Graphics (Windows)

	Adobe Photoshop Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:25:01 PM \| 0 comments

	Allegro Sprite Editor Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:13 PM \| 0 comments

	Art Rage Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:25:17 PM \| 0 comments

	Artweaver Posted by exocet at 9/21/2006 12:53:15 PM \| 0 comments Freeware paint program, inspired by Photoshop.

	Bitmap Font Utility Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:28:29 PM \| 0 comments

	Capture Pad Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:28:40 PM \| 0 comments

	Character Maker 1999 Posted by FelipeFS at 2/9/2011 8:06:28 PM \| 0 comments Character Maker 1999 is a paint tool that allow you work pallete and pixelart. The great and simple feature of the program is that you can work tile-by-tile in your art. There is an "animation preview" tool. Run on Windows XP. You can save in 16 and 256 colors .bmp, and .png. The best tool to make pixel art.

	Color Counter Posted by DeProgrammer at 11/23/2007 2:28:23 PM \| 0 comments This is an updated version of my previous Color Counter. It now includes an optional file for adding the Color Counter to the right-click menu for BMP and GIF files.

	Easy Icon Maker Posted by thomaswilmot at 1/28/2012 5:13:56 PM \| 0 comments A beautiful program for icon making, editing, changing, extracting, searching, and exploring. It is fast, small, and easy to use. It allows you to edit transparent or opaque icons. The palette can be Monochrome(1 bit), 16 colors(4 bits), 256 colors(8 bits), true colors(24 bits), or true colors + alpha channel(32 bits). Supports any size of icon. Includes four enhanced icon tools, namely Icon Changer , Icon Searcher , Icon Extractor , and Icon Explorer . Import from or Export to graphic files BMP, JPG, and GIF. Beautiful and intuitive user interface. Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, XP, and NT are supported. 1.56 megabyte file size. It will fit compressed on a 3½ inch floppy disk. Includes nifty effects, including sharpening, softening, embossing, and inverting. Includes enhanced icon tools: Icon Explorer — Explore any icons available on your computer like a file explorer. Icon Changer — Change icons of EXE, OCX, DLL, SCR, ... Icon Searcher — Search icons from ICO, EXE, OCX, DLL, SCR, ... Icon Extractor — Extract icons from ICO, EXE, OCX, DLL, SCR, ... I personally highly recommend this program. I have used it mostly to alter existing icons and make folder icons, and it has served me very well. A 15-day trial version can be downloaded for free, and the full version is just $29.95! Well worth the money.

	EasyToon Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:48 PM \| 0 comments

	GFX Convertor Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:28:50 PM \| 0 comments

	GraFX 2 (Win32) Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:30:18 PM \| 0 comments

	GraphicsGale Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:30:30 PM \| 0 comments

	IcoFX Posted by avo at 7/23/2010 6:18:35 AM \| 0 comments Freeware icon and cursor editors, that can also export BMP, PNG and gif images, that makes them nice for any kind of pixel works.

	microangelo icon software suite Posted by jalonso at 2/7/2006 9:57:06 PM \| 0 comments I came across this site and thought it was interesting. For WINDOWS XP ONLY. I am a mac user so I make no reccomendations whatsoever. It seems to be mainly for icon editing/cretaion but mentions that "new" tools have been added some of which are layers and animation. Demo is available if interested.

	MS Paint WIP Grabber Posted by DeProgrammer at 1/16/2008 10:59:29 AM \| 0 comments This little Windows program I made pretty much takes a screenshot every time you release the left or right mouse button. It doesn't exactly save the whole picture every time you change a pixel, but it can be used to show people exactly what goes on when you're creating or modifying a pixel art. It only saves the WIP's with a specific name set in a specific folder (SavePlace in the program's directory); additional options may come later if feedback is acceptable. As-is, however, it's usable, and you can turn it into a video if you use, for example, VirtualDub to import the BMP's it makes. I can possibly make it work for other Windows programs if users of the aforementioned programs can send them to me so I can get their window class names.

	MSPaint (nice walkthrough) Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:31:13 PM \| 0 comments

	MSPAINT Tricks Posted by jalonso at 12/14/2007 8:44:30 PM \| 0 comments Take Paint further with this gem. Ever wondered how to scale, clone and make custom sized brushed? These tips may help. Chapter 2 is useful for creating doublewide pixelart.

	Paint.NET Posted by Sah War at 1/6/2008 4:35:53 AM \| 1 comments Useful raster graphics editor, can be used for pixel art creation...Plugins are also supported...

	PD Pro Digital Painter Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:36 PM \| 0 comments

	Promotion Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:30:06 PM \| 0 comments

	SGDK 2 - Scrolling Game Development Kit Posted by Morgengrauen at 7/30/2008 4:12:00 AM \| 1 comments This IDE helps you to make your own games - not only sidescrollers. There is a sophisticated (but easy to use) tile editor, functions to make animated tiles and sprites. The documentation is easy to understand and provides a how-to for your first steps, showing you how to use everything. The community is always helpful, with the maker of sgdk showing up almost every day to answer all questions. The best thing: you can either script in C# - or you can use a well-designed rule-system to easily piece together your scripts.

	Swatchy - Sprite palette editor. Posted by rm2kdev at 2/7/2013 10:31:01 PM \| 0 comments Swatchy, is a great tool for swapping palettes between sprites. you could make a set of steel armor sprites for your character and non distructively change them to gold, wood, fire, diamond with easy palette switching tools and an amazing realtime preview function.

	theGIMP Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:24:34 PM \| 0 comments Graphics application with support for just about every platform (Mac, PC, Unix).

