PointClair Sprite Studio

Create pixel art from scratch — or bring your own sprites in.

PointClair Sprite Studio is an offline pixel art and sprite animation editor made for people who want to create, edit, animate and export pixel art in a simple workflow.

Start from a blank canvas to build a sprite from nothing, or import your own PNGs and spritesheets to continue working on existing art.

Then animate frame by frame, organize layers, manage palettes, save your editable project locally, and export game-ready files when you are done.

No account. No subscription. No internet required.

What you can do

• Create pixel art from scratch
• Import your own PNG files
• Import regular-grid spritesheets
• Edit sprites frame by frame
• Work with layers, selections and transformations
• Use palette tools, extraction and color replacement
• Preview animations with playback and onion skin
• Save editable .pixlab projects
• Export PNG, spritesheet PNG and frame JSON

Built for sprite creation and animation

PointClair Sprite Studio is not just a viewer for spritesheets.

It is a focused local studio for:

• drawing sprites from nothing,
• refining imported artwork,
• building animations,
• and exporting files that are ready to use in a game workflow.

Core features

Drawing

Pencil, Eraser, Eyedropper, Fill, Line, Rectangle and Ellipse, with adjustable brush size and alpha.

Selection & transforms

Rectangular selection, move, cut, copy, paste, delete, flip and rotate.

Layers

Create, duplicate, rename, reorder, hide, lock and adjust layer opacity.

Animation

Multiple frames, frame durations, playback, loop and onion skin.

Palette tools

Add, edit and delete swatches, extract colors from an image, replace one color or multiple colors across the project.

Import / Export

Import PNGs and spritesheets. Export the current frame as PNG, a full horizontal spritesheet as PNG, and frame timing/data as JSON.

Project files

Save and reopen full editable projects with the .pixlab format.

Quick start

1. Download the ZIP
2. Extract it completely
3. Open index.html

A quick-start README and a keyboard shortcuts glossary are included.

Current V1

This first release focuses on the essential workflow for creating and animating pixel art sprites locally.

GIF export is not included in V1.
Animations can be exported as PNG spritesheets + JSON.

Feedback

Comments are open.

If there is something that would genuinely improve your workflow, let me know — future updates will be guided by real usage and feedback.

Promotional Asset Credits

Sprites shown in the screenshots and GIFs are used for demonstration only and are not included with the download.

• Zweihander Combat — Volva Studio
• Necromancer — CreativeKind
• Demon 64x64 — Kelano Studio