Images to Atlas

One atlas means one texture bind and fewer draw calls, which is significantly faster for GPUs than rendering from dozens of separate images.

Yes. The rectangle packer places mixed-size images efficiently and records each one's exact position and size in the exported metadata.

Enable duplicate detection to pack identical sprites once. The export can include alias names for the shared region; check how your chosen metadata format and engine loader handle those aliases. Duplicate detection is off by default.

Padding inserts empty pixels between sprites; extrusion copies each sprite's edge pixels outward into that gap. Both fight texture bleeding — the thin seams or neighbor-sprite slivers that appear when the GPU samples across a sprite's edge. 1–2px of each is a good default; increase it if you zoom sprites or use mipmaps.

MaxRects is the best default — it fills gaps between mixed-size sprites for the tightest atlas. Shelf is nearly instant and fine for quick iteration. Grid forces every sprite into a uniform cell, which wastes space but is required by engines that slice by rows and columns instead of reading a data file.

Yes. Trimming crops each sprite's transparent border before packing, and the metadata records the original size and offset so your engine restores exact positioning at render time. The only time to leave it off is when your engine ignores the metadata and expects untrimmed, uniform cells.

2048×2048 for anything targeting mobile or WebGL — it's supported everywhere. Go to 4096 only when you control the hardware floor. If sprites don't fit, it's usually better to split atlases by scene or purpose than to push size: you'll also get finer control over what stays in memory.