It also supports transparency! Who wouldn’t want that? Because JPEG introduces artifacts into an image and GIF is only limited to 256 colors, your image format of choice should be PNG. With art on your canvas, it’s time to save it to an image format. With a color (or hold SHIFT to select more than one) selected, you can pull up the Hur/Brightness/Saturation adjustment and fine tune your palette with ease. Again, remember to disable ANTI-ALIAS and set your TOLERANCE to 0. Like the Bucket Tool, the MAGIC WAND also has a CONTIGUOUS option and behaves in much the same way. This is especially useful if you’ve got a palette of your colors on your artwork layer making color swaps a breeze. Oh, and don’t forget to disable ANTI-ALIAS and set your TOLERANCE to 0. With the CONTIGUOUS box unchecked, a fill can now be applied to every instance of a color on the layer. Getting the ERASER to behave the same way requires only a simple modification.īesides being used for fills, the BUCKET TOOL can provide another function. Much like MSPaint, the PENCIL tool lays down crisp aliased pixels. Often enabled by default, the PIXEL GRID is a thoughtful feature that provides a clear and organized environment to sprite in. Here’s how to set things up and utilize its tools with 6 simple steps. With its arsenal of painterly brushes and powerful filters, it’s hard to imagine how Photoshop would function as a simple pixel art tool.

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