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Spielhaus has released Pixel Dude, a new app for creating and editing pixel art on the iPad. Designed with usability in mind, the app provides useful shortcuts and drawing tools to allow users to put together creative pixel art directly on their iPad. Tools include a colour gradient like selection tool, selected colour history, symmetric drawing tools and layer support along with selective layer movement and unlimited undo and redo support. Multitouch gestures provide shortcuts such as a three-finger swipe for undo/redo and double-tapping to switch between eraser and pen modes. In true retro pixel art fashion, users are limited to a 32x32 canvas which is automatically scaled up to 64x64 and 128x128 when saving. Dropbox support allows work to be saved and seamlessly synchronized across multiple devices. Notably, almost all interface graphics in the application were created with an early prototype of the app itself. Pixel Dude requires iOS 4.0 is later and is available from the App Store for $4.