# Pixel art
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 6, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230 "2004-02-06T18:49:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/1 "2004-02-06T18:49:29Z")
just wanted to know what program most people use to do pixel art?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/2 "2004-02-06T18:59:09Z")
You can use any graphics program to create pixel art, since all pixel art is, is the create of an image pixel by pixel… dot by dot… with an un-anti-aliased pencil tool.
I personally use Photoshop. The use of layers makes it easier to add/remove/change things without having to make a whole new character/object/etc.
But heck, people even use MS Paint for pixel art. It works just as good, it just isn’t as flexable.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/3 "2004-02-06T20:48:22Z")
is flash better since you can go smaller than 1 pixel in it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/4 "2004-02-06T20:59:28Z")
You can’t go smaller than 1 pixel in any program. 1 pixel is 1 dot on your monitors screen. It is impossible to have anything smaller than a pixel when dealing with computer graphics.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/5 "2004-02-06T21:29:23Z")
ok nm that was .25 pts not pixels. thanks for the clarification.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/6 "2004-02-06T21:34:39Z")
I like Paint Shop Pro for all the effects
but i use MS paint all the time for quick things and because of its simplicity
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/7 "2004-02-06T22:42:55Z")
I usually use flash at 2000% zoom. Later you can add like drop shadows and outer glows using flashes soften fill edges technique. And the great thing is it’s still vector hehe :).
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/8 "2004-02-07T00:37:32Z")
Pixel art in a VECTOR program?!?!?!? are you guys on crack? (the ones asking about / talking about pixel art in flash)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/9 "2004-02-07T00:55:59Z")
> \*Originally posted by Sharif \*
> \*\*I usually use flash at 2000% zoom. Later you can add like drop shadows and outer glows using flashes soften fill edges technique. And the great thing is it’s still vector hehe :). \*\*
> that’s surely not pixel art then?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/10 "2004-02-07T01:10:11Z")
> \*Originally posted by APDesign \*
> \*\*Pixel art in a VECTOR program?!?!?!? are you guys on crack? (the ones asking about / talking about pixel art in flash) \*\*
Flash MX started the ability for “snap to pixel”, where when you zoom in it shows you a 1px by 1px grid. Using this you _ **can** _ create pixel art in Flash.
I’ve done it plenty of times.
@Sharif: How many drop shadows, fades, and softened edges do you see in pixel art :sure:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/11 "2004-02-08T05:59:50Z")
Pixel art that actually looks like pixel art??? I should take a look at that. Do you have any examples online?
edit: by the way - where is the option for the 1px x 1px grid?
eidt2:Found it - snap to pixel.
edir4: That actually works really well. I feel like a huge moron now.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/12 "2004-02-08T14:23:07Z")
i tried it, but it still looks like a vector image to me
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/13 "2004-02-08T14:53:33Z")
did you turn “snap to pixels” on and use a lineless box tool zoomed at like 2000%?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pixel-art/42230/14 "2004-02-09T23:05:02Z")
thanks!