Pixaki 4 Pro4.6

Pixaki is the best pixel art app for iPad. It packs a whole load of features into a clean, modern interface, and it works great with Apple Pencil. So now you can make game sprites on the couch, animated backgrounds on your commute, or music videos in the park.

DRAWING
. Pixel perfect painting mode automatically removes double pixels when doing line art.
. Round, square, and matrix dither brushes.
. Line tool, which can be locked to isometric angles.
. Rectangle and ellipse tools.

LAYERS OF ANIMATION
. Layers are shared across the whole project, which means every layer has its own timeline.
. Static image layers for background and foreground elements that are the same on every frame.
. 18 layer blend modes.
. Rename layers.
. Reorder layers and frames by using drag and drop.
. Scrubbable timeline.
. Advanced onion skin options.
. Select multiple layers or frames at once to quickly make bulk adjustments.
. Use high resolution reference layers to pixel over your sketches and photos.

COLOR
. Four color selection modes: a square picker with an infinitely scrolling hue slider, sliders for HSB and RGB, hex code input, and the project palette.
. Eyedropper to sample any color from the canvas.
. Bucket fill, with contiguous or discontiguous options.
. Color replace across the whole project.

SELECTION
. Freehand, rectangular, and color selection.
. Use the active selection as a mask.
. Cut or copy the selected pixels and paste them to any app that supports pasting images.

TRANSFORM
. Move without needing to select. Position the image on or off the canvas without clipping.
. Scale uniformly up and down, or squash and stretch.
. Rotate by any angle.
. Flip horizontally and vertically.

IMPORT & EXPORT
. Import any static image, or a GIF.
. Import and export Aseprite documents (requires iPadOS 13 ore newer).
. Import and export Photoshop documents (PSDs).
. Use magnification when sharing to upscale without the results looking blurry.
. Export as a single image or image sequence as PNG, TIFF, or JPEG-2000.
. Export animated images as GIF or APNG.
. Export QuickTime movies with H264 or HEVC codecs.
. Export as a sprite sheet, with configurable columns.

Screenshot artwork by Genuine Human, waneella, Chelsea Faust, and rachels_ham.

Find out more at pixaki.com.

Version History Pixaki 4.6 adds support for Apple Pencil squeeze gestures. There are also fixes for iCloud Drive issues.

If you’re enjoying Pixaki, please consider leaving a review — it’s a big help when you do.

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Luke 4.6 02/25/2025 • Fixed an issue with dragging layers creating new windows.
• Fixed duplicating files in iCloud Drive. 4.5.9 06/03/2024 • Fixed an issue with importing some Aseprite files with indexed colours.
• Fixed an issue with creating consecutive new projects on iCloud Drive. 4.5.8 04/17/2024 • Fixed an issue with importing Aseprite files when Pixquare is installed.
• Fixed an issue with importing Aseprite and GPL files when Resprite is installed. 4.5.7 11/24/2023 • Fixed symmetry drawing with lines only one pixel long.
• Reduced the minimum requirement back to iOS 12.
• Fixed an issue with frame images disappearing after changing the frame’s duration.
• Prevents resizing the canvas to have a zero value for the width or height. 4.5.6 07/05/2023 • Fixed issues with symmetry when using the line tool.
• Fixed the color picker gesture not working when first opening a project.
• Fixed issues with the color fill tool when a selection is active. 4.5.5 04/20/2023 • Fixed an issue with returning to the gallery after creating an empty frame causing a crash. 4.5.4 03/21/2023 • Fixed the file picker not showing the sidebar on iPadOS 16.2.
• Fixed changing the grid opacity not allowing the new value to be saved as default.
• Fixed the selection state indicator on the palette color picker and grid color picker.
• Fixed issues with changing tool whilst dragging to make a rectangular selection.
• Fixed issues with keyframes.
• Fixed an issue with PSD and Aseprite import with semi-transparent pixels.
• Fixed an issue with leaving the animation on the preview window running when closing a document causing a crash. 4.5.3 01/27/2023 • Fixed some issues with the timeline not updating correctly.
• Fixed a potential crash when exporting to Aseprite. 4.5.2 09/07/2022 • Fixed a crash on launch affecting a small number of users. 4.5.1 07/28/2022 Pixaki 4.5 adds a preview panel, so you can always see an overview of your art even when working on a zoomed in canvas. The preview panel can float above the canvas or be docked to the sidebar, and now the layers and palette panels can be too.

If you’re enjoying Pixaki and like the new features, please consider leaving a review — it’s a big help when you do.

Thanks!
Luke 4.5 07/21/2022 Pixaki 4.4 adds layer groups and alpha lock.

If you’re enjoying Pixaki and like the new features, please consider leaving a review — it’s a big help when you do.

Thanks! 4.4 03/30/2022 • Fixed symmetry alignment with even width brushes.
• Fixed Aseprite export causing a crash when reference layers have a negative position.
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to start drawing underneath where the pop-up messages are displayed. 4.3.2 01/20/2022 • Fixed an issue with selections being incorrectly resized when transforming if the freehand selection is not closed before switching tools.
• Fixed the order of layers when copying and pasting between projects.
• Fixed an issue with special characters in layer names causing issues with exported PSDs.
• Fixed an issue with Aseprite export when cels are positioned too far off the canvas.
• Fixed an issue with renaming duplicated projects in iCloud Drive. 4.3.1 11/17/2021 Added layer blend modes. There are also several fixes and performance improvements.

If you’re enjoying Pixaki and like the new features, please consider leaving a review — it’s a big help when you do.

Thanks!
Luke 4.3 11/04/2021 • Fixed the selected palette colour not showing on iPadOS 15.
• Fixed moving items into folders sometimes not updating for local storage. 4.2.5 10/07/2021 • Fixed an issue with transformations to selections not being applied when changing tools.
• Performance improvements. 4.2.4 09/28/2021 • Fixed an issue with the app crashing when zooming in on large layers.
• Fixed subtracting from a selection. 4.2.3 09/16/2021 • Fixed an issue with importing projects when the app was closed
• Fixed an issue when duplicating local projects. 4.2.2 09/09/2021 NEW FEATURES:
• Rotate by any angle.
• Aseprite import and export (requires iPadOS 13 or newer).

FIXES & CHANGES:
• Improved the performance of the gallery.
• Exported PSDs are now in a format that Procreate supports.

If you’re enjoying Pixaki and like the new features, please consider leaving a review — it’s a big help when you do.

Thanks!
Luke 4.2 09/07/2021 • Fixed some crashes caused by dragging a color onto the layers list or animation timeline.
• Recreates the iCloud folder if it gets deleted.
• Fixed export when there is a slash in the project name.
• Fixed issues with sorting on the gallery. 4.1.2 04/06/2021 ∙ Fixed the layer not being selected when importing an image.
∙ Fixed an issue with canvas rotation becoming active when it should be disabled.
∙ Made sorting on the gallery case insensitive.
∙ Fixed a crash on iOS 12 when adding a new frame. 4.1.1 03/10/2021 Added symmetry, allowing you to mirror your drawing horizontally, vertically, or in both directions at the same time. Symmetry can be found in the adjustments menu.

There’s also a wide range of tweaks and fixes to make the app more usable and more stable. 4.1 03/04/2021 • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash on launch if a large project was exported then copied to the Pixaki folder in Files.
• Fixed an issue with the orientation of imported images. 4.0.5 02/24/2021 • Fixes for PSD export.
• Fixed an issue with the dither brush causing the dither pattern to appear on bucket filled areas.
• Fixed an issue with the move tool action bar being disabled when it shouldn’t be. 4.0.4 02/17/2021