Marmoset Hexels is a grid-based painting tool for vector art, pixel art, design, and animation. A geometric canvas grid lets artists create complex pixel and vector designs with the stroke of a brush.
## About This Software
Marmoset Hexels is a unique, grid-based painting tool for vector art, pixel
art, design, and animation.
## Hexelate
At the heart of Hexels lies a paintable grid of geometric shapes: a
tessellating canvas built of hexagons, triangles, squares, and custom
polygons. The Hexels grid allows artists to create complex vector designs with
the stroke of a brush. It is a new kind of workflow that's intuitive and easy
to pick up by a beginner, and a versatile tool in the hands of a pro.
## Pixelate
The grid-based canvas in Hexels is a natural fit for the forward-thinking
pixel artist. Make full use of the same great drawing tools. Keep track of
colors and gradients with the palette. Set your canvas in motion with the
animation timeline. Export a sprite sheet for every princess in every castle.
## Construct
For the craftsman looking to build worlds, Hexels provides a set of grids and
guides for drafting all forms of isometric art. Raise walls, carve mountains,
bend perspective to your will and build impossible wonders.
## Detail
Pixels and Trixels living in harmony! Hexels lets you combine layers of vector
and pixel art on the same canvas. Complement angular Hexel art with soft,
sweeping brushwork. Carve pixel-perfect trim into isometric art. Block out
whole cities in vector form, then dive in for the details.
## Rasterize
Hexels gives you full control over the vector-to-pixel rendering process.
Advanced rasterization tools provide vector alignment, pixel-perfect isometric
art, pixel scaling, and antialiasing at any export resolution. And because
Hexels renders everything on the GPU, you'll see a pixel-perfect preview on
the canvas as you paint.
## Animate
Build a world and bring it to life with the Hexels animation timeline. Breathe
subtle motion into a still image with post effects and motion curves. Send
shapes and colors twirling with layer transforms. Or tell a hand-drawn tale
with a simple flipbook animation.
## Pattern
Hexels is the perfect tool for exploring tiling designs and geometries. Paint
tessellating patterns on an endless canvas. Explore advanced grid types like
Voronoi. Draft your own grids with a powerful custom grid designer. Whether
you are creating textiles or laying out an elaborate mosaic, Hexels can help.
## Design
Hexels is a versatile tool for the graphic artist working with multiple
applications, at a print-ready resolution. Assemble your canvas out of
existing images and animations. Keep organized with layers, masks and groups.
Add a pinch of procedural with a library of real-time post effects and
shaders. Then export an SVG or layered PSD of your canvas for final touch-ups
elsewhere.
## Featured artwork by:
_Mark Knight, Mira Karouta, etall, Saskia Freeke, Will Wantz, Jen Maynulet,
Jakobsen Beck, Charred, Ed Clews, Brun elie Lauret, Thomas Lonsdale, Beth
Mohler, Andres Reinot, Tabby Rose_
Minimum system requirements for Win
RAM: 4 GB RAM
OS: Windows 7 (64-bit)
HDD Space: 140 MB available space
Recommended system requirements for Win
RAM: 8 GB RAM
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
HDD Space: 140 MB available space
Additional: Support for Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Cintiq, and other Wacom devices
Minimum system requirements for Mac
RAM: 4 GB RAM
OS: OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
HDD Space: 140 MB available space
Recommended system requirements for Mac
RAM: 8 GB RAM
OS: OS X 10.11
HDD Space: 140 MB available space