sweet!
really nice pixel art app that can export animated gifs.
Usabilty from hell
Die App ist ziemlich konfus aufgebaut. Das fängt mit dem neu Erstellen an, geht über das suspekte Farbpalettenverhalt der Ebenen, bis hin zum nicht Einstellen können der Größe der Zeichenfläche.
Man kann die Größe der Zeichenfläche nicht ändern. Möchte man eine Animation erstellen, muss man die Farben in jedem Frame erneut suchen und setzen. Das Setzen der Farbe in die Farbpalette ist einfach nur krampfig. Man kann nicht einfach eine neue Datei anlegen. Auch das Laden von bestehenden Bildern ist sehr umständlich. Da werden auch nur Teile geladen. Dabei fällt dann erst auf, dass man zuvor gespeicherte Daten plötzlich nicht mehr vorliegen hat.
Ich kann die App zum Erstellen von Pixel Art Grafiken nicht empfehlen. Es gibt zu viele Beschränkungen und zu wenige Möglichkeiten.
Man kann die Größe der Zeichenfläche nicht ändern. Möchte man eine Animation erstellen, muss man die Farben in jedem Frame erneut suchen und setzen. Das Setzen der Farbe in die Farbpalette ist einfach nur krampfig. Man kann nicht einfach eine neue Datei anlegen. Auch das Laden von bestehenden Bildern ist sehr umständlich. Da werden auch nur Teile geladen. Dabei fällt dann erst auf, dass man zuvor gespeicherte Daten plötzlich nicht mehr vorliegen hat.
Ich kann die App zum Erstellen von Pixel Art Grafiken nicht empfehlen. Es gibt zu viele Beschränkungen und zu wenige Möglichkeiten.
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Great At What It Does
I’ve used a number of small graphics applications on the iPad (or iPhone), and none of them ever seem to do it all. Most are just easy, obvious clones of each other with the standard functionality, using your photos (camera roll) to (inadequately) do the heavy lifting of managing files, and littering your photos with junk in the process.
Real work (even hobby work) requires something more, and Pixely provides just enough interaction with files and iCloud, and copy/paste with other apps, to make it really useful in creating pixel-based art. It has almost all of the tools one needs to create small pixel drawings (I mostly use it for 32 or 64 pixel wide icon-like images for games), including animated sequences.
It obviously can’t do everything… I need other tools to migrate my Pixely work into a finished product and refine it further (such as creating crowded sprite sheets, which I could do in Pixely, but it is just more easily done on my Mac). But it lets me comfortably and efficiently generate a pretty refined first step in the process.
There’s very little I’d change about Pixely, except perhaps to provide some online documentation, and an ability to move a selection instead of only copy/paste (and maybe a cut in addition to copy)… and maybe an option to export a collection of images into a single sprite sheet. The UI is a little rough around the edges, and not always entirely intuitive, but it’s all there, you can figure it out with practice, it all works, and it gets the job done.
Pixely is definitely one of the few apps I rate highly (or at all), and one of the very, very few that I have been using for years and keep going back to.
Real work (even hobby work) requires something more, and Pixely provides just enough interaction with files and iCloud, and copy/paste with other apps, to make it really useful in creating pixel-based art. It has almost all of the tools one needs to create small pixel drawings (I mostly use it for 32 or 64 pixel wide icon-like images for games), including animated sequences.
It obviously can’t do everything… I need other tools to migrate my Pixely work into a finished product and refine it further (such as creating crowded sprite sheets, which I could do in Pixely, but it is just more easily done on my Mac). But it lets me comfortably and efficiently generate a pretty refined first step in the process.
There’s very little I’d change about Pixely, except perhaps to provide some online documentation, and an ability to move a selection instead of only copy/paste (and maybe a cut in addition to copy)… and maybe an option to export a collection of images into a single sprite sheet. The UI is a little rough around the edges, and not always entirely intuitive, but it’s all there, you can figure it out with practice, it all works, and it gets the job done.
Pixely is definitely one of the few apps I rate highly (or at all), and one of the very, very few that I have been using for years and keep going back to.
