Aseprite vs Pixelmator

Aseprite

Description: Aseprite is a pixel art and sprite animation software for creating 2D game graphics. It has tools for digital painting, layers, timeline animation, palette management, and exporting animations to game engines.

Type: software

Pixelmator

Description: Pixelmator is a powerful, fast, and easy-to-use image editing app for Mac. It offers a wide range of professional-grade tools for image editing, painting, retouching photos, designing graphics and more.

Type: software

Pricing: Subscription

Aseprite Features

• Pixel art editing
• Animation timeline
• Onion skinning
• Layers and tags
• Palette management
• Tiled mode
• Export animations and spritesheets

Pixelmator Features

• Full-featured image editor
• Non-destructive editing
• Layer-based workflow
• Selection tools
• Painting & drawing tools
• Retouching tools
• Effects & filters
• Batch processing
• Automation
• Third-party plugin support

Aseprite

• Not listed

Pixelmator

• Subscription