Is there a way to export image as an 8-bit indexed PNG?

Darkhog

Oct 20, 2017 at 10:44 pm

Or will I have to use a separate software like IrfanView to "down" the bit-depth?

Need to know that, because PE is just lovely for making tiles and I'm currently using RPG Maker 2003 which only supports 8-bit images (though the program itself is AFAIK 16 or even 24bit since you can display multiple images with completely different palettes).

CandyFace

Oct 21, 2017 at 7:19 am

That's not possible, no. As mentioned in the FAQ:
Pyxel Edit supports full 32 bit ARGB color. The means the Palette is not a "hard" palette, you may use any other color in your images.

Exporting has the same limitation, so you'll have to another software to do that.

sduensin

Aug 21, 2018 at 12:49 am

This is disappointing to hear. I've spent the last SEVERAL HOURS trying to properly create a 4 bit image from some Pyxel Edit content. It does a great job with a 16 color tileset but then the actual exported data is useless to me. :-(