Pixel Gradient Generator

Gradients Studio is a free pixel gradient generator: it turns a gradient in your colors into crisp square pixel cells, the retro pixel-art look, and exports a JPG in HD or 4K. Set the cell size from 8 to 64 px. The first download is free with no account; 4K with the pixel finish is Pro.

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First download free, no account · 4K on Pro, from $9 · No subscription

Palettes that pixelate well

Each one opens in the studio with the pixel finish on, ready to change and export.

Want the finished image? Each is a free 4K wallpaper: Ember, Deep Sea, Aurora, Solar, Blue Sky, Sunset, Midnight and Storm.

What a pixel gradient is

A pixel gradient is a smooth color blend sampled into a grid of flat cells, so the fade reads as steps of solid color instead of a continuous blur. It is the look of early game art and of the retro launch videos and posters that modern product teams use to signal craft without looking corporate.

Why it is rendered, not resized

Scaling an image down and back up gives you blurry, uneven cells. Here the pixel finish is applied at export resolution: every cell is exactly the size you set, in one of your palette's colors, edges stay hard, and grain is drawn over the cells so the result still has texture.

How to get the look

Pick a palette with strong contrast between the background and the accents. Under Effects choose Pixel, then a cell size between 16 and 32 for a hero and 8 to 12 for a fine mosaic. Density shapes the edges between colors: low gives hard steps, the default follows the gradient's tones, high spreads a wider speckle. Blobs give soft islands of color; stripes give diagonal bands of cells.

Where pixel gradients work

Launch video backdrops, hero sections for games, dev tools and AI products, event posters, social cards that need to stand out in a feed of smooth gradients, and Notion covers. The 9:16 export makes a phone wallpaper from the same scene.

Sized for where it goes

Exact sizes and safe zones for the places a background ends up, each with examples at that shape.

More generators

The same studio, set to another look.

Questions

Can I control the pixel size?

Yes. The Cell size dial sets the pixel size in export pixels, from 8 to 64. The preview shows the same cells scaled to your screen, so what you tune is what exports.

Does the grain survive the pixel effect?

Yes. Grain is drawn over the finished cells, so each flat cell carries a hint of texture. Set Grain to zero for perfectly flat cells.

Is this different from a pixelate filter?

A pixelate filter averages an existing image into blocks and blurs the result. Here the gradient itself is generated at 4K and quantized into exact cells, so edges are crisp and the file has no upscaling artifacts.

Can I export a pixel gradient for free?

Yes, once: your first download needs no account and keeps the pixel finish, as an HD JPG (1920 × 1080 for 16:9). The pixel finish in 4K is part of Pro ($39 for 12 months, a single payment with no subscription) or a $9 Week Pass for one project. Free accounts get five 4K exports a month of smooth gradients.

Make one now

The studio opens set to this look. Shuffle until something feels right, then export.

Make a pixel gradient