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A Node-based pixel art generator, editor, and VFX compositor. Create beautiful and complex effects in a non-destructive manner. Pixel Composer comes with a powerful graph system that supports multiple image manipulation, feedback effects, loop, physics, and fluid simulation.

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1.17.7 beta

13 Jul

Separate hotkey save file.

Interface

[Animation Panel] Improve graph view.
[Animation Panel] Graph view for separated axes can now be toggled separately.
[Graph Panel] Hiding preview now minimizes the node.
[Graph Panel] Add search function.
[Graph Panel] Add a context button for hiding all unconnected junctions.
[Inspector Panel] Value in pixel unit now rounded when sliding.
[Add node] Node alias now has the same search weight as the node name.
[Add node] Add highlight in the search box.

Node

New Array Pin
New Grain nose.
[Raymarching] Add orthographic projection.
[Group Input] Add visibility properties.
[Area] Add two points area type.
[Region Fill] Add all color modes.
[Canvas] Add 1:1 diagonal cube mode.
[Smear] Add invert mode.
[L-system] Add a warning when providing an invalid glyph and when trying to pop an empty stack.
[Map Path] Now use the default surface when no texture is provided.
[Path Extrude] Add loop, invert face properties.
[Normal Light] Light position is now vec2, separate light height as a separate property.
[Shift Array, Array Range] Is now an array processor.
[Invert] Add option to invert alpha.
[Shadow] Add light positioning mode.
[Frame] Improve display.

Bugs

[Graph Panel] Fix the error when dropping a project file to the panel.
[Graph Panel] Fix connection corner misbehaving in elbow mode.
[Graph Panel] Fix preview scale error when zooming out very far.
[Graph Panel] Fix junction not updating its initial position when a node is created while playing.
[Graph Panel] Fix curve data not connectable.
[Graph Panel] Fix error when hotkey node creation got canceled.
[Graph Panel] Fix the inverted vertical align button.
[Graph Export] Very large surfaces will now be cropped instead of error.
[Inspector Panel] Fix error when pop-up text box widget.
[Animation Panel] Fix overlapping graph when separating value.
[Preview Panel] Fix background turn white when the zoom scale is less than 0.1.
[Preview Panel] Fix 3D preview depth error.
Array processors now use maximum depth to determine array data. (will be slower but will allow inconsistent arrays like [16, [16, 16]] to work.)
[Blur] Fix the error when the node has no inputs.
[PCX] Fix string evaluation bug when a string contains operators.
[Pixel Sample] Fix glitch when inputting surfaces array of different sizes.
[Shape] Fix empty output for negative width or height.
[3D Path] Fix error on creation.
[Cell noise] Fix the black patch in cell mode.
[Path] Fix NaN error with 0 distance line.
[Canvas] Fix error when holding Ctrl + Shift while creating 0 width line.
[Canvas] Fix the draw layer, mirror buttons behave weirdly.
[L-system] Fix UI overlapping.
[Map Path] Fix freeze when subdivision value is less than 1.
[Path Extrude] Fix end cap only apply to one side.
[Group] Fix freezes when clicking the go to button while hovering on a junction.
[Group] Fix incorrect junction type on newer datatypes.
[3D Repeat] Fix the error when connecting with an empty object.
[Warp] Fix the error when updating the node with no surface input.
Fix active property not working.
Fix an error popup on some nodes when no input surface is provided.
Feedback line now always drawn with y shift.

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Questions about the program

I noticed there's no way to export the samples as a gif or even import other art, at least I couldn't find any way after fiddling with the menus for a bit. Not sure I understand the purpose of the software if all it can save the projects as are .prc's. Is there a way to export the animations to a different format like gif or a video?...

Feels Ranger Man

28 Jun @ 5:40pm

General Discussions

Linux/Proton support?

Does it work on Linux, via Proton for example?

winnie

27 Jun @ 3:02pm

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1.17.6 beta

5 Jul

Add a preference option to save and load the project layout.
Add template folder in welcome files.
Add an option to include a Steam avatar in the workshop thumbnail.

Interface

Shorten tag names in "graphic.json" theme file.
[Splash Dialog] Welcomes files now search every folder in `%APPDATA%/Welcome files` directory and grouped by folder.
[Splash Dialog] The Welcomes files folder is now collapsible and persistent between sessions.
[Splash Dialog] Add tag filter in the workshop section.
[Preview Panel] Tools hotkey can now include modifiers.
[Preview Panel] Add hotkey for right-side tools.
[Animation Panel] Add timeline preview for Canvas, Animation, GIF, and array to anim nodes.
[Graph Panel] Improve file-dropping interface.
[Graph Panel] Junction now snaps to target without holding ctrl.
[Graph Panel] Add group opening button.
[Graph Panel] Add node alignment options to the toolbar.
[Graph Panel] Adding a node with a hotkey while not moving the mouse will create the node below the current one.
[Graph Panel] Add auto align hotkey (L by default), align and distribute selecting nodes based on closet axis variance.
[Graph Panel] Add a double shift to select all junctions of the same io type in the same node as the dragging junction.
[Inspector Panel] Add colored labels when separating values.

