Export Your Finished Asset

Lesson 6 of 6 · Beginner · 6 min

What you will make
A transparent PNG at 1×, a crisp 4× preview, and an editable project backup.

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Lesson checklist

Compare your own work with these checkpoints. Check each one when your result is ready.

I downloaded a 16 × 16 PNG with a transparent background.My 4× preview is 64 × 64 and has crisp edges.I saved an editable project backup as well as the PNG.

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Export your own saved slime at 1× and 4×, then download its editable project from the course bar.

Practice in the editor

Open a 16 × 16 practice canvas with lesson examples and onion skin enabled. Your work saves automatically to My projects.

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Starter files and backup import

Follow the steps

Take your slime out of the editor, and keep a project you can return to.

Start with: Your cleaned-up slime from lesson five, or the finished practice file.

1
Export the native asset
Open Export in the editor and choose PNG at 1×. Download the file. This is the version to bring into a game engine when each texture pixel should match one pixel of the asset.
A transparent 16 × 16 PNG.
2
Make a larger preview
Open Export again and select 4×. Pikanim uses nearest-neighbour scaling, so no blended edge colors are introduced. Use the larger file for a portfolio or a message, not as extra drawing resolution.
A sharp 64 × 64 preview PNG.
3
Keep the editable project
Use Download project in the course bar to save a project file with your pixels, palette and frames. Your local copy also stays in the Workspace. You can restore the downloaded file with Import project in any lesson's practice section.
A project backup you can reopen and edit.
4
Inspect the actual files
Open the exported PNG on a contrasting background and check its dimensions. The area outside the slime should be clear, with no checkerboard baked into the image. Keep your native PNG and project backup together.
A finished asset and the source you need to make the next version.

See the technique

Your editable 16 × 16 sprite

The same pixels, ready to export

The image in the editor and the PNG use the same pixel data. At 1× your file is 16 × 16; at 4× it is 64 × 64, with each original pixel becoming a 4 × 4 block. Transparency remains transparent at either size.

Learning notes and references

Export an asset at its native resolution.
Use integer scaling for a larger, crisp preview.
Keep the editable project as well as the exported image.

Pixel Art Game Asset Size Guide Pixel Art Resolution Guide

Follow the steps

Take your slime out of the editor, and keep a project you can return to.

Start with: Your cleaned-up slime from lesson five, or the finished practice file.

Export the native asset

Open Export in the editor and choose PNG at 1×. Download the file. This is the version to bring into a game engine when each texture pixel should match one pixel of the asset.

A transparent 16 × 16 PNG.

Make a larger preview

Open Export again and select 4×. Pikanim uses nearest-neighbour scaling, so no blended edge colors are introduced. Use the larger file for a portfolio or a message, not as extra drawing resolution.

A sharp 64 × 64 preview PNG.

Keep the editable project

Use Download project in the course bar to save a project file with your pixels, palette and frames. Your local copy also stays in the Workspace. You can restore the downloaded file with Import project in any lesson's practice section.

A project backup you can reopen and edit.

Inspect the actual files

Open the exported PNG on a contrasting background and check its dimensions. The area outside the slime should be clear, with no checkerboard baked into the image. Keep your native PNG and project backup together.

A finished asset and the source you need to make the next version.