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Confused
This app looks really nice besides I can’t find out how to make a new drawing. I don’t know if I’m just missing something but I’ve been trying to figure it out for an hour. I also don’t know how to choose the amount of pixels I want in the canvas.
Best editor i’ve tried so far
A great pixel editor having most of the tools you need compared to most of the free editors i’ve tried on ios (which were over 15 and 2 paid) and most importantly compared to a lot of editors i’ve seen, this has been updated more frequently which is reassuring as not being a dead project.
There are some things i think are missing (or just didn’t find it in the while i spent on the app, first being a color wheel to choose and adjust colors from it (at least i think it makes picking a color faster and then adjust it with the sliders), an option to index an image would be great
A selection movement tool would be useful, having a cut option would complement it.
Also a better pen support with palm rejection and only draw with the pen since a few times when i tried to zoom or move the canvas i’d end up drawing lines accidentally
An option to have unrestricted canvas mode would be great, like right now the canvas locks onto the ipad screen edge or the tool menu edge when you’re zoomed in, i try to keep the part I’m working on in the middle of the screen so when working on the canvas borders it limits you to work on the screen edge.
the app could use some extra gesture like dragging two fingers on the screen to move the canvas, 3 fingers swipe forward/back to redo/undo
3/7/19
the app crashed when i was selecting pixels using the rectangle tool when i repeatedly tried to select an area beginning from outside the canvas (was trying it out for the first time)
3/14/19
the multiple paste tool has a glitch that happens if you’ve been on the app for a while where it enters the mode but won’t let you paste anything or exit the mode which forces you to close the app, also I’ve had multiple crashes while in the copy mode and using the toggle color tool, happened when activating a color by mistake and disabling it after
There are some things i think are missing (or just didn’t find it in the while i spent on the app, first being a color wheel to choose and adjust colors from it (at least i think it makes picking a color faster and then adjust it with the sliders), an option to index an image would be great
A selection movement tool would be useful, having a cut option would complement it.
Also a better pen support with palm rejection and only draw with the pen since a few times when i tried to zoom or move the canvas i’d end up drawing lines accidentally
An option to have unrestricted canvas mode would be great, like right now the canvas locks onto the ipad screen edge or the tool menu edge when you’re zoomed in, i try to keep the part I’m working on in the middle of the screen so when working on the canvas borders it limits you to work on the screen edge.
the app could use some extra gesture like dragging two fingers on the screen to move the canvas, 3 fingers swipe forward/back to redo/undo
3/7/19
the app crashed when i was selecting pixels using the rectangle tool when i repeatedly tried to select an area beginning from outside the canvas (was trying it out for the first time)
3/14/19
the multiple paste tool has a glitch that happens if you’ve been on the app for a while where it enters the mode but won’t let you paste anything or exit the mode which forces you to close the app, also I’ve had multiple crashes while in the copy mode and using the toggle color tool, happened when activating a color by mistake and disabling it after
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Great app!
I was looking for a functional, nice looking but not unnecessarily flashy app for spriting fun, and this fits the bill perfectly. Nice feature set and intuitive - top work!
Amazing but..
Love this app been using it for a good couple years but recently if I draw something with symmetry then undo one side of the symmetry stays, any possible fix?
Almost 5 stars
This app NEEDS to support split view on the iPad. It would be great to have a reference photo from safari or the photos app next to the canvas. Also 11 inch iPad Pro aspect ratio support would be amazing. Otherwise great app with desktop class tools
HORRIBLE
I used to use this app years ago to edit images at the pixel level.
Now, it DOES NOT allow loading photos from any photo album. This has to be the only graphics app for the iPad that does not access photos!!! That is ridiculous!!! Drag and drop does not work either.
This app has taken a few steps backwards. 😔😔😔😔😔
Now, it DOES NOT allow loading photos from any photo album. This has to be the only graphics app for the iPad that does not access photos!!! That is ridiculous!!! Drag and drop does not work either.
This app has taken a few steps backwards. 😔😔😔😔😔
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I can’t import photos?
When I try to import a photo to edit on the app it exits me out? I tried everything. Deleting and getting again, turning off my device then back on, closing the slide. Not sure what happened but It used to work.
