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Drop one or many images, up to 50 MB each. HEIC works too.
How to use
Add your image
Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC file, or several at once, or paste one with Ctrl+V. The first image shows in the preview.
Choose what to pixelate
Pick Whole image, Selected areas, Everything except areas, Background (AI) or Person or subject (AI). In the area modes, drag rectangles or ovals on the preview.
Pick a style and download
Choose Mosaic or Pixel art, set the block size and colours, then click Pixelate and download. A batch uses the same settings and downloads as a ZIP.
Why Pixelate Image
- Pixelate the whole image, drawn areas, everything except them, or the background or person found by AI.
- Rectangles or ovals with soft edges, for faces, plates and text.
- Pixel art mode with a reduced palette, grid lines and tiny sprite output.
- Single image or a whole batch, downloaded as a ZIP.
How block size changes the result
The tool shrinks the image so that each block becomes a single pixel, then scales it back up without smoothing. The block size is how many original pixels each square covers, so the same setting looks stronger on a small image than on a large one. The table shows how many blocks fit across a 1200 pixel wide photo. For a 4000 pixel photo from a modern phone, roughly triple the block size to get the same look.
| Block size | Blocks across 1200 px | Typical effect |
|---|---|---|
| 4 px | 300 | Slight texture, detail still readable |
| 8 px | 150 | Retro, 8-bit style look |
| 16 px | 75 | Faces hard to recognise at a distance |
| 32 px | about 38 | Faces and plates unreadable |
| 64 px | about 19 | Large abstract mosaic |
Mosaic or pixel art
Mosaic keeps every colour of each block, which is what you want for censoring: the result still matches the photo's tones, so the hidden area does not stand out more than it has to. Pixel art also averages each block but then reduces the whole image to a small palette, picked from the photo's own colours. That flattening is what makes a photo read as a sprite.
For pixel art, start with 16 colours and a block size that gives 60 to 120 blocks across the image, then adjust. Grid lines help when you want to recreate the design as cross-stitch, beads or blocks in a game.