N19: Graphite

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