Introducing GenTap 1.0
Nine guided creations, custom PixelLab workflows and local image and GIF exports.
Stream Deck plugin · Powered by PixelLab
Create pixel art.Animate it.
Turn photos into characters, drawings into GIFs and trips into comics.
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Nine guided creations
Your input. The finished creation.
Choose a feature to see what goes in and what GenTap makes. Each result below is an actual image or GIF exported by the feature.
All people in these examples are fictional and AI-generated. No real people’s photographs are used.
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Creative Studio
ExperimentalBecome a game character
Turn a portrait into a pixel character, then animate it.
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Creative Studio
ExperimentalYour party, reimagined
Turn the people in a group photo into an RPG party in one shared scene.
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Creative Studio
Turn a trip into a comic
Choose 2–6 photos, add your captions and get an illustrated page.
Title & captions
The lighthouse walk · A plan by the harbour / Following the coast / Made it to the lighthouse / One last look before home
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Creative Studio
Bring your animal to life
Turn your animal's photo or artwork into an animated character. Movement is chosen automatically from its pose and body language. Add a caption if you like.
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Creative Studio
Bring a drawing to life
Turn a drawing into pixel art, then animate the character you imagined.
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Creative Studio
Make a birthday greeting
Create a pixel birthday scene starring the person in your portrait. Add a greeting if you like.
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Animation Studio
ExperimentalPut your character in the action
Supply a portrait and a GIF. Recreate its action with your pixel character.
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Animation Studio
From one image to another
Choose a starting image and an ending image, then animate the change. These examples use a smoke reveal.
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Animation Studio
Give your logo an entrance
Turn your logo into a bouncing animated intro.
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PixelLab generation is billed separately. Examples show individual results; likeness, fine details and movement can vary. These examples animate only when you choose Play.
Choose an action
What do you want to make?
Six actions, each with its own purpose. Assign one to a key and save its settings for next time.
01
Create Image
A new image from an idea.
Copy a text prompt to generate a still image. Copy a picture to describe it first, review that description, then generate a new image.
Copied text → image
Copied picture → description → new image
Options & when to use it
Choose a generator, image size and prompt preset. To change the actual pixels of an existing picture, choose Image Workflow.
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Animation Studio
An animation from your artwork.
Animate a still image, put your character into a GIF, animate a logo or make a transition between two pictures. Choose the effect and supply its inputs.
Image or GIF → animated GIF
Options & when to use it
Use this for a finished animation without arranging the individual steps. Creative Studio adds project-specific steps such as turning a pet photo into a character and adding a caption.
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Character Library
A character you can return to.
Create a character saved in your PixelLab account. Reuse it across keys, add poses and animations, and export its views or frames.
Description or reference → saved character
Options & when to use it
Use the library when you want to keep working with the same character. Export here directly, or send its rotations into Collection Workflow for further edits.
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Creative Studio
A complete photo or drawing project.
Bring animals and drawings to life, or make photo comics, group scenes and greetings. Each recipe runs the required steps and assembles the result.
Photos or drawings → image or GIF
Options & when to use it
Choose a project instead of building a workflow. Add captions or arrange comic panels where the recipe offers them. For animation effects on artwork you already have, use Animation Studio.
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Image Workflow
Your own steps on one image.
Choose operations and their order. For example: remove the background, reduce the colours, then resize. Save one final result.
One image → your steps → image or GIF
Options & when to use it
Convert to pixel art, correct or edit it, resize and more. Animation can be the final step when you want to prepare an image before animating it.
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Collection Workflow
A set of images or animation frames.
Create frames, rotations or variations, then edit the set together. Save separate, numbered files in their original order.
Source or saved rotations → image files
Options & when to use it
Use Character Library to manage a saved character; use this action to process its exported rotations as a set. It also creates new sets from a source image.
Your first key
Configure once. Press to create.
Add Create Image
Drag the action onto a key in Stream Deck, then select that key to open its settings.
Connect and choose a folder
In Setup, save your PixelLab API key and allow clipboard content to be sent. In Output, choose where your images go.
Copy a prompt and press the key
Review the prompt, follow the status in the settings panel, then open the saved image from your folder.
- Setup
- PixelLab API key → Save key
Allow clipboard content to be sent - Prompt and generator
- Review and edit prompt before generating: on
Image size: Square · 128 × 128 - Output
- Output folder → Browse
Choose a folder on your computer
Input comes from your clipboard. Copy the text you want to use before pressing the key.
More ways to create
Work with individual tools, too.
PixelLab generates the artwork. The plugin runs the steps and saves your files.
Create Image
Text to pixel art
Describe the scene, colours and composition. Generate an image and save it to your chosen folder.
Input · text prompt, shortened
A quiet forest clearing at dusk. A mossy path, an old stone arch, a lake and a distant castle. Dark navy and forest teal, amber fireflies and a violet sunset.
Demonstration assembled from a saved PixelLab output. The reveal is edited; it does not show generation speed.
Your files
Save the result. Keep the settings.
Images, GIFs, frames and spritesheets go to your chosen folder. Optional generation records keep the prompt, settings and available seed alongside them.
Each key keeps its own configuration, so you can return to a favourite operation. Generation records are for reference; they cannot be imported to rerun a workflow.
Get GenTap
Get GenTap for Stream Deck.
GenTap is coming soon to Elgato Marketplace. PixelLab generation is billed separately.
Building your own integration? Read about the four reusable packages.