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For blurry fake pixel art, also called pixel-grid repair

Make uneven pixels look crisp and intentional.

Choose this when an AI image looks like pixel art from far away, but zooming in reveals soft, wobbly blocks that do not line up.

A common use:Example shown: rebuild a soft AI-generated mimic chest into a 41 × 41 PNG, including its transparent margin, made from true one-pixel cells.
Fix an image like this →

Turn soft blocks into individual, crisp pixels.

Repair pixel grid · Real before and after

Background
Zoom changes the view, never the file.
01 Before: whole image1254 × 1254 px
Complete uncropped source for Repair pixel grid

Whole image, shown smaller to this panel. Original proportions preserved.

02 After: enlarged view2× · 41 × 41 px PNG
Repair pixel grid exported PNG at 2 times magnification

Enlarged 2× for a closer look. The downloaded file stays the same size.

Under the magnifying glass

Same detail. See what changed.

Both lenses show the same part of the image.
The complete images stay visible above.

Source outline detail
Before Source detail
Result outline detail at 12 times magnification
After 12× actual pixels
Repair pixel grid export at native 41 by 41 pixels
Actual download size (1:1)41 × 41 pxShown without enlargement.
Size chosen
No resize
Sprite, before border
37 × 37
Empty border, each side
2 px
Final PNG size
41 × 41

66,354978 visible colours. We chose the grid settings for this example. Small details can change, so compare the result before using it.

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How this example was made Engine 0.2.0 +

Settings used for this example

Manually selected 24 px source blocks, phase 0, 0. This source has an imperfect grid. Small details can change; this is not an automatic-detection claim.

Measured from this run

Trimmed subject bounds
891 × 885 px
Subject aspect ratio
1.007 : 1 (width : height)
Requested core dimensions
No requested size. Grid or source determines the core.
Final size calculation
(37 + 2 × 2) × (37 + 2 × 2) = 41 × 41 px

At 1:1, browser zoom and display scaling can affect physical screen pixels. Preview backgrounds are not included in the PNG.

Exact recipe

{
  "recipeVersion": 1,
  "engineVersion": "0.2.0",
  "mode": "repixel",
  "background": {
    "mode": "preserve",
    "toleranceRgbPercent": 8,
    "erosionSourcePx": 0
  },
  "grid": {
    "enabled": true,
    "outlineExpansion": 0,
    "step": 24,
    "phaseX": 0,
    "phaseY": 0
  },
  "resize": {
    "enabled": false,
    "longestSide": 96,
    "filter": "source_default",
    "allowUpscale": false
  },
  "palette": {
    "enabled": false,
    "colours": 24,
    "protect": 4,
    "cleanPasses": 0
  },
  "finish": {
    "trim": true,
    "alpha": "binary",
    "thresholdPercent": 50,
    "gutter": 2,
    "bleedTransparentRgb": true
  }
}

SHA-256 file hashes

Source c46fbb784f7692a406061a24b6f3c2c2ea3dc35e823ecb46bbf45788ed9f4877

Result ee9071702a6a7f8996a579faa391c1bdbf9791918014b295d9f259bb1ee0ede4

Try these tools on your own artwork.Open repair pixel grid

Plain descriptions, useful technical names

Choose by what looks wrong.

If the edges look fuzzy

Use Downscale. It makes a large picture smaller without squashing it or leaving a pale border.

If the “pixels” look uneven

Use Pixel-grid repair. A grid is simply the invisible row and column pattern that keeps every pixel the same size. SpriteReady can estimate it. You can adjust the grid when the suggestion does not fit.

If the colours look dirty

Use Clean palette. A palette is the small set of colours used by the picture. SpriteReady removes nearly identical shades while protecting details.

01

Choose your picture

Your image stays in the browser. SpriteReady shows the original beside the result so the difference is easy to judge.

02

Start with the suggested settings

You do not need to understand the technical controls. Run the suggested cleanup first, then adjust only if the example tells you why.

03

Download or keep refining

Try another cleanup tool on the same picture without spending another fix. The original is always kept safe.