The ancient always has its charm and this is why 8-bit graphics, today that images have real colors on computers, is always attractive and special. The images in the 8 bit computers, in fact, had few colors and the figures seem to be constructed from colored and "pixellated" squares. To play a bit with the images, to create the most original profile image in Facebook or another social network or to feel like in an 80's videogame, you can transform any photo into an 8-bit image or create figures all new as characters in a Mario Bros game.
Here are the automatic websites or almost to create 8 bit images .
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1) SuperPixelTime is the best site to turn a photo into an 8bit image. The HTML5 site allows you to upload a photo from the Choose button at the top left and then to move the various cursors to make the image more or less pixelated, with larger or smaller squares. You can also choose the color scheme (palette) to use among several presets. In this way you can get a Nintendo, Mario Bros, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, apple 2, Tetris and others style image.
If you want to create a new color scheme you can add them in the Palette section.
With the CStitch program you can create a color scheme from any photo. To accept the settings you must press the Render key and see the result of the transformation. The 8 bit image can be saved or shared on Facebook and Twitter.
2) Anyone who wants to create an 8-bit pixellated image from scratch can use the Piq online editor, which allows you to draw on the screen and save the image in a relatively simple way.
On this page, many examples of designs created on this site.
3) The Pixelator is an app for Telegram to turn photos into 8-bit pixel art. In this case, several layers of image can be created by refining it precisely.
Pixels can be diamonds, squares or diamonds. The image cannot be uploaded to the site so you must first upload it to IMGUR and then paste the link where URL is written.
4) Make8bitart is another site where you draw 8 bits, with a screen that looks like a Commodore 64, where the pen writes huge squares.
5) An 8 bit avatar can be created on the 8 Bit Yourself site, like the character of the Linkin Park game for iPhone and iPad, sponsored by the site. You can choose the head, body, eyes, hair, nose, mouth and background and then save the image that can be used as an avatar on any website.
6) img8bit converts an image into 8 Bit graphics that seems to come out of a video game from the 80s. The web app is very easy and modern in its functionality and in the ability to generate quality images.
7) TextCraft is a site that creates Minecraft-style writing, always 8-bit.
8) RetroArcade instead allows you to create a small 8-bit Arcade-type game, like those of the 80's arcades.
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