companyAddress companyCountry companyEmail companyFax companyName companyPhone companyWebSite fileBundleID org.opensword.pixen fileCreator fileReleaseDateD 25 fileReleaseDateM 11 fileReleaseDateY 2004 fileType padVersion 3 productDescLong The Macintosh has always been the platform of choice for graphic designers and artists. There are Mac programs available for page layout, photograph manipulation, vector art, animation, and nearly any application of the graphic arts imaginable. There is, however, one sort of artist who has a very tough time with the current tools available for what we can all agree is the superior platform. This artist is the pixel-pusher. His arcane art is as ancient as the Atari and as important as any other discipline; why, then, are there so few programs for the Macintosh that support him? We can't say that we know why-doubtless, something about this "3D" fad. But as pixel art comes once again to the forefront of the video game arts, the spriter will have reason to turn to the Macintosh. This reason is Pixen 2. Pixen is the best program for the pixel artist using Mac OS X. There is no competition, not even from the huge companies with several-hundred-dollar software suites. Their applications are inferior for pixel art, by virtue of their being conceived with a completely different intent. Pixen is specifically for small-scale or pixel art; it shines better there than any other application. Not only that, but Pixen carries no price tag: it's open source under the MIT license and absolutely free. Pixen has more unique and powerful features for pixel art than any other program, including some features that are exclusive to Pixen and have never been in any other graphics program. The majority of these most interesting features have come as direct requests from our users, professional and amateur pixel artists who, like us, see Pixen as a tool built for the artist-not for a marketing department. Partial List of Major Features (see http://www.opensword.org/pixen/features.php for more detail) - Advanced custom backgrounds support - Color palette with "smart" swapping capabilities - Grid customization - Tiled editing mode - Alignment crosshair - Full alpha support - Advanced layer functionality - A plethora of tools - 100% Cocoa with a beautiful Aqua interface - A design geared towards modern pixel art productDescShort A powerful open-source pixel editor with a number of unique features designed by artists productDownloadURL http://www.opensword.org/downloads/pixen.dmg productFileSize 867KB productIconURL http://www.opensword.org/Images/Pixen48.png productKeywords art pixen image graphic graphics sprite isometric productLanguages English French productLicense Freeware productName Pixen productOS 10.3 10.4 productPageURL http://www.opensword.org/pixen productPrice productReleaseNotes - Added Bicubic and scale2x scaling algorithms. - Added a "Gradient Builder" to the palette chooser. - Fixed layers so that copy and paste between two differently-sized images works. - Fixed a bug with Merge Down on a selection layer. - Added tool tips to the color palette. - Basic filter support (No filters, however) - You can switch between layers using command-} and command-{ (cmd-shift-] and cmd-shift-]) - New, prettier look for the color palette. - Improved palette swapping speed. - Fixed the preview window to work correctly on images where the width is greater than the height. - Added a pattern drawing function to the pencil, line, and eraser tools. - Added another property panel for the right tool. - Added a hex color code in the info panel. - Fixed the line tool so that you can use the eyedropper when pressing option, instead of it locking to center. - Fixed the feedback window so that you can't send empty messages. - Added a "set this palette as default" option, so you can use a default palette other than "Crayons." productRequirements Mac OS 10.3 or later productReviews productVersion r2v4 productWebStore