> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pixelatestudio.tomblack.ca/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pixel Cleanup > Remove stray single pixels and pinholes so sprites read like hand-made pixel art. Downscaled 3D often leaves lone pixels that don't belong: a speck of a different shade, a one-pixel hole, a bump on an edge. They look noisy and flicker between frames. Pixel Cleanup removes them while keeping deliberate details such as 1 px lines and eyes. A character with Pixel Cleanup off, Light and Strong, with the changed pixels highlighted In the image, the "changes" columns highlight what was touched: magenta pixels were recolored or filled, cyan pixels became transparent. ## Settings | Setting | What it does | | - | - | | **Strength** | **Off** changes nothing. **Light** (default) removes single pixels of a similar shade to their surroundings and fills single-pixel holes. **Strong** also removes higher-contrast single pixels and lone pixels floating outside the sprite, and smooths 1 px bumps and dents in the silhouette. | | **Remove Orphan Pixels** | Recolors a single pixel that matches none of its neighbors when most of the pixels around it share one similar color. Pixels that continue a line are never changed. At Strong, it also removes lone pixels outside the sprite. Light keeps those, for example sparks in an effect. | | **Fill Pinholes** | Fills a single transparent pixel that is surrounded by the sprite. | | **Smooth Silhouette** | Strong only. Removes a 1 px bump on a straight edge and fills a 1 px dent. Line tips, 1 px gaps and diagonal steps are kept. | Use the three checkboxes to switch off a single rule while keeping the rest. ## Good to know * Pixel Cleanup never adds new colors. Every changed pixel copies a neighbor or becomes transparent, so the result stays inside your palette. * It runs after Color Palette and Lighting and before Dithering, so it never erases dither patterns. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.