Pixelizer

If you want to transform your regular images to pixel art that can be embedded within games, you need to turn to a specialized software solution, such as Pixelizer.

One of the first aspects that you will notice about this application is that it is a portable one. In other words, it does not need to installed onto a computer before you can launch its GUI.

Also, you can store it on your removable USB thumb drive, carry it with you and access it whenever you want to convert an image to pixel art.

Once you want to start converting your graphic files to pixelated versions, you need to manually browse to their location. You cannot drag and drop them onto the main window, even though this would save you some time.

You can load JPG, BMP or PNG files, then view the original and the processed versions side-by-side. You can even hide the original file if you feel it distracts you from creating the configuration you need.

You can start by resizing the image to the dimensions you prefer, while also maintaining the aspect ratio and fine-tuning the pixelation level.

You can remove the background and alter the threshold, then blur the outcome by specifying how many blur passes you want.

You can also tamper with the contrast, hue, saturation, brightness, contrast and gamma levels, along with setting up outline details. You can select the outline thickness and color, then save the entire configuration to be used for later projects as well.

Pixelizer is a nifty little app that can provide you with the needed tools to come up with game-ready pixel art based on your own images and photos.