Pixelart Creator

A simple GUI tool for creating 16x16 pixel art from images or manual colors and converting it into a WLED JSON API command.

Features

• Load an image and resize it to a 16x16 pixel grid
• Click pixels manually and choose colors
• Generate a WLED seg.i API command
• Copy the full API command to the clipboard
• Works with WLED 0.14.x

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Tkinter
• Pillow

Install Pillow with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Tkinter is included with many Python installations. If it is missing, install a Python build that includes Tkinter support.

Usage

Run the Python script:

python Pixelart-creator.py

Or start the included Windows executable:

Pixelart-creator.exe

Workflow

1. Click Choose Image and select an image file.
2. The image is resized to a 16x16 grid.
3. Optionally click pixels in the grid to change colors manually.
4. Click Copy API command.
5. In WLED, create a new preset.
6. Remove the tick at Use current state.
7. Paste the copied command into API Command.

Notes

• Start file: Pixelart-creator.py.
• The generated command is intended for a 16x16 matrix.
• Image support depends on Pillow and the installed image plugins.
• Older versions are kept in the repo for reference.