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Does anyone know any Mac alternative that has the exact features that Paint.NET has when it comes to creating pixel art, and free?
With Paint.NET I'm able to select whatever pixels in the grid to drag them, or change their colors all at once, or delete them, or to give the mirror/reflect (horizontally/vertically) effect.
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Though it is more of a Photoshop clone by its number of features, have you considered The Gimp? I don't know if it is going to fit your exact requirement, but it does have an excessive number of features including a magnified editing mode and color substitution.
Otherwise, have you tried Paint.NET via Wine? It seems that only the v3.5.x version might get somewhere, but with limitations.
Any graphics app with a zoom feature would let you edit a picture pixel by pixel. I think one of the most popular shareware graphics apps is GraphicConverter. Piko Pixel is a free and open source application for creating pixel art on Mac and Linux. The program is both easy to use and offers several features including a customizable canvas, unlimited undos, hotkey-activated popup panels, and layering. Pixen is a pixel art and animation editor for Mac OS X. With the number of Pixen clones in the Mac App Store outnumbering contributions to the project, Pixen is no longer open source. Download Pixel art editor - Dottable - and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. BE CREATIVE in your spare time!! This app enables you to make a pixel art easily. For portable pixel editing and animation, check out SpriteSomething for the iPad. Has it's flaws but overall a fine and useable tool for remote work. Has it's flaws but overall a fine and useable tool for remote work.
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Not sure, but it might be possible to install the .net framework on OS X. That's just from a quick Google search, and I don't truly understand this stuff, but take a look. I believe you can also use Wine to run it.
Even though this isn't directed at your use case, take a look at this post about alternatives. This post also suggests alternatives, including Pixen, PikoPixel, Piskel, Aesprite, and setting up GIMP to work well with Pixel art. Forewarning, I don't do much pixel art (I've always just used GIMP) and therefore can't give you anything other than other's advice.
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