Good- Crashes are mostly fixed!
Update:
So, the app still crashes occasionally, but with the auto-save it’s essentially a non-issue. I’m not fairly certain that this is the best app available for pixel art on the iPad- and I definitely appreciate the developer response!
Original Review:
Overall, this is a nice, simple app that, while it doesn’t have some of the conveniences of a more advanced tool (eg selecting parts of an image, copy/paste, saving, and setting a color are all a little cumbersome) can produce images and animations that are a joy to make.
However, the biggest drawback (and it is a large one) is the lack of an auto save combined with frequent crashing. While editing large size canvases (over about 200x200 pixels) or using a large editing tool (the pencil tool on anything but the smallest setting) the app has a tendency to quit frequently and without warning. Since the app does not save work automatically, you will lose work even if you do remember to save frequently. At its worst, it makes work both extremely tense and maddeningly frustrating. Which is a shame, since most of the app is at least serviceable if not polished.
I’ll probably continue to use it, as it’s still the best pixel editing app I’ve found for the iPad, but the crashing issue is best to be aware of before you begin.
So, the app still crashes occasionally, but with the auto-save it’s essentially a non-issue. I’m not fairly certain that this is the best app available for pixel art on the iPad- and I definitely appreciate the developer response!
Original Review:
Overall, this is a nice, simple app that, while it doesn’t have some of the conveniences of a more advanced tool (eg selecting parts of an image, copy/paste, saving, and setting a color are all a little cumbersome) can produce images and animations that are a joy to make.
However, the biggest drawback (and it is a large one) is the lack of an auto save combined with frequent crashing. While editing large size canvases (over about 200x200 pixels) or using a large editing tool (the pencil tool on anything but the smallest setting) the app has a tendency to quit frequently and without warning. Since the app does not save work automatically, you will lose work even if you do remember to save frequently. At its worst, it makes work both extremely tense and maddeningly frustrating. Which is a shame, since most of the app is at least serviceable if not polished.
I’ll probably continue to use it, as it’s still the best pixel editing app I’ve found for the iPad, but the crashing issue is best to be aware of before you begin.
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Tendency to crash
When working on a bigger project I noticed it crashes and doesn't save anything and I need to restart my project
My GoTo Pixelling App
Regularly updated. Stable. Clean UI. Pixely makes the majority of my art.
Неплохо
Из тех, что за нормальную цену, эта программа пока лучшая. Есть небольшие недочеты, но автор работает, обновляет
Great BUT...
This an amazing app for pixel artwork. The only problem I have is that no one can figure out how to delete folders that are in app (accidentally made a couple). There is no way to delete or rename folders which would be wonderful if someone could tell me
Great workflow
This app filled a huge hole; game design pixel art workflow. Dropbox integration, symmetry modes, custom color swatches, tile preview, animation etc, it's quite good. Get used to its quirks in about 10 mins then get drawing. Would love to see canvases reordering, and circle/elipse tools, but as is totally worth the money. Thanks!
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Absolutely fantastic! But still needs a few things.
This app has been incredibly easy, fun, and helpful. The only problem is the colors. Firstly, there aren't enough of them. Second, a color palette that shows what colors you are using on a canvas would be extremely helpful. Lastly, the ability to copy colors between canvases so you can work on two or more sprites that you want to keep within the same palette. Other than that, it's been perfect.
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Pixel Art at its best 👌😚
I have purchased this app a some time ago I was pleased with a lot of features it had to offer now with there updates it give you more then what I expected. Now my art has expanded thanks to the creators they really know what a pixel artist needs. If you ever used SpriteSomething which is one of the best pixel app I purchased I believe both these app go hand to hand the best pixel apps in the AppStore.
Great job 😃👍
Great job 😃👍
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Well done
Absolute genius. Perfect for everything I use it for. Money very well spent. Well done Mark, you are a legend. This tool has helped me so much and all of my game art is used by this app.defo recommend.
Best!
This is the best, and easiest to use pixel art app on the iPad. The UI is clean, the canvas is clear. This is the app I've been looking for. 5 star!
