PsPixel v1.0.3

PsPixel v1.0.3

Professional Pixel Art Editor by Jace Sleeman

Downloads

• Setup.exe - Windows Installer
• Portable.zip - No installation required

Features

• Drawing tools: Brush, Eraser, Line, Rectangle, Circle, Paint Bucket, Eyedropper, Select/Move
• Layer system with opacity and visibility
• Mirror/Symmetry drawing mode
• Flip and Rotate transforms
• Copy/Paste with selection
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Bulk layer export
• Undo/redo history palette
• MCP server for AI-driven pixel art
• Save/export in .pspx and PNG

v1.0.2 — Reference Image & Selection Fixes

Bug fix release — reference image no longer blocks drawing tools, eyedropper works everywhere, and selection is always visible.

Bug Fixes

• Reference image no longer blocks tools — move/resize handles only activate when the Reference layer is explicitly selected in the layer palette. You can now draw freely on top of the reference image for tracing.
• Eyedropper works everywhere — fully exempt from reference image interception, works regardless of which layer is selected
• Selection always visible — marching ants now render at all times when a selection exists, regardless of active tool or mouse position
• Magic Wand & Lasso icons updated to match existing icon style (light gray)

Downloads

• Windows: Setup.exe or Portable.zip
• Linux: AppImage, .deb, .rpm, or tarball
• macOS: .app bundle

v1.0.1 — Selection System & UI Polish

Photoshop-style persistent selection, two new selection tools, design system normalization, and quality-of-life improvements.

Selection System

• Selections now persist across tool switches — select an area, switch to Brush, and your strokes are constrained to the selection
• Ctrl+D to deselect (Edit > Deselect)
• Marching ants always visible regardless of active tool

New Tools

• Magic Wand (W) — click to select contiguous pixels of matching color. Shift+click to add to selection.
• Lasso (A) — draw a freehand shape to select an irregular area. Shift+draw to add to selection.

Status Bar

• Live cursor coordinates (X, Y) as you move over the canvas
• Canvas dimensions always visible
• Non-blocking toast notifications for save/export/load (no more modal popups interrupting your flow)

UI Polish

• Unsaved changes indicator in title bar
• Color swatch button shows hex code with contrast-aware text
• Warmer start screen empty state
• View menu: checkable panel toggles instead of "Toggle" actions
• All hardcoded style values replaced with centralized design tokens

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when navigating File > New > Go to Start Screen
• Fixed selection overlay not rendering when using non-selection tools
• Fixed Copy (Ctrl+C) only working when Select tool was active
• Removed Qt "Unknown property transform" warnings

Downloads

• Windows: Setup.exe or Portable.zip
• Linux: AppImage, .deb, .rpm, or tarball
• macOS: .app bundle

v1.0.0 — Initial Release

A professional pixel art editor built with Qt6. Cross-platform, open source, with AI integration.

🎨 Drawing Tools

• Brush, Eraser, Line, Rectangle, Circle, Paint Bucket, Eyedropper, Select/Move
• Hold Shift on Rectangle/Circle for filled shapes
• Configurable brush size (1-10px)

📐 Canvas

• Up to 4096x4096 pixels with QImage-backed rendering
• Zoom, pan, fit-to-window
• Checkerboard transparency visualization
• Grid overlay with auto-hide

🗂️ Layers

• Add, remove, duplicate, reorder
• Per-layer opacity and visibility
• Bulk export all layers as individual PNGs

🪞 Mirror / Symmetry

• Horizontal (Alt+H) and Vertical (Alt+V) symmetry modes
• Draw on one side, auto-mirrors to the other

🔄 Transforms

• Flip Horizontal/Vertical
• Rotate 90° CW/CCW
• Copy/Paste with selection tool

⏪ History

• 50-level undo/redo with visual history palette
• Click any entry to jump to that state

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

• Photoshop-style defaults (V, B, E, I, G, L, R, O)
• Fully customizable via Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts

🔄 Auto Updater

• Checks GitHub for new releases on startup
• One-click download for your platform

🤖 MCP Server

• 16 tools for AI-driven pixel art creation
• Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client

💾 File I/O

• Save/load .pspx projects
• Export PNG
• Recent projects with thumbnail previews

📦 Downloads

• Windows: Setup.exe or Portable.zip
• Linux: AppImage, .deb, .rpm, or tarball
• macOS: .app bundle