Development blog
Here you can find recent development updates. You can also get an overview of the development and plans forward in the development roadmap.
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Version 1.2 released
Time again for another more substantial feature update of Paragraphic. This time it doesn’t add as many new flashy features, but instead concentrates on refining and improving a lot of core systems under the hood for a more responsive experience working with the application. Of course there’s a bunch of new interesting features to go…
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Version 1.1.3 – 1.1.5 released
This update has no new features added, but a number of important fixes and improvements under the hood in preparation for future additions. 1.1.3 Changes and improvements– UI update optimizations.– Improved initial loading time of complex files. 1.1.3 Bug fixes– Fixed some issues loading old pre-release version files.– Fixed incorrect scaling of image elements in…
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Basics – Repeaters
Most use cases for Paragraphic will involve repeating elements in patterns in one way or another, and this is done by what is called Repeater layer nodes. The Repeater nodes take the existing content of the layer and adds repeated copies of it to let you create patterns of various types. This video gives you…
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Version 1.1.2 released
This update brings some UX improvements to scaling groups and zooming, but primarily it introduces a number of way to remove elements from groups. First is the new basic Group Remove node that simply removes all elements selected by the Apply to settings. Second in Apply Function, Apply Layer and Randomize nodes that apply scaling…
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Version 1.1.1 released
Following the big 1.1 release this is a more modest update focusing mostly on a number of smaller new features as well as UX improvements to make working with Paragraphic smoother, as well as the usual batch of bug fixes. To illustrate it in action, here’s a slightly longer step by step video showing how…
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Version 1.1 released
After a couple of smaller updates it’s finally time for the first more substantial feature update of Paragraphic. Here’s a short video with an overview of some of the highlights in the new update. Below you can then read more details about each area. Parametric path modification Four new change nodes have been added to…
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Version 1.0.6 released
Another update with fixes and improvements has now been released. This update mainly contains bugfixes and optimizations under the hood, but also includes some new feature additions, like a new round value input node and allowing custom variables in index value input node expressions. Changes and improvements– Added a new Round value input node to…
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Version 1.0.5 released
A new update with fixes and improvements has now been released. A new feature addition is support for stroke dash patterns to make lines more interesting. This allows you to define a pattern of dashes and gaps and also (not shown below) setting an offset to the dash pattern. This offset can also be changed…
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Version 1.0.4 released
A new update with fixes and improvements has now been released. Like the previous updates it includes a number of bug fixes, this time largely focused on svg import parsing (both pasting in and file-imports). There are also a number of new improvements and changes based on feedback from users. Changes and improvements– Added setting…
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Creating vector halftone effects
Halftones were originally a technical solution for printers to represent gray scale images using a single color ink, by varying the size of points in a fixed pattern to give the appearance of lighter or darker areas. However, scaled up this sort of raster effect can also be used to create interesting designs regardless of…