	Ultimate Paint Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:25 PM \| 0 comments

	Unfreez Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:01 PM \| 0 comments

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	Adobe Photoshop Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:25:01 PM \| 0 comments

	Allegro Sprite Editor Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:13 PM \| 0 comments

	Art Rage Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:25:17 PM \| 0 comments

	Artweaver Posted by exocet at 9/21/2006 12:53:15 PM \| 0 comments Freeware paint program, inspired by Photoshop.

	Bitmap Font Utility Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:28:29 PM \| 0 comments

	Capture Pad Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:28:40 PM \| 0 comments

	Character Maker 1999 Posted by FelipeFS at 2/9/2011 8:06:28 PM \| 0 comments Character Maker 1999 is a paint tool that allow you work pallete and pixelart. The great and simple feature of the program is that you can work tile-by-tile in your art. There is an "animation preview" tool. Run on Windows XP. You can save in 16 and 256 colors .bmp, and .png. The best tool to make pixel art.

	Color Counter Posted by DeProgrammer at 11/23/2007 2:28:23 PM \| 0 comments This is an updated version of my previous Color Counter. It now includes an optional file for adding the Color Counter to the right-click menu for BMP and GIF files.

	Easy Icon Maker Posted by thomaswilmot at 1/28/2012 5:13:56 PM \| 0 comments A beautiful program for icon making, editing, changing, extracting, searching, and exploring. It is fast, small, and easy to use. It allows you to edit transparent or opaque icons. The palette can be Monochrome(1 bit), 16 colors(4 bits), 256 colors(8 bits), true colors(24 bits), or true colors + alpha channel(32 bits). Supports any size of icon. Includes four enhanced icon tools, namely Icon Changer , Icon Searcher , Icon Extractor , and Icon Explorer . Import from or Export to graphic files BMP, JPG, and GIF. Beautiful and intuitive user interface. Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, XP, and NT are supported. 1.56 megabyte file size. It will fit compressed on a 3½ inch floppy disk. Includes nifty effects, including sharpening, softening, embossing, and inverting. Includes enhanced icon tools: Icon Explorer — Explore any icons available on your computer like a file explorer. Icon Changer — Change icons of EXE, OCX, DLL, SCR, ... Icon Searcher — Search icons from ICO, EXE, OCX, DLL, SCR, ... Icon Extractor — Extract icons from ICO, EXE, OCX, DLL, SCR, ... I personally highly recommend this program. I have used it mostly to alter existing icons and make folder icons, and it has served me very well. A 15-day trial version can be downloaded for free, and the full version is just $29.95! Well worth the money.

	EasyToon Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:48 PM \| 0 comments

	GFX Convertor Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:28:50 PM \| 0 comments

	GraFX 2 (Win32) Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:30:18 PM \| 0 comments

	GraphicsGale Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:30:30 PM \| 0 comments

	IcoFX Posted by avo at 7/23/2010 6:18:35 AM \| 0 comments Freeware icon and cursor editors, that can also export BMP, PNG and gif images, that makes them nice for any kind of pixel works.

	microangelo icon software suite Posted by jalonso at 2/7/2006 9:57:06 PM \| 0 comments I came across this site and thought it was interesting. For WINDOWS XP ONLY. I am a mac user so I make no reccomendations whatsoever. It seems to be mainly for icon editing/cretaion but mentions that "new" tools have been added some of which are layers and animation. Demo is available if interested.

	MS Paint WIP Grabber Posted by DeProgrammer at 1/16/2008 10:59:29 AM \| 0 comments This little Windows program I made pretty much takes a screenshot every time you release the left or right mouse button. It doesn't exactly save the whole picture every time you change a pixel, but it can be used to show people exactly what goes on when you're creating or modifying a pixel art. It only saves the WIP's with a specific name set in a specific folder (SavePlace in the program's directory); additional options may come later if feedback is acceptable. As-is, however, it's usable, and you can turn it into a video if you use, for example, VirtualDub to import the BMP's it makes. I can possibly make it work for other Windows programs if users of the aforementioned programs can send them to me so I can get their window class names.

	MSPaint (nice walkthrough) Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:31:13 PM \| 0 comments

	MSPAINT Tricks Posted by jalonso at 12/14/2007 8:44:30 PM \| 0 comments Take Paint further with this gem. Ever wondered how to scale, clone and make custom sized brushed? These tips may help. Chapter 2 is useful for creating doublewide pixelart.

	Paint.NET Posted by Sah War at 1/6/2008 4:35:53 AM \| 1 comments Useful raster graphics editor, can be used for pixel art creation...Plugins are also supported...

	PD Pro Digital Painter Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:36 PM \| 0 comments

	Promotion Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:30:06 PM \| 0 comments

	SGDK 2 - Scrolling Game Development Kit Posted by Morgengrauen at 7/30/2008 4:12:00 AM \| 1 comments This IDE helps you to make your own games - not only sidescrollers. There is a sophisticated (but easy to use) tile editor, functions to make animated tiles and sprites. The documentation is easy to understand and provides a how-to for your first steps, showing you how to use everything. The community is always helpful, with the maker of sgdk showing up almost every day to answer all questions. The best thing: you can either script in C# - or you can use a well-designed rule-system to easily piece together your scripts.

	Swatchy - Sprite palette editor. Posted by rm2kdev at 2/7/2013 10:31:01 PM \| 0 comments Swatchy, is a great tool for swapping palettes between sprites. you could make a set of steel armor sprites for your character and non distructively change them to gold, wood, fire, diamond with easy palette switching tools and an amazing realtime preview function.

	theGIMP Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:24:34 PM \| 0 comments Graphics application with support for just about every platform (Mac, PC, Unix).

	Ultimate Paint Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:25 PM \| 0 comments

	Unfreez Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:29:01 PM \| 0 comments

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