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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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				<a href="https://editor.graphite.rs/#demo/valley-of-spires"><em>Valley of Spires</em></a> — The layer stack is represented, under the hood, by a node graph (shown fully expanded)
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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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# Graphite today <span>public alpha</span>

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		<span>Vector editing tools</span>
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		<span>Forever free and open source</span>
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<!-- Presently, Graphite is a lightweight vector graphics editor that runs offline in your browser (no sign up or download required). -->
Presently, Graphite is a lightweight offline web app with features primarily oriented around procedural vector graphics editing.

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# Graphite tomorrow

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		<span>All-in-one creative tool for all things 2D</span>
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		<img class="atlas" style="--atlas-index: 5" src="https://static.graphite.rs/icons/icon-atlas-features__2.png" alt="" />
		<span>Fully-featured raster manipulation</span>
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		<span>Windows/Mac/Linux native apps + web</span>
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		<span>Live collaborative editing</span>
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<a href="/features#roadmap" class="button arrow">Roadmap</a>

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# One app to rule them all

**Stop jumping between programs— planned features will make Graphite a first-class content creation tool for all these disciplines.**

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		<span>Graphic Design</span>
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		<span>Image Editing</span>
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		<span>Motion Graphics</span>
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		<span>Digital Painting</span>
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		<span>VFX Compositing</span>
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		<span>Desktop Publishing</span>
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# The power of proceduralism

**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 creative possibilities (without the grunt work)</h1>

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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/procedural-string-lights">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>

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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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Graphite's procedural, data-driven approach to graphic design affords unique capabilities *(while in alpha, these remain a work in progress)*:

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		<span class="balance-text">Infinitely scalable raster content with no pixelation</span>
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		<img class="atlas" style="--atlas-index: 2" src="https://static.graphite.rs/icons/icon-atlas-features__2.png" alt="" />
		<span class="balance-text">Modular node-based pipelines for generative AI</span>
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		<img class="atlas" style="--atlas-index: 1" src="https://static.graphite.rs/icons/icon-atlas-features__2.png" alt="" />
		<span class="balance-text">Fully nondestructive editing with node-driven layers</span>
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		<img class="atlas" style="--atlas-index: 11" src="https://static.graphite.rs/icons/icon-atlas-features__2.png" alt="" />
		<span class="balance-text">Procedural pipelines for studio production environments</span>
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You can help realize Graphite's ambitious vision of building the ultimate 2D creative tool.
Graphite is built by a small, dedicated crew of volunteers in need of the resources to grow.
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<a href="https://github.com/sponsors/GraphiteEditor" class="button arrow">Donate</a>

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# Ready to dive in?

**Get started with Graphite by following along to a hands-on quickstart tutorial.**

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Then keep learning with the Graphite manual:

<a href="/learn" class="button arrow">Keep learning</a>

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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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Watch this timelapse showing the process of mixing traditional vector art (tracing a physical sketch and colorizing it, first two minutes) with using Imaginate to generate a background (last 45 seconds).

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	<img data-video-embed="JgJvAHQLnXA" src="https://static.graphite.rs/content/index/commander-basstronaut-youtube.avif" onerror="this.onerror = null; this.src = this.src.replace('.avif', '.png')" alt="Graphite - Vector Editing: &quot;Commander Basstronaut&quot; Artwork (25x Timelapse)" />
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