Pixaki 4 Pro 4+

I’m so glad that Pixaki finally has canvas rotation and an actual selection marquee, as well as the ability to rename layers. It’s finally starting to feel like a real tool instead of a bandaid option for pixel artists on the iPad. Pixel perfect line tool! Dither brush! These are awesome additions!

But there’s a change I can’t stand, and it’s the new palette. It’s attached to the new gigantic layer panel, and when you put away the layers you also hide the color palette! Together they take up too much of the workspace for those of us working vertically. You can’t separate even them to even return the palette to its original location under the toolbar.

Also, when you select a color with the sliders, your art darkens! I know it’s cool UI, but you can’t really choose colors for your art if you can’t see what you’re doing.

I love most of the new changes implemented. I’m glad it didn’t cost too much too upgrade, since the original app was fairly pricey. But the interface was one of the best aspects of the previous Pixaki and now that’s been changed for the worse.

I only updated to the new version because the color picker in the old version is broken. The new version has loads of new features, but they aren’t worth it if the program isn’t fixed. When Something is pasted onto a layer and the blending mode is changed the layer will not change blending modes but twitches out and can something cause the app to crash. Images can be resized now but when pasting and zooming in it commonly resized the image as well. Even moving a pasted image can cause it to distort. This makes it hard to consistently copy and paste items that need to stay the same size. Importing files from the old version doesn’t work at all. There needs to be a way to turn off transformation tools. It feels like they tried to make this app more like photoshop, but now the tools are in bad locations instead if lined up on the bottom. Images cannot be made at screen size as the width of files are capped at 1048. Its so frustrating. Only good thing is this app is cheap and is only a 1 time payment. Please fix the bugs and make this a good program.

This app is seriously amazing for those who are doing serious professional or hobby pixel work. The UI is similar to procreate, minimal clutter, and just overall intuitive for a quick workflow.
I’m using an Apple Pencil on iPadmini and I am just busting out artworks faster than I ever have.
One feature than I noticed that could use improvement is the animation tools. They aren’t as powerful as aseprite. However, it’s not a huge deal if you’re making static artworks. One other feature that could be added could be the ability to have a windowed, moveable color palette, so I can place it in the same corner as I do when using procreate.
I like being able to export my files as .ase so I can do finishing touches on my desktop.
Overall, I’m very pleased with Pixaki. I never have to use a bloated free pixel art program again! Thanks