Node

New interlace node.
Increase gradient key limits to 128.
[Group] Add highlight when hovering.
[Canvas Group] Is now a context group.
[Canvas Group] Add timeline group when created.
[Canvas] Frame deletion now requires a shift key to prevent misclicking.
[Canvas] Add animation type.
[Canvas] Add skew tool.
[Canvas] Add corner tool.
[Canvas] Add cube tool.
[Canvas] Add drawing guide to shape tools.
[Canvas] Snap line now snaps to integer ratio.
[Canvas] Add image file dropping to the surface.
[Canvas] Add select all.
[Grid] Add accurate mode.
[ASE File In] Now detect group layer separately from the image layer.
[ASE File In] Add a small delay before refreshing the file to prevent overlapped read ("ASE file read error.").
Array processors now use batched output by default (doesn't mean anything functionally).

Bugs

[UI] Fix the error when closing a panel with a nested sibling.
[Preference] Fix spacing error when searching hotkey.
[Graph Panel] Fix junction rendering in 1x zoom level.
[Graph Panel] Fix connection error when creating a new node by dragging the junction to an empty space.
[Graph Panel] Fix to center not working correctly with inline groups.
[Preview Panel] Fix view range does not apply to SDF shape.
[Preview Panel] Fix black screen when previewing an empty SDF shape.
[Export Graph] Fix "solid background" not completely opaque.
[ButtonGroup] Fix error when the input value is outside the possible range.
[Node] Fix error when separating axis.
[Node] Fix height display error in parameter view.
[Composite] Fix (potential) error when deleting a layer.
[Group] Fix inspector action always shows up even when there's no action.
[Group] Fix inspector action not working.
[Group] Fix deleting output not disconnect other nodes and create a floating connection.
[SVG] Fix error when reading multiline tags.
[SVG] Fix fill color not propagate to children.
[Canvas Group] Fix deleting layer not working.
[Pin] Fix junction type not being updated instantaneously when connected.
[3D Object] Fix weird behavior on other nodes when created.
[Canvas] Fix paste selection bug.
[Canvas] Fix apply node not working.
[Pack Sprite] Fix error when packing array containing invalid surfaces.
[Threshold] Fix threshold inclusive range (which causes black pixel to stay black.)
[RM Combine] Fix weird array output bug.
[RM Primitive] Fix scale property scale from world scope instead of local scope.
[Mesh Warp] Fix general error.

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Documentation?

This software is incredibly powerful, but also terribly complex. I tried looking for documentation and only found a very incomplete Wikia (which is a terrible way to handle any official documentation anyway) and the YouTube videos. The videos are super helpful, but it's hard to follow when you just don't know what the nodes do, and most importantly, it's less than ideal when you need to consult something. Am I missing something here?...

Knox

29 Jan @ 5:06pm

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1.17.5 beta

27 Jun

Interface

[Graph Panel] Dropping file now won't reset the graph position.
[Preview Panel] Hovering on the gradient map anchor now show the mapped surface.

Node

New Path Blur node.
New 3D Path node
New 3D Path Extrude node.
New Slice Stack node.
New Box Pattern node.
Add per node log.
[Shape] Add Gear shape.
[Export] Add surface output passthrough.
[Bake Path] Baking a single path will return a 2D array instead of 3D.
[Surface Extrude] Performance improvement.
[RM Primitive] Fix volumetric object not showing.
[Pytagorean, Herringbones, Random tiles] Add level property.
[3D Terrain] Add level property.
[Square, Tri, Pen, Hex Grid] Add option to use texture dimension.
[Blur, Bloom] Add aspect ratio and direction properties.
[SVG In] Add support for `viewbox` percentage unit.
[SVG In] Improve support for cubic bezier path.
[SVG In] Add a warning dialog when importing SVG 2.0 features.
[Scale Algorithm] Add cleanShape algorithm.
[3D Obj] Add an option to swap axes to fix some model orientation problems.
[Bloom] Add zoom blur option.

Bugs

Fix an error when toggling gradient map.
Fix shader uniform submission error in several nodes.
Fix error when loading invalid font.
[Graph Panel] Fix inspector action connection lines not rendering.
[Animation Panel] Fix the error when CTRL+click on a keyframe.
[Surface Extrude] Fix the error when enabling double-side mode with no height map.
[Curve, HSV Curve] Fix result error.
[Splash] Fix Kenney Credits.
[Tri, Hex grid] Fix aspect ratio error in texture sample mode.
[Render Spritesheet] Fix the custom range limit set at 1.
[SVG In] Fix node not read SVG file with extra tags.
[Particle] Add array warning to inputs.
[WAV File in] Fix file reading error.
[VFX] Fix error on create.
[Array Sort Inline] Fix error on processing.
[Websocket Receiver] Fix error with port setup.
[3D Obj] Fix loaded solid missing alpha value.
[3D Obj] Fix error when loading object with repeated material.

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Runes Generator

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Painterly Marble

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Hex Shield

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Energy Ball

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Alice the Fox

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Map distribution scattering not working

Hi, I'm on version 1.16rc10 and when I try to use map distribution for the Scatter node, it doesn't render anything. Does it happen to anyone else?

Geru

5 Apr @ 12:23pm

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Glitching

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Very Interesting

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Spiral

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How do I fix this? There is no menu, no drop downs, no window buttons. Nothing.

Kaixa

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Crashing after deleting Demo Version and starting Payed Version

Hey, I played the last days a bit around with the demo and this worked great. Why I bought the version today and started once also for a short amount of time and everything worked. After some Time I delete the old demo Version and to start the bought version and I get instantly that Error Notification. --- ========== Crash log [PXC 1.17.1.2] ========== ERROR in action number 1 of Draw Event for object o_main: Unable to render sprite -4 ========== Stack trace ========== gml_Script_draw_...

kAwI

11 Jun @ 6:25am

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