diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-019/graphite-mockup-2021-03-07.jpg b/content/posts/newsletter-019/graphite-mockup-2021-03-07.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9d7b6097a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-019/graphite-mockup-2021-03-07.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md index fbe781ae2..28df04b05 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md @@ -637,6 +637,36 @@ More information about rafx: [rafx-gdc-2017]: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024612/FrameGraph-Extensible-Rendering-Architecture-in [rafx-distill]: https://github.com/amethyst/distill +### [Graphite](https://www.graphite.design) + +![Static UI mockup showing a raster workflow](graphite-mockup-2021-03-07.jpg) +_Static UI mockup showing a raster workflow_ + +[Graphite](https://www.graphite.design) +([GitHub](https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite), +[Discord]( + https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/blob/master/README.md#discord +), +[Twitter](https://twitter.com/GraphiteEditor)) +is a vector and raster graphics editor built on a nondestructive node-based +workflow. + +Since February's Rust Gamedev Meetup +[which announced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea4Wt_FgEEw&t=563s) +the Graphite vision and attracted tremendous interest, community advise has +shifted the development strategy to focus on a 0.1 MVP release ASAP: + +- The past year's in-development custom GUI has been shelved in lieu of an +interim web GUI. Graphite intends to natively support Windows, Mac, Linux, and +Web. This change unblocks core application development but means Graphite is +Web-only until the Rust GUI ecosystem matures. +[Good progress](https://files.keavon.com/-/FamiliarChiefPiranha/capture.png) +this month has been made building the web GUI with [Vue](https://vuejs.org/). +- Graphite 0.1 will now support only vector editing. This defers the large +complexity of the graph render engine required for node-based raster editing. +It should be less difficult to first focus on building a vector editor that +improves upon the UX of Illustrator and Inkscape. + ### [basis-universal-rs] `basis-universal` provides bindings for [Binomial LLC][binomial-llc]'s