Pixel Studio PRO for pixel art

So everything in the drawing UI is intuitive and really awesome for making art. There are guides to tell you what everything does and awesome layers aspect. The issue I’m having is saving my files. I paid for the app in order to be able to export and organize and not be limited by how many I can save or animate. The issue is I’m having a lot of trouble doing even that. Every time I try to save it just goes into the backup folder. And if I’m being honest I’m not sure it’s actually saving it is just the systems auto save there. The other issue I’m having is when I try to create another folder to save files in it restarts the app taking me back to the screen that tells me to create a new project or go to the file manager. And I’m not sure if it is a bug or a feature but there is no distinguishing between a save, a save as. If I click it just always exports it to the files making a new copy which can be annoying to keep track of. But besides that once the saving UI is fixed I’d gladly change my rating and update my review.

I’ve been using this app for a month or so now and I have some ideas that could be implemented. 1: make a direct lospec palette browser so the process can be quick and easy. 2: the transparent grid should be made into a 16x16 grid similar to Aseprite (or an option to use a custom grid). 3: fix distortion when zooming in or out on your canvas (like the transparent grid becoming bigger when zoomed out regardless of canvas size, or the drawn pixels being distorted or janky looking when far away). 4: make the ui generally quicker and less janky. (ie try to lower the amount of buttons and make things not streamlined) I love this app but it can be so awkward to use it sometimes, but other than that. Good app I use it every day!

I looked at several pixel art editors and this is the best I’ve found. It has features that more expensive competing apps do not. That includes apps which sell for 20 dollars or more. I’m particularly fond of the dithering pen which allows you to easily lighten or darken colors to create really nice shadows and gradients. The app is available on every platform and they’ve recently introduced a Cross Platform Purchase option that allows you to buy it once and unlock it on all computers that you use. Make sure you go through the settings to set things up the user interface in the way you like. I mention this because there are several nice options that allow you to control things like whether the screen rotates or not, but you’ll never know that unless you check out all of the options in the Settings. If you’re still unsure about this app, they offer a free version as well that you can try before spending any money. Just look for Pixel Studio (not the Pro version) and you’ll be able to get a feel for the program for free.