Pick your picture
Choose a photo, illustration or transparent logo. A clear subject and simple background work best.
SMALL PIXELS. BIG PERSONALITY.
Give your photos a new resolution. Pick a pixel size, find your palette, and make something wonderfully low-fi.
01 / How it works
Choose a photo, illustration or transparent logo. A clear subject and simple background work best.
Start at 64 pixels wide. Try a smaller grid for chunky shapes, or more pixels for extra detail.
Download at 1× for a game sprite, or an integer scale for sharing. Transparent pixels stay transparent.
02 / Questions
Choose an image, set the pixel width, then select a palette. PixelPress resamples the picture to a small grid and optionally matches colors to a fixed palette. Download the result as PNG. It is a pixelation tool, not generative AI or hand-drawn art.
Use a square source image and choose 32 or 64 pixels wide. Non-square images keep their aspect ratio, so their height differs. The output dimensions are shown below the preview. Crop your source to a square first when you need exact square sprites.
Yes. Existing transparency is preserved in the output PNG. This tool does not remove backgrounds automatically. Partly transparent edge pixels can remain after resampling.
A limited palette replaces each color with its nearest available color. Ordered dithering adds a repeated pattern to suggest intermediate shades. Turn it off for clean icons and try it on for gradients or photographs.
Use PNG and enlarge by whole numbers such as 2×, 4× or 8×. PixelPress uses nearest-neighbor scaling when exporting. Other apps may smooth or recompress the file; disable smoothing there too.
Image processing stays in your browser. We do not upload the image or claim ownership of it. You still need permission to use your source image commercially. The language preference is stored locally; hosting and optional advertising have separate privacy implications.
Optional supplies for editing, planning or making physical pixel art. You do not need to buy anything to use this tool.
For hand-editing your converted sprites. Compare operating-system support and active drawing area.
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