Pixel Art Studio

Devlog

• v1.1.2: activate Pixel Art Studio with a shortcut; external file watcher; more QoL
  September 03, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

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  #qol, #selection, #shortcuts, #crash

  Activate and De-Activate Pixel Art Studio with a Shortcut No more "click a tool to activate Pixel Art Studio shortcuts", then "click again to de-activate the tool to bring Blender shortcuts back" . In... Continue reading

  
• v1.1.1: selections 26x faster, hidden faces cannot be painted, more settings and QoL
  September 02, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  1

  #bug, #selection, #performance, #qol

  Faster Selections and you can now move selections at corners Selection tools are now 26 times faster in the 3D viewport ! Until v1.1.0, if you moved a selection at a 3-uv islands / 3-seams intersectio... Continue reading

  
• v1.1.0: quality of life features (bindable shortcuts, settings) and older Blender support
  August 31, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  2

  #qol, #shortcuts, #features

  v1.1.0 - Major Version Upgrade Customizable Shortcuts It's now possible to customize every single shortcut. The shortcuts documenation was updated: https://pardalltools.github.io/pixel-art-studio-docs... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.7: perfect selections across seams and separate UV islands
  August 31, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  1

  #bug, #selection, #marquee, #move

  I finally solved the biggest challenge I had since I started developing this tool: moving pixels and selection marquees across seams and separate UV islands in the 3D viewport. This is a very complica... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.6: pressure sensitivity, rotate viewport with Alt, selection drag
  August 30, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  1

  #bug, #selection, #pressure-sensitivity

  v1.0.6 Changelog Improvement: it's now possible to rotate the viewport while holding Alt. For that, go to Preferences > Input > Check "Emulate 3 Button Mouse", and then Alt does not trigger the color... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.5: selection tools 3D viewport, perspective symmetry, new tutorial
  August 30, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  2

  #bug, #symmetry, #selection, #tutorial

  After almost 10 hours of work non-stop without sleeping, I fixed regressions introduced in the selection tools in the 3D viewport, but not only that, now you can move selections correctly across faces... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.4: So many bug fixes (shapes, move and selection tools, color space)
  August 30, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  1

  #bug, #selection, #color

  v1.0.4 Changelog Bug fix: Drawing with the brush tool when the viewport is zoomed out at a great distance from the model, does not draw dots anymore , it draws a continuous stroke correctly. Bug fix:... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.3 (bug fix: shapes consistent across seams and gradient performance)
  August 29, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  1

  #bug

  UPDATED: This version introduced a regression in the Ellipse, Rectangle and Line tools, they do not draw pixel perfectly anymore. I'm working on a fix. For now, I recommend downloading v1.0.2. v1.0.3... Continue reading

  
• Critical bug fix: keep lines consistent across seams on the 3D viewport
  August 29, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

  1

  #bug

  v1.0.2 - Critical bug fix UPDATE: Download v1.0.3 instead as the fix covers the same class of errors for all drawing tools. In the 3D viewport when drawing across UV islands that are too far apart, th... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.1: Groups now correctly move all their layers; Workspace crash fix
  August 28, 2026 by Alfred Baudisch (Pardall)

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  #bug

  v1.0.1 Improvement: when moving a group of layers up and down, now the layers go alongside the group folder, working effectively and correctly as a "group" like Photoshop, etc. Bug fix: fixed a crash... Continue reading