1.20.2 beta
Pixel Composer » Devlog
Interface
- Add Randomizer panel.
- Add customizable curve preset.
- Add preset favorite.
- Editing value when playing animation will not immediately update the node.
- [Animation Panel] Add cache stat in frame view.
- [Animation Panel] Add property editWidget.
- [AssetBox] Add ability to save surface directly to assets folder.
- [CurveBox] Add flip x/y buttons.
- [File Selector] Add sorting order for parent column.
- [Graph Panel] Add “Compact on Expand” meta display type.
- [Graph Panel] Add compact view for node metadata.
- [Graph Panel] Add dimension data for non surface value.
- [Inspector Panel] Add asterisk after modified property.
- [Inspector Panel] Add expression toggle in compact view.
- [Inspector Panel] Add mini timeline.
- [Inspector Panel] Property can now be “Favorited” to show up in project view.
- [Inspector Panel] Section label now show edited and animation status.
- [Inspector Panel] Some node settings (color depth, interpolation, oversampling) now shows up on the properties tab.
- [Lua] Add
surfaceGetWidth,surfaceGetHeightandsurfaceGetFormatfunctions. - [Palette, Gradient preset] Add support for folder.
- [ScrollBox] Hovering outside the selector box will now reset the value.
- [Widgets] Improve visual.
Node
- Add custom UV input to some nodes.
- Add coloring options to some blur nodes.
- Add caching feature to every nodes (toggle in Settings tab).
- Add single axis repeat for oversampling setting.
- Add global node settings (color depth, interpolation, oversampling). Inherit option (formerly ’Group”) now active in global scope and is the new default value.
- Node properties can now be renamed.
- “Use project dimension” now use relative unit (i.e. allow for setting [2,2] as 2x the project dimension).
- New Mappable Properties
- Blur: Size
- Bloom: Strength, Tolerance, Strength
- Blobify: Radius
- Contrast Blur: Size, Threshold
- Box Blur: Size
- FXAA: Distance
- High Pass: Radius, Intensity
- SDF: Max Distance
- Round Corner: Radius, Threshold
- Quantize Colors: Dithering Contrast
- Brush: Length, Attenuation, Circulation
- Interlaced: Size
- De-Corner: Threshold
- De-Stray: Threshold
- Displace: Mid Value
- Perlin Noise: Scaling, Amplitude
- Caustic: Intensity, Progress
- Sky: Turbidity, Sun Radiance
- Normal: Height, Smooth
- AO: Height, Intensity
- Blend Edge: Blending, Smoothness
- Kuwahara: Radius
- New Curve modulator
- Chromatic aberration: Strength
- Bevel: Slope
- AO: Intensity
- Blur: Intensity Modulation
- Box Blur: Intensity Modulation
- Radial Blur: Strength
- Lens Blur: Intensity
- Slope Blur: Strength
- Smear: Strength
- Threshold: Brightness, Alpha smoothness
- Grain: Brightness, Red, Green, Blue, Hue, Sat, Val.
- Grey to Alpha: Modulate effect
- Alpha to Grey: Modulate effect
- 2D Light: Custom Attenuation curve
- Bloom: Strength
- Shadow: Strength
- Vignette: Strength
- Blend Edge: Smoothness
- Brush: Attenuation
- Dilate: Strength
- Displace: Strength
- Liquefy: Falloff
- Flow Path: Weight Blending
- Draw Gradient: Progress remap
- Draw Cos Gradient: Progress remap
- Polar Mirror: Spokes
- Skew: Strength
- [Armature Bind] Input surface now can be renamed.
- [Array split] Improve performance.
- [Cast Shadow] Add factional unit for Light Radius.
- [Cast Shadow] Add support for multiple lights.
- [Chromatic Aberration] Add more control for continuous type.
- [Draw Shape] Add Background Surface and blend mode properties.
- [Draw Shape] Add Superellipse shape.
- [Image Inputs] Add dimension output.
- [MK Flare] Add more post processing options.
- [MK Flare] Improve UX.
- [Polar] Add twist property.
- [Texture Remap] Add blending ratio property.
- [Transform] Add static echo.
Bugs
- Fix curve data weirdness.
- Fix crash when duplicating nodes.
- Fix some node icon not padded properly.
- [CurveBox] Fix height adjust button disappear when toggling x control.
- [Directional Blur] Fix error when toggling strength map.
- [Export] Fix error when selecting non .png format for image sequence.
- [Frame] Fix reframe not working.
- [Graph Panel] Fix updating view setting not updating graph.
- [Particle] Fix changing global dimension does not clear cache.
- [PCX] Fix
length(a)always return 1. - [pSystem] Fix looping not working.
- [Radial Blur] Fix alpha not blurring.
- [RigidBody] Fix crash when initializing rigidObject with no surface.
- [TextArea] Fix drawing widget cause right clicking to activate wrong context menu.
Files
[beta] PixelComposer 1.20.2 itch.zip 151 MB
12 hours ago
[stable] PixelComposer 1.20.0.10 itch.zip 147 MB
3 days ago
[beta] Pixel_Composer_1.20.1.0-x86_64.AppImage 173 MB
10 days ago
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Pixel Composer
Node based VFX compositor for pixel art.
| Status | In development |
| Category | Tool |
| Author | MakhamDev |
| Tags | 2D, Pixel Art, Procedural Generation |
| Languages | English |
More posts
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- 1.20.0 stable50 days ago
- 1.19.10.1-3 patches77 days ago
- 1.19.10 beta80 days ago
- 1.19.9 beta96 days ago
- 1.19.8 betaAug 22, 2025

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