: What canvas size should I use to draw pixel art for an 8bit game? I'm working on the sprites for a 8bit game. The game is made for iOS so I'm working on a 16:9 radius. What I'm not sure

@Nimeshi706

In a basic sense, there is no right choice.

However, in game programming (and libraries), there is or was a standard where you use powers of 2 for textures (e.g. 256 x 256, 512 x 512, 1024 x 1024 [...]). If you decide not to do this, there may be repercussions from a programming perspective (no mipmaps, limited filtering, massive memory lossage (1024x256 consumes 1024x1024 memory space) etc).

See for example: stackoverflow.com/questions/11069441/non-power-of-two-textures-in-ios
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@Holmes874

Set your canvas size so it correlates to the pixel size you want to use. That way you can use 1:1 pixel tools in photoshop. When it comes time to use the actual images, you can then re-scale in Photoshop or possibly in the app framework itself.

For example, if the physical device is 1920x1080 and you want your virtual "8-bit" pixels to be 8x8 device pixel, then divide everything by 8 and use a canvas of 240x135.

If you decide to scale up in Photoshop in the end, be sure to use the 'nearest neighbor' option in the resize dialog to prevent any anti-aliasing.

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