# Can Krita be used as a pixel art software? if so, how? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Questions\ **Tags:** painting-help, how-to-use\ **Created:** [September 20, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-krita-be-used-as-a-pixel-art-software-if-so-how/102302 "2024-09-20T21:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![MangooSalade](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/mangoosalade/32/93003_2.png) [@MangooSalade](https://krita-artists.org/u/MangooSalade)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-krita-be-used-as-a-pixel-art-software-if-so-how/102302/3 "2024-09-21T02:13:27Z")
Most definitely Krita can be used for Pixel Art. Just search n the #pixel-art tag! I use it for all my pixel Art so that I have just the one tool between Digital painting and Pixel Art. There are some things that are harder e.g. using fixed palettes, keeping colours limited in number and avoiding unwanted transparency, but Krita is immensely powerful for getting the colours just so and dealing with transparency when you want it, like the Angel here: [Tropical Collab](https://krita-artists.org/t/tropical-collab/99334) . In that collaboration I was using Krita and I believe my collabrator was using Pixel Studio. You can see in the last frame where I have tweaked all the colours, something that is much harder to do in Pixel Art tools. I suggest starting with canvas sizes n bigger than 128x128 pixels. There are many things I have fund that help to better the experience of creating with Krita, which is not optimised for Pixel Art and i will try and find where I have recorded them and list them here. My first: [Lizard Pixel Art](https://krita-artists.org/t/lizard-pixel-art/77357) [Tips for Pixel Art](https://krita-artists.org/t/tips-for-pixel-art/81221) [Pixel perfect line setting for pixel art brushes](https://krita-artists.org/t/pixel-perfect-line-setting-for-pixel-art-brushes/42629) > [@Highlight colors that are not in a given color palete](https://krita-artists.org/t/highlight-colors-that-are-not-in-a-given-color-palete/83260/7): > > Hi Takiro, I have the same problems doing pixel art. Recently I had to fix the same issue and I ended up doing the following for each of the colours in the palette: > > 1. Select the colour and similar colours using the similar colour selection tool with a small threshold. > 2. Use the Fill tool on the current selection to re-colour all the pixels to the Palette colour. > > As I had a larger palette I checked the number of current colours by generating a png and opening in Aseprite or Image Magick. > > Make sure you use Nearest Neighbour as the filter when you get the option (e.g. in the Transform tool). > [@Why won't pixel brush outline snap to pixel centre?](https://krita-artists.org/t/why-wont-pixel-brush-outline-snap-to-pixel-centre/70598/19): > > Yes, that’s it! Open the Brush Editor with F5 or use the icon on the Toolbar: > > ![Align to Pixel Grid](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/8/f87b1f2fb0e1e224d427dd031f989158b5863307.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-krita-be-used-as-a-pixel-art-software-if-so-how/102302)._