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<h1 class="balance-text">Your <span>procedural</span> toolbox for 2D content creation</h1>

<p class="balance-text">Graphite is a free, open source vector and raster graphics engine, available now in alpha. Get creative with a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.</p>

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	Mandelbrot fractal filled with a noise pattern, procedurally generated and infinitely scalable
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	Coming soon: mockup for the actively in-development raster workflow with new nodes for photo editing
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Starting life as a vector editor, Graphite is evolving into a generalized, all-in-one graphics toolbox that's built more like a game engine than a conventional creative app. The editor's tools wrap its node graph core, providing user-friendly workflows for vector, raster, and beyond.

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## One app to rule them all

Stop jumping between programs— upcoming tools will make Graphite a first-class content creation suite for many workflows, including:

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## Current features

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		<span>Procedural workflow for graphic design</span>
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		<span>Forever free and open source</span>
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Presently, Graphite is a lightweight offline web app with features primarily oriented around procedural vector graphics editing.

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## Upcoming features

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		<span>All-in-one creative tool for all things 2D</span>
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		<span>Fully-featured raster manipulation</span>
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		<span>Windows/Mac/Linux native apps + web</span>
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## Desktop-first and web-ready

Graphite is designed principally as a desktop-grade professional application that is also accessible in-browser for fast, casual usage.

Where's the download? Desktop apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux should be available later in 2024. Until then, you can <a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/9658361" target="_blank">install it as a PWA</a>.

Developing and maintaining a native app on four platforms is a big task. To not compromise on the optimal desktop experience—which takes longer to do the right way—priorities called for initially supporting just web, the one platform that stays up-to-date and reaches all devices.

Once it's ready to shine, Graphite's code architecture is structured to deliver native performance for your graphically intensive workloads on desktop platforms and very low overhead on the web thanks to WebAssembly and WebGPU, new high-performance browser technologies.

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<h1 class="feature-box-header">The power of proceduralism</h1>

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Graphite is the first and only graphic design package built for procedural editing — where everything is nondestructive.

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<h1 class="feature-box-header balance-text">Explore more creative avenues</h1>

Save hours on tedious alterations and make better creative choices. Graphite lets you iterate rapidly by adjusting node parameters instead of individual elements.

Scatter circles with just a couple nodes...  
Want them denser? Bigger? Those are sliders.  
Want a different placement area? Just tweak the path.

<a href="https://editor.graphite.rs/#demo/red-dress">Open this artwork</a> and give it a try yourself.

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<h1 class="feature-box-header balance-text">Mix and morph parameters</h1>

Nondestructive editing means every decision is tied to a parameter you can adjust later on. Use Graphite to interpolate between any states just by dragging sliders.

Blend across color schemes. Morph shapes before they're scattered around the canvas. The possibilities are endless.

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## Geared for generative pipelines

Graphite's representation of artwork as a node graph lets you customize, compose, reuse, share, and automate your own content workflows:

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Subscribe to the newsletter for quarterly updates on major development progress. And follow along—or join the conversation—on social media.

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<h1><span class="alternating-text"><span>Co-create</span><span>Ideate</span><span>Illustrate</span><span>Generate</span><span>Iterate</span></span> with Imaginate</h1>

**Imaginate** is a node powered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_Diffusion" target="_blank">Stable Diffusion</a> that makes AI-assisted art creation an easy, nondestructive process.
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<h2 class="balance-text">Add a touch of style</h2>

**Magically reimagine your vector drawings** in a fresh new style. Just place an Imaginate node between your layers and describe how it should end up looking.

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<blockquote class="balance-text require-polyfill"><strong>Watercolor painting</strong> of a light bulb gleaming with an exclamation mark inside</blockquote>

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## Work fast and sloppy

**Doodle a rough draft** without stressing over the details. Let Imaginate add the finishing touches to your artistic vision. Iterate with more passes until you're happy.

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<blockquote class="balance-text require-polyfill"><strong>Botanical illustration</strong> of California poppies wrapped around a circle</blockquote>

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