease the first time you use it. Although it has a simple UI, the customization provided by the program is really complex, allowing you to fine-tune every aspect of your effects.

The whole program is presented in a window that contains three main panels. There, you will be able to preview the particle, pixel and sprite renders. Below these 3 panels, you will find the tabs where you will spend most of your time tweaking how the effects look.

In a project, you can assign up to 9 emitters for your effect. These emitters will allow you to mix the shapes and colors the way you want, providing you almost infinite ways to combine the animations.

If you click the Particles button, you will find in the bottom-left corner the Basic, Motion, Timeline, Visuals and Physics tabs. Each tab comes with various options and sliders, allowing you to adjust the speed, direction, radius and more.

For example, in the Visuals tab, you can pick from lots of shapes that can define the way your particle render will look. There is a big list of shapes from which you can choose, all of them allowing you to express yourself and pick the best animation for the right effect.

Choose between manual or auto rendering, add chromatic aberration, blur and glow effects to your animations, or import your own custom particle shapes and palettes, while previewing the renders in real-time. With all these and many more, Pixel FX Designer proves to be an easy-to-use program for your pixel animations, that transforms a complex process into a fun experience.