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[#]: subject: (Create Stunning Pixel Art With Free and Open Source Editor Pixelorama)
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[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/pixelorama/)
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[#]: author: (Abhishek Prakash https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/)
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Create Stunning Pixel Art With Free and Open Source Editor Pixelorama
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_**Brief: Pixelorama is a cross-platform, free and open source 2D sprite editor. It provides all the necessary tools to create pixel art in a neat user interface.**_
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### Pixelorama: open source sprite editor
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[Pixelorama][1] is a tool created by young game developers at [Orama Interactive][2]. They have developed a few 2D games and a couple of them use pixel art.
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While Orama is primarily into game development, the developers are also creating utility tools that help them (and others) create those games.
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The free and open source sprite editor, Pixelorama is such a utility tool. It’s built on top of [Godot Engine][3] and is perfect for creating pixel art.
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![Pixelorama screenshot][4]
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You see the pixel art in the screenshot above? It’s been created using Pixelorama. This video shows a timelapse video of creating the above image.
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### Features of Pixelorama
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Here are the main features Pixelorama provides:
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* Multiple tools like penicl, erase, fill bucket color picker etc
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* Multiple layer system that allows you to add, remove, move up and down, clone and merge as many layers as you like
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* Support for spritesheets
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* Import images and edit them inside Pixelorama
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* Animation timeline with [Onion Skinning][5]
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* Custom brushes
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* Save and open your projects in Pixelorama’s custom file format, .pxo
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* Horizontal & vertical mirrored drawing
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* Tile Mode for pattern creation
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* Split screen mode and mini canvas preview
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* Zoom with mouse scroll wheel
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* Unlimited undo and redo
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* Scale, crop, flip, rotate, color invert and desaturate your images
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* Keyboard shortcuts
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* Available in several languages
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* Supports Linux, Windows and macOS
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### Installing Pixelorama on Linux
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Pixelorama is available as a Snap application and if you are using Ubuntu, you can find it in the software center itself.
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![Pixelorama is available in Ubuntu Software Center][6]
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Alternatively, if you have [Snap support enabled on your Linux distribution][7], you can install it using this command:
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```
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sudo snap install pixelorama
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```
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If you don’t want to use Snap, no worries. You can download the latest release of Pixelorama from [their GitHub repository][8], [extract the zip file][9] and you’ll see an executable file. Give this file execute permission and double click on it to run the application.
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[Download Pixelorama][10]
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**Conclusion**
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![Pixelorama Welcome Screen][11]
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In the Pixeloaram features, it says that you can import images and edit them. I guess that’s only true for certain kind of files because when I tried to import PNG or JPEG files, the application crashed.
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However, I could easily doodle like a 3 year old and make random pixel art. I am not that into arts but I think this is a [useful tool for digital artists on Linux][12].
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I liked the idea that despite being game developers, they are creating tools that could help other game developers and artists. That’s the spirit of open source.
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If you like the project and will be using it, consider supporting them by a donation. [It’s FOSS has made a humble donation][13] of $25 to thank their effort.
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[Donate to Pixelorama (personal Paypal account of the lead developer)][14]
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Do you like Pixelorama? Do you use some other open source sprite editor? Feel free to share your views in the comment section.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/pixelorama/
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作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://www.orama-interactive.com/pixelorama
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[2]: https://www.orama-interactive.com/
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[3]: https://godotengine.org/
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[4]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pixelorama-v6.jpg?ssl=1
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[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_skinning
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[6]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pixelorama-ubuntu-software-center.jpg?ssl=1
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[7]: https://itsfoss.com/install-snap-linux/
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[8]: https://github.com/Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama
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[9]: https://itsfoss.com/unzip-linux/
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[10]: https://github.com/Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama/releases
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[11]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pixelorama.jpg?ssl=1
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[12]: https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-graphic-design-software/
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[13]: https://itsfoss.com/donations-foss/
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[14]: https://www.paypal.me/erevos
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