| What it does | Convert images to pixel art with authentic retro console palettes and adaptive dithering
| REST API for image conversion, compression, and transformation
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| Pricing model | Free
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| API credits: 1,000 credits for $12.00 one-off or $8.40/month subscription ($0.0084 per credit); 5,000 credits for $60.00 one-off or $42.00/month ($0.0084 per credit); 25,000 credits for $300.00 one-off or $210.00/month ($0.0084 per credit); 100,000 credits for $1200.00 one-off or $840.00/month ($0.0
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| Key features | - Hardware-accurate console palettes (NES, SNES, PC-98, Game Boy Advance, Mega Drive)
- Adaptive dithering algorithms (Bayer, Floyd-Steinberg, blue-noise)
- Real-time preview during customization
- Game style presets (NES, GameBoy, SNES, Minecraft, Stardew Valley)
- Color palette reduction (2, 4, 16, 256 colors or original)
- CRT effects (scanlines, CRT masks, bloom)
- Adjustable pixel size and aspect ratio
- Alpha transparency and threshold controls
- PNG export for easy download and sharing
- Edge-aware downscaling to preserve silhouettes
| - POST /api/v1/convert endpoint to submit files for conversion
- GET /api/v1/jobs/{job_id} to poll job status
- GET /download/{job_id} to download converted files
- Supports over 100 image formats including JPG, PNG, WebP, PDF, HEIC, AVIF, GIF, TIFF, ICO, SVG
- Asynchronous processing for large files
- API key authentication via X-Api-Key header
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| What makes it different | - Hardware palettes measured from actual retro devices rather than generic approximations
- Privacy-first processing with no server-side persistence of uploaded images
- Inline educational notes explaining art history and technical controls
- Edge detection to preserve portrait and sprite readability after quantization
- Completely free with no registration or hidden costs
| - No SDK installation required, just REST endpoints and an API key
- Most conversions finish in under a second
- Over 100 supported formats including RAW camera files, PDFs, and vectors
- Premium and Premium Plus subscribers get unlimited API access at no credit cost
- No overage charges; over-quota requests refused instead of billed
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 6 | 23 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 27 | 40 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 84 | 235 |
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