Lightcube Pixel Art Editor

Lightcube is a pixel art editing tool for game developers and artists that make quality game assets, animations and stunning pixel art. Lightcube runs on Windows and supports layers, frames & a range of tools including a pen, eraser, magic wand selection, paint bucket, line draw and pattern brushes.

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.

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
  • Import Photoshop PSD files