A browser-based tool for converting images into pixel art. Runs client-side with no external dependencies, supporting custom palettes, dithering, edge smoothing, and outline generation.
Original → Pixelated
Use the hosted version directly in your browser here.
Download Img2Pixel.html from the repository root and open it in any browser.
git clone https://github.com/meangrinch/Img2Pixel.git
cd Img2Pixel
python scripts/build.py- Pixelation: Downsample images to custom pixel-grid sizes
- Palettes: Generate adaptive palettes, pick from 61 built-in palettes (Game Boy, NES, PICO-8...), or sample one from an image
- Presets: Emulate classic consoles and computers (Game Boy, SNES, Master System, Apple II...) down to screen size, pixel shape, palette, and per-tile color limits, or apply a Greyscale or Sticker look
- Hardware Limits: Cap color depth and colors per tile or scanline, with shared palettes like real consoles
- Dithering: Apply error diffusion (Floyd-Steinberg, Atkinson, Burkes, Sierra) or Bayer ordered dithering (2x2, 4x4, 8x8)
- Smoothing: Remove isolated stray pixels and clean up cluster edges
- Outlines: Add outer borders, edge strokes, or internal color-boundary outlines
- Preview: Compare edits with a split slider, side-by-side view, hold-to-peek, pixel grid overlay, and up to 3200% zoom, with touch panning and pinch-zoom on phones and tablets
- Export: Save as PNG, JPEG, or WebP (native, 2x-16x upscaled, or at the source image's size), or copy to the clipboard
Img2Pixel is open-source and free. If it saves you time or enhances your workflow, consider supporting its development!
