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. Along with development updates there will also be occasional Documentation posts describing specific features.
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Basics – Node Apply to modes
Individual shapes and other objects in layers are referred to as elements in Paragraphic (See Basics – Layers and Elements). Elements can be created and repeated in various patterns by nodes (see Basics – Repeaters), but they can also be modified. For example changing their color, or applying transformations like rotating or scaling them. This
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Version 1.2.3 released
This update adds new ways of transforming elements in groups relative to the group pivot point, either moving them towards/away from the pivot or rotating them around it. These new transforms can be used via the new Group Pivot relative transform node, or as an option in the Apply Function, Randomize etc. nodes. In addition
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Version 1.2.2 released
This update fixes is primarily a hot-fix to a bug with bitmap format exports in 1.2.1, but also squeezes in another couple of fixes and a new way of copying/pasting colors. Changes and improvements– You can now copy / paste colors as html style hex codes via the color parameter context menu, making it easier
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Version 1.2.1 released
This update fixes a number of issues caused by the 1.2 core overhaul along with some UX improvements and other smaller additions. It also improves further on the new multi-threaded generation to make editing complex layers more responsive. Changes and improvements– Smarter aborting and restarting of generation processes for more responsive editing of complex layers.–
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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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Basics – Layers and Elements
Individual shapes and other objects in layers are referred to as elements in Paragraphic. When you draw a simple shape, like for example a circle, this results in a new layer for the shape in your document. This layer in turn generates a circle shape element as it’s output. Layers The layers are represented in
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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