# 1 Bit Studio

> 1 Bit Studio makes small, focused apps with a retro phosphor aesthetic, no ads, no accounts and no tracking. Everything is stored on the user's own device or their iCloud.

## 1 Bit Pixel
A pixel-art and animation studio for iPad (iPadOS 17+) and Mac (macOS 14+). 22 drawing & shape tools, unlimited layers with groups and 19 blend modes, alpha-lock and clipping masks, frame-by-frame animation with onion skin, tags and linked cels, palettes and palette-swap, tilesets, symmetry, and Apple Pencil support. Exports PNG, GIF, APNG, MP4, sprite sheets (with JSON), SVG, CSS, ICO, HEIC, TGA, QOI, Aseprite and layered PSD; imports images plus layered Aseprite and PSD. Interface in 10 languages.

- [1 Bit Pixel](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/): product overview
- [How To — overview](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/): all guides + FAQ
- [Drawing tools](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/drawing/): pencil, eraser, fill, eyedropper (with edge cases)
- [Shapes & lines](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/shapes/)
- [Select & transform](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/select/)
- [Layers & blend](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/layers/): layers, groups, blend modes, alpha-lock, clipping
- [Frames & animation](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/animation/): timeline, onion skin, tags, linked cels
- [Color & palette](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/color/): color picker, palettes, palette-swap, shading
- [Import & export](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/export/): every format, sprite sheets + JSON, PSD
- [Apple Pencil & gestures](https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/how-to/pencil/): gestures, quick eyedrop, squeeze, scribble