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Show HN: Graphite, a Blender-inspired 2D procedural design Rust app

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783 points Keavon | 2 comments | 15 Oct 24 22:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

For the past three years I've been building what I hope will be the next Blender, tackling the lack of any good 2D design or image editing tools outside the Adobe monopoly. This was our first year participating in Google Summer of Code and this Q3 update includes the big payoff from that, covering the most progress we've made so far as a project. If you're a Rust dev, consider getting involved as we apply for the next GSoC in the new year— you could be our intern next summer :)

Q3 progress report: https://graphite.rs/blog/graphite-progress-report-q3-2024/

1. zdw ◴[16 Oct 24 13:42 UTC] No.41858954[source]▶
Is there a comparison/contrast with Krita anywhere?
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2. Keavon ◴[16 Oct 24 18:39 UTC] No.41862297[source]▶
Krita is a painting application. Graphite is a vector editing application. There is currently no overlap between the two apps. We intend to eventually build a painting application workflow, but that isn't something we're focused on yet and we'll likely prioritize other area first because Krita is a competent tool for painting already, which digital artist should use for that workflow until we someday have the time to build something even better.