pixel-art

You can convert images into retro pixel art by applying predefined hardware or artistic palettes with Floyd-Steinberg dithering. This skill automates downscaling and posterization, generating consistent retro PNGs suitable for avatars and posters.

Floyd-Steinberg dithering is the primary technique applied to diffuse quantization errors across neighboring pixels. Combined with era-specific palettes like NES or Game Boy, it preserves color depth perception during image processing.

Yes, this skill requires the Pillow library for image processing and offers an importable Python API. You can automate pixel art generation programmatically using presets and palette overrides for social media workflows.

Yes, the skill includes a script to overlay processed frames into animated sequences. It can generate MP4 or GIF outputs for animated scenes, leveraging ffmpeg for video encoding if available.

Available hardware palettes include NES, Game Boy, PICO-8, and C64. These predefined color sets map image pixels to authentic retro console limitations during the dithering and posterization process.

Ffmpeg is optional but leveraged for video encoding when creating animated sequences. Static retro pixel art PNGs only require the Pillow dependency, while MP4 or GIF generation benefits from ffmpeg integration.