- Pixen is now available on the iPhone! - Enjoy improved reliability and performance on older Macs

Pixen 6 is here with an improved design, new features, and many quality of life improvements. - Enjoy a refreshed design with support for macOS 26 and Liquid Glass with a new icon, updated controls, and menu icons - Turn Liquid Glass effects off or on under sidebars and toolbars independently in the Settings window - Create, sort, edit, and organize color palettes directly in the main document window - Speed up drawing symmetrical objects with the Mirror X / Mirror Y options for the Pencil tool - Use the new "Clone Layer to All Frames" command to propagate layer changes to all frames in an animation, perfect for updating a background that is shared across all frames - Hide the layers sidebar on the right to free up screen space - Use new keyboard shortcuts to bring up the Welcome window and color panel - Use new keyboard shortcuts for canvas rotation commands - Navigate to the previous/next row in color palettes using up/down arrow keys - Access the Trim Canvas command more easily Pixen 6 also features many smaller quality of life improvements: - Improved the reliability of drag and drop operations in color palettes - Improved the default file name in the frame sequence export sheet - The last selected frame sequence image format is now remembered across exports - Fixed a bug where rotated images could end up being offset by an extra pixel - Fixed a bug where opening the background picker popover could select the wrong background - Pixen now warns when trying to export a project without adding export formats - Improved performance throughout the app, especially on older Macs

- Bug fixes

Pixen 5.6 brings many quality-of-life improvements to color palettes, keyboard shortcuts, and more. - Colors can now be deleted, rearranged, and replaced in color palettes docked in the sidebar on the right - Multi-digit color palette indices can now be selected by typing them with the keyboard - Custom color palettes docked in the sidebar on the right are now restored across app launches - Duplicate colors can now be added to color palettes by default - Improved the sorting of color palettes - Improved the quality of exported SVGs - Improved the reliability of the rectangular selection tool - You can now hold the Shift key while using the Move tool to lock movement in horizontal or vertical directions - Fixed a bug where pressing the delete key while using the Text tool could delete the selected pixels instead of the last character

Pixen 5.6 brings many quality-of-life improvements to color palettes, keyboard shortcuts, and more. - Colors can now be deleted, rearranged, and replaced in color palettes docked in the sidebar on the right - Multi-digit color palette indices can now be selected by typing them with the keyboard - Custom color palettes docked in the sidebar on the right are now restored across app launches - Improved the sorting of color palettes - Improved the quality of exported SVGs - Improved the reliability of the rectangular selection tool - You can now hold the Shift key while using the Move tool to lock movement in horizontal or vertical directions

- When exporting layers, you can now choose whether layers should be cropped to the bounds of the canvas - Text can now be pasted in when using the Text Tool by pressing Command-V - Improved the documentation for the app to cover the latest features and improvements - Fixed an issue where merging hidden layers could cause their contents to disappear

- Improved the color accuracy of shape tools - Selecting custom fill colors for shape tools now takes one fewer click - Fixed an issue where selecting tools could require two clicks Previously in Pixen 5.5: - Export layers and animation frame sequences at different scales - Export sprite sheets in different image formats - Customize the color depth when exporting BMP files - Apply patterns with the Flood Fill tool - Choose whether patterns should be tiled or drawn in when using the Pencil tool to draw patterns - Quickly create images and animations by right-clicking on Pixen's app icon in the Dock

- Fixed an issue where selecting tools could require two clicks Previously in Pixen 5.5: - Export layers and animation frame sequences at different scales - Export sprite sheets in different image formats - Customize the color depth when exporting BMP files - Apply patterns with the Flood Fill tool - Choose whether patterns should be tiled or drawn in when using the Pencil tool to draw patterns - Quickly create images and animations by right-clicking on Pixen's app icon in the Dock

- Improved the accuracy of Photoshop (PSD) exports - Improved the responsiveness of the Pencil tool - Retitled some settings to improve clarity Previously in Pixen 5.5: - Export layers and animation frame sequences at different scales - Export sprite sheets in different image formats - Customize the color depth when exporting BMP files - Apply patterns with the Flood Fill tool - Choose whether patterns should be tiled or drawn in when using the Pencil tool to draw patterns - Quickly create images and animations by right-clicking on Pixen's app icon in the Dock

Pixen 5.5 is a major update that introduces additional export options, pattern tools, and more. - Export layers and animation frame sequences at different scales - Export sprite sheets in different image formats - Customize the color depth when exporting BMP files - Apply patterns with the Flood Fill tool - Choose whether patterns should be tiled or drawn in when using the Pencil tool to draw patterns - Quickly create images and animations by right-clicking on Pixen's app icon in the Dock

- In animation projects, added a toolbar button to provide easier access to animation settings - In animation projects, the toolbar can now be customized independently of that of image projects - Dithering options now respect pixels' alpha channel - Improved the appearance of the feedback form - Improved UI makes it more obvious when colors are selected in color palettes - Fixed the top crash in the app - Pixen is fully compatible with macOS 15 "Sequoia"

- In animation projects, added a toolbar button to provide easier access to animation settings - In animation projects, the toolbar can now be customized independently of that of image projects - Dithering options now respect pixels' alpha channel - Improved the appearance of the feedback form - Improved UI makes it more obvious when colors are selected in color palettes - Pixen is fully compatible with macOS 15 "Sequoia"

- In animation projects, added a toolbar button to provide easier access to animation settings - In animation projects, the toolbar can now be customized independently of that of image projects - Dithering options now respect pixels' alpha channel - Improved the appearance of the feedback form - Improved UI makes it more obvious when colors are selected in color palettes - Pixen is fully compatible with macOS 15 "Sequoia"

- Pixen is fully compatible with macOS 15 "Sequoia" - Improved UI makes it more obvious when colors are selected in color palettes

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

Pixen 5.4 includes new and improved features that help with graphics creation for the Playdate game console: - Added a preset for the Playdate's screen size in the Create New Image / Animation window - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to 1-bit command, with thresholding and dithering settings included - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a 1-bit color palette to the default set of color palettes, which can be docked in the sidebar - Added a button for inverting colors to the Pattern Editor window - Added an option for creating patterns from 1-bit images in the Pattern Editor

- Blend modes can now be changed using the top level Layers menu in the menu bar (previously this was only possible with the context menu in the layers pane) - Added the ability to scale layers with the Layer -> Transform Layer -> Scale Layer command - Added different algorithms as options to the Filter -> Convert to Grayscale command - Added a new color palette which is installed when trying Pixen for the first time - Custom color palettes can now be assigned to the sidebar on the right above the layers, in addition to the existing Recent Colors and Document Colors palettes - Fixed an issue where applying a preset would sometimes not honor the color in the preview

- Custom color palettes can now be assigned to the sidebar on the right above the layers, in addition to the existing Recent Colors and Document Colors palettes - Pressing the Option key no longer affects the Tools palette of background document windows - Fixed issues around pressing the Escape key to close the About window

- Custom color palettes can now be assigned to the sidebar on the right above the layers, in addition to the existing Recent Colors and Document Colors palettes - Pressing the Option key no longer affects the Tools palette of background document windows - Fixed issues around pressing the Escape key to close the About window

- Pressing the Option key no longer affects the Tools palette of background document windows - Fixed issues around pressing the Escape key to close the About window