GraphicsGale Alternative

Keep your GraphicsGale files alive.

GraphicsGale was a Windows classic, but development ended years ago and it never left Windows. Novaboard opens your .gal files in the browser on any operating system, free, so switching does not mean starting over.

Open the Editor

A walk cycle edited in Novaboard with onion skinning on, a GraphicsGale alternative

Opens .gal filesWindows, Mac, Linux, webFree, no accountStill updated

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Import .gal files with layers and frames

Drop a GraphicsGale .gal file into Novaboard and it opens with layers and animation frames intact. Twenty years of sprites do not have to stay locked in an unmaintained format.

Novaboard pixel art editor running in the browser

GraphicsGale for Mac and Linux, effectively

GraphicsGale never left Windows, and it never will. Novaboard is a browser app, so your .gal workflow works the same on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks. Nothing to install, and your files stay on your device.

The animation workflow, modernized

Frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning, tweening, animation tags, and a timeline. The workflow GraphicsGale pioneered, without the Windows XP-era interface.

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Export to formats that still matter

PNG, GIF, APNG, sprite sheets with JSON metadata, PSD, ORA, and .aseprite. Convert old projects once and plug them straight into a modern pipeline.

Your .gal files still work here.

Drop a .gal file into Novaboard, free and in your browser.