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Redefining state‑of‑the‑art graphics editing

Graphite is an in-development vector and raster graphics editor that's free and open source. It is powered by a node graph compositor that fuses layers with nodes and brings a unique procedural approach to your 2D design workflow.

# Graphite today public alpha
Vector art editing
Node-based layers
Procedural graphic design workflow
Forever free and open source
Presently, Graphite is a lightweight offline web app with features primarily oriented around procedural vector graphics editing.
# Graphite tomorrow
All-in-one creative tool for all things 2D
Clean, familiar, designer-centric UI
Multiplatform app for desktop + iPad
Live collaborative editing
Roadmap
# One app to rule them all **Stop jumping between programs. Planned features will make Graphite a first-class design tool for all these disciplines.** *(Listed by priority.)*
Graphic Design
Image Editing
Motion Graphics
Digital Painting
VFX Compositing
Desktop Publishing

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# Powerful proceduralism **Graphite is the first and only graphic design package to offer procedural vector editing.**
Proceduralism lets you create sophisticated design elements that are easy to edit and reuse. The holiday string lights shown below are built from a simple group of nodes, allowing you to effortlessly reshape the wire and update the bulb appearance and spacing. Click here to explore this demo and try dragging the wire layer's points with the Path tool ().
Vector art of Procedural String Lights

Procedural String Lights
Open this artwork to
explore it yourself.

Graphite's procedural, data-driven approach to graphic design affords unique capabilities *(while in alpha, these remain a work in progress)*:
Fully nondestructive editing with node-driven layers
Infinitely scalable raster content with no pixelation
Versatile modularity of node-based generative AI models
Procedural pipelines for studio production environments
# Taking shape **All you've come to expect from a professional vector graphics editor. Now readily accessible in your browser.**

Make vector art out of shapes ranging from simple geometric primitives to complex Bézier curves.
Style shapes with strokes, fills, and gradients. Mix layers with blend modes. Then export as an image or SVG.

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).
Graphite - Vector Editing: "Commander Basstronaut" Artwork (25x Timelapse)
(Recorded in an older version of Graphite from early 2023.)

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