Pixel-Grafx.com

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Pixel-Grafx is a desktop web application designed for creating pixel art and graphics. Try dragging an image, emoji, or text onto the canvas to get started.

• For Artists
  • Start drawing right away on a massive blank canvas. Here, you'll have room to breathe and think outside the box.
• For Designers
  • Easily generate icons, logos, and graphics. You can drag Images, Emojis, and Text directly to the canvas.
• Custom Emojis
  • Create custom graphics with your systems emojis. Here at Pixel-grafx, it's all about emojis, all the time.
• Pixelated Text Generator 9000™
  • Drag your catch-phrase to the canvas for pixelated text, while choosing your resolution, color, and font (over 1500 fonts are available via Google Fonts).

• Navigation
  • On touch devices, toggle between [Last Mode] and Move Mode with a Double Tap.
  • On non-touch devices you can toggle Draw-Lock with a Double Click. (useful for drawing with trackpads).
  • On desktop or laptop, press and hold Spacebar for Move Mode.
  • Ctrl+Wheel zooms the canvas - this action overrides normal browser zoom. (You can still access the normal zoom with your browser menu or Ctrl+Plus/Minus)
  • Smart Zoom: aim at an element with your pointer and zoom. The canvas will center on that point.
  • Auto Scroll: The canvas will scroll automatically when nearing an edge while drawing, selecting, or moving objects around.
• Selections
  • Use the Marquee Tool or Magic Wand to move, cut, copy, and perform various other actions on selected pixels.
  • Magic Wand selections of less than 50,000 pixels can be moved around the canvas and/or used as a paintbrush (Mode mode:paint)
  • Hold Shift to add to your selection, Hit the Broom icon (or ESC) to deselect. *ESC or Broom clears the entire canvas if no pixels are selected.
  • Bucket-fill and Selection operations will "go through" single-pixel lines connected at corners (▞️) unless the Connected Corners option is unchecked. This includes transparent pixels connected this way. Use this option together with the Contiguous option to select/fill exactly the pixels you need.
• Importing Media (The People's Pixelator™)
  • The pixelization level and size of all Images, Text, or Emojis that you drag or paste onto the canvas is controlled by the Input Pixel Size slider. This value is the granularity at which we analyze the input media, and thus is inversely related to the resolution of imported graphics.
  • Use the Regenerate Button to change settings and import the last graphic with updated values.
  • You can Drag, Open via file dialog, or Paste media onto the canvas
  • You can drag media to the preview canvas also.
• Mouse & Keyboard Shortcuts
  • 🖱️ Double Tap (devices with mice or trackpads) - toggles between Draw-Lock and regular draw mode.
  • 🖱️ Double Tap (touch devices) - toggles between Last Selected Tool and Move Tool.
  • 🖱️ Right-click - sample and change to the color at current pointer location.
  • Spacebar - hold for Move Tool (non-touch devices).
  • Shift - press and hold to Add to Selection when using Magic Wand tool.
  • Esc  - *Deselects* any selected pixels if applicable, otherwise *clears* the whole canvas.
  • Enter - commit Selected or Marqueed pixels to the canvas, or draw previewed shape to the canvas.
  • Delete - delete Selected or Marqueed pixels from the canvas.
  • Ctrl+Z  - Undo last action.
  • Ctrl+Y  - Redo last action.
  • Ctrl+S - Saves current Marquee selection or brings up the save wizard.
  • Shift+Plus, Ctrl+Wheel - Zoom the canvas in.
  • Shift-Minus, Ctrl+Wheel - Zoom the canvas out.
  • P  - Pen
  • L  - Line Tool
  • M  - Marquee Selection Tool
  • S  - Square tool
  • C  - Circle Tool
  • W  - Magic Wand
  • F  - Bucket Fill
  • E  - Eraser (or just select transparent with the Pen tool)
  • D  - 'Dropper
  • R  - Regenerate last image/emoji/text with current settings.