Lightcube Pixel Art Editor

Lightcube is a Windows based pixel art editor for making quality game assets, animations and stunning pixel art. Lightcube supports multiple layers, animation frames and a range of tools include pen, eraser, magic wand selection, paint bucket, line draw and pattern brushes. Lightcube includes a tile map editor that updates in realtime as your draw. Lightcube supports PNG, JPEG, GIF and Photoshop PSD files.

Official website: https://www.lightcube.art

Features

• Range of tools including pen, paint bucket, line draw, selection marquee, magic wand, shapes, color replace and gradient fill.
•  Pattern brushes with a range of dithering patterns and shapes - drawing brick walls and floors has never been easier.
•  Support for multiple layers with layer locking, layer opacity and reference Layers.
•  Animation timeline with frame grouping
• Tile map with live tile updates for easy tile drawing
• Palette management with support for importing Gimp, JASC, Paint.net, Hex and image files.
• Auto color ramp generator for shade/tint, hue shifted ramp and gradient.
• Color picker in three modes: Hue, Saturation and Brightness
• Adjust Hue, Saturation and Brightness for selected pixels or a each layer
• Editor settings include square, rectangle and isometric grid and a horizontal and vertical mirror
• Auto export to image file whenever the project is saved
• Text tool for adding text with font attributes
• Import Photoshop PSD files

Latest update: 1/4/2024 see the devlog for more details.

The demo version is a free download that is fully functional with the exception of being able to save .art files to disk.