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Quote Broojo02 Replybullet Topic: What program should I use for pixel art?
    Posted: 24 March 2009 at 1:22pm
At the moment I use MSPaint but it appears that the pros don't use this program so much. Could you guys suggest any decent (and hopefully free) programs designed for pixel art for me?

I'm a beginner at pixel art so Paint is fine for the moment.
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Quote Evilagram Replybullet Posted: 24 March 2009 at 1:29pm
Just stick with paint. It's what most of us use anyway. That or GraphicsGale.
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Quote Broojo02 Replybullet Posted: 24 March 2009 at 1:42pm
Ok cool, I've heard of graphics gale, good for quickly making animated gifs but you have to pay for that.
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Quote greenraven Replybullet Posted: 24 March 2009 at 2:23pm
Use unFreeze to animate gifs you made with paint.
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Quote mappower Replybullet Posted: 25 March 2009 at 1:56pm
I recommend GraphicsGale. It's almost as easy as Paint to use and it has hotkeys and you can undo more. That's why I'm using it.. And it's FREE!.
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Quote Hapiel Replybullet Posted: 25 March 2009 at 3:06pm
I use MTpaint and its awesome. Google it.
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Quote Peach Replybullet Posted: 31 March 2009 at 3:55pm
some other free programs can be: grafx2 and gimp (which has some animation extensions) but the latter is quite complex for a beginner
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Quote Zero_ Replybullet Posted: 05 April 2009 at 5:10pm
I actually work with Photoshop (but that´s because I use it almost everyday in college) but as Lollige said MTpaint is one of the best programs that I saw...
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Quote smk Replybullet Posted: 07 April 2009 at 5:16am
Paint.NET

Layers and unlimited history (ctrl+Z)

Free: getpaint.net

(Requires .NET Framework, free download.)
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