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Solace Pixel

Draw pixel art, sprites, tiles and frame-by-frame animations on Windows, then export PNGs, sprite sheets and GIFs.

$18.39 USD

One-time payment for the current Windows package plus 12 months of best-effort SolaceSoftware support and packaging updates. No automatic renewal.

14-day refund if the package can't start its core check — see Purchase terms.

Questions before you buy, or help after: solacesoftware@smilingface.cloud. A person replies, and we aim to answer within three business days.

Free 14-day trial: Download the trial (38.8 MB, Windows x64 zip). Every feature works for 14 days, then the app asks you to buy. Images exported during the trial carry a small trial watermark.

Why buy from us

One-time price, $18.39 USD. No subscription and no automatic renewal.
Runs on your own Windows PC.
We publish the size and SHA-256 of the exact ZIP you download, so you can check it.
A person answers your email, with 12 months of best-effort support included.

First launch on Windows

This download is unsigned. Windows may say “Windows protected your PC.” We’re a new publisher and haven’t bought a code-signing certificate yet. Click More info → Run anyway. Then check the ZIP against the SHA-256 on this page. Questions: solacesoftware@smilingface.cloud

THE IDEA

General paint programs lack a pixel grid, palettes, onion skinning and sprite-sheet export, and dedicated editors usually cost more.

Designed for indie game developers, pixel artists and hobbyists on Windows who make sprites, tiles and short animations.

Pixel-perfect drawing tools, mirror symmetry, custom brushes, palettes and indexed colour mode

Animation timeline with layers, frames, tags, onion skinning and live preview

Opens PNG, PXO, Aseprite, PSD and KRA files; exports PNG, sprite sheets + JSON, GIF and APNG

Tilemaps, tiled drawing and non-destructive layer effects (outline, drop shadow, gradient map)

No telemetry, no account, no update check; Windows ZIP, verify the published SHA-256

System and packageWindows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bitA graphics driver with OpenGL 3.3 support (almost every PC from the last 10 years)No installer or administrator rights needed; the download is about 41 MBVerify the published SHA-256 checksum before use

IN THE APP

Screenshots

Draw pixel-perfect sprites on a zoomable canvas, with a full tool strip, a colour picker, settings for each brush and a ready-made palette.

Animate frame by frame: onion skinning shows the neighbouring frames behind the one you're drawing, with playback and FPS controls in the timeline.

Pick exact colours with the colour square, hex entry and swatches, and give your left and right mouse buttons their own tool and brush settings.

Trial captures with sample data. Solace Pixel runs on your Windows PC.

Published package checksum

After you buy, you can check that your download is exactly this file: same name, same size, same SHA-256.

File: Solace-Pixel-1.2.3-solace.1-Windows-x64-unsigned.zip
Size: 40686939 bytes
SHA-256: 267d4c49d560fa21368cdd999471a9e82d5cabf935bffe2302176491461a45bd

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

The story behind Solace Pixel

Pixel art needs tools a general paint program does not have: a real pixel grid, indexed palettes, onion skinning, tile modes and sprite-sheet export. Paid editors charge for those. Solace Pixel doesn't stop at single images.

Solace Pixel is a full pixel-art and animation editor. Draw with pixel-perfect pencil, line, shape, fill, shading and selection tools, with mirror symmetry and custom brushes. Build animations on a timeline with layers, frames, tags and onion skinning, and preview them as you work. Work with palettes (including Lospec palettes), indexed colour mode, tilemaps and tiled drawing, and non-destructive layer effects such as outline, drop shadow and gradient maps. Open .png, .pxo, Aseprite (.ase/.aseprite), Photoshop (.psd) and Krita (.kra) files, and export PNG, sprite sheets with JSON data, GIF and APNG, or video if FFmpeg is installed. A command line can batch-export projects. It has no telemetry, no account and no update check; it only goes online when you ask it to (Lospec palettes, the extension browser, or a dropped image URL).

Usage disclaimer

Use SolaceSoftware products only for lawful, authorized purposes. Use only content, data, images, audio, and other material you have the rights and any necessary consent to use.

You are responsible for what you provide, create, and share. Do not use our products for fraud, deceptive impersonation, harassment, or other unlawful or abusive activity. Follow applicable laws, platform rules, and third-party licenses.

Software and AI outputs can contain mistakes. Review results before relying on them, publishing them, or sharing them with others.

Unzip the whole folder and keep SolacePixel.exe, SolacePixel.pck and the solace_pixel_data folder together.

Projects are saved as .pxo files. Settings and backups are stored in %AppData%\SolacePixel; to remove the app, delete its folder and that one.