diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-019/graphite.png b/content/posts/newsletter-019/graphite.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e51f7a12a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-019/graphite.png differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md index fbe781ae2..693dd2a53 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-019/index.md @@ -750,6 +750,34 @@ It consists of two crates: [wasm_plugin_host]: https://lib.rs/crates/wasm_plugin_host [wasm_plugin_guest]: https://lib.rs/crates/wasm_plugin_guest +### [Graphite][graphite-repo] + +![Graphite GUI](graphite.png) +_Progress on the GUI_ + +[Graphite][graphite-repo] ([GitHub][graphite-repo], [Discord][graphite-discord], +[Twitter](https://twitter.com/GraphiteEditor)) is an in-progress vector and +raster graphics editor built on a nondestructive node-based workflow. + +Since February's Rust Gamedev Meetup [which announced][graphite-video] 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 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. + +[graphite-repo]: https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite +[graphite-discord]: https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/blob/master/README.md#discord +[graphite-twitter]: https://twitter.com/GraphiteEditor +[graphite-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea4Wt_FgEEw&t=563s + ## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github