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The DNS servers of the hosting company used for the Paragraphic website paragraphic.design are currently down, apparently due to a large scale DDOS hacking attack. This has made the site unreachable the last couple of hours. The hosting company is working on it and the situation should hopefully be resolved eventually. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Update: The DNS issues affecting our hosting company seem to have been resolved now and paragraphic.design is accessible again.

The 1.3.0 feature update of Paragraphic has been released today. This update includes a lot of improvements and fixes as well as two major new features: Procedural 2D noise and color gradient features.

Here's a video showing of some of the highlights!

Click below to find out more about the update and try it out for yourself at paragraphic.design!

A new update of Paragraphic has been released. This is a smaller update to get some fixes and smaller additions out before starting work on a larger 1.3 update.

• Added Element Size X and Size Y as possible inputs for the Group Apply Function Node.
• Allow setting a manual absolute input value range in the Group Apply Function Node instead of using the automatic input range calculated based on the input elements.
• Improved format validation and error messages when entering license codes.

• Fixed Apply Function Node sometimes getting incorrect automatic input ranges due to precision errors when all elements are the same.
• Fixed drag offset of repeated and transformed layers in group layers sometimes going the wrong way.
• Fixed exported SVG files containing embedded bitmap data for hidden bitmap image layers, resulting in larger file sizes.
• Fixed missing element resizing handles for the original element in layers with multi-level repetitions.

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A new update of Paragraphic has been released. This the update adds a new Control Points mode to the Path repeater, allowing to to place repeated elements on the control points of paths instead of along them. For example on the corners of polygons like in the sample below. As you can see this feature also pairs well with the existing nodes to randomize or modify paths by moving their control points.

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A new update of Paragraphic has been 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.

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A new update of Paragraphic has been 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.

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A new update of Paragraphic has been 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.

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A new feature update of Paragraphic has been released today, v 1.2.0! This update improves a lot of the core systems in the app and adds new features for quicly creating halftone patterns, applying deep changes in nested groups and more. Here's a video showing of some of the highlights!

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New 1.1 Paragraphic update released today, and it's a big one! New features for modifying vector paths, clipping and easier parametric generation, unlocking lots of new possibilities. Here's a video showing of some of the highlights!

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After the 1.0 release a number of smaller updates with bug fixes and smaller improvements based on user feedback have been released, with the latest 1.0.4 being released today. You can read more about these updates in detail at the Paragraphic development blog.

Paragraphic is a new graphic design application combining traditional vector illustration tools with powerful parametric design features.

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After a period in early access the full 1.0 version of Paragraphic has now finally been released.

Paragraphic is a new graphic design application combining traditional vector illustration tools with powerful parametric design features.

Complex repetitions, gradients and patterns
Easily create and modify multi-level repetitions and patterns, applying flexible modifiers or randomization. Then just copy and paste the result as SVG vectors into your workflow.

Non-destructive randomization
Replace, reorder or transform repeated elements at random with full control to add interest to your design. All non-destructive with updates in real time to encourage gradual testing and tweaking.

Custom vector halftones
Create halftones, raster patterns and advanced vector gradients based on images or any other layer data.

Parametric design
Automate design tasks and create data visualizations using custom parameters and connections to control your designs.

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This new post on the Paragraphic development blog has a comparison between the node-based system in Patternodes and Paragraphic. This can hopefully also be a good introduction to this type of procedural design tools, and both Patternodes and Paragraphic. Or if you're already familiar with such tools explain a little more in detail how this is implemented in Paragraphic.

Another early access update of the paramtric veector design app Paragraphic has now been released, with many fixes and improvements:

Changes and improvements
– Added secondary change parameter to the Apply Function and Repeat Function nodes, allowing you to apply two changes using the same function.
– Added support for multi-line text in text layers.
– The Repeat Function now allows applying all the same change types as the Apply Function instead of just basic transforms.
– Changed value function Noise to get better range distribution, and adds an exponent parameter to allow adjusting the noise value distribution. Note: this will change the output generated by nodes using Noise function.
– The function graphs now show multiple function graphs when representing multiple different selected function parameters.
– Added a new shortcut button to add a node between two nodes in the layer node sequence.
– Made Repeat Area the primary grid repeater tool.
– UI performance optimizations.
– Changed a couple of node default parameter settings to produce nicer results.
– Turn off auto-center pivot option when converting shapes to free form path layers.
– Added new setting to open a new blank document at startup or not.
– The home screen (shown when no documents are open) now shows a list of recently opened documents.

Bug fixes
– Correctly handle negative index offsets in Apply Function node.
– Fix node “Apply to” mode sub-parameters not always being shown when appropriate.
– Fix apply change scale range parameters mirroring around 0 instead of 1 when set to mirror.
– Fix some cases of svg export text elements being misaligned.
– Correctly outline elements affected by edited nodes when multiple layer nodes are edited simultaneously due to multi-selection.

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After many years of ideas and planning, and a little more than a year of active development Paragraphic is now available in Early Access as of version 0.8.5.

This means you can download and try the application for free in a Trial mode with some limitations to exports. If you like it you can then buy a license that will enable you to remove the trial mode limitations, and of course support continued development towards the full 1.0 release.

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Development of the new cross-platform parametric 2d design app Paragraphic is has taken another big step towards release. While it's not feature complete yet the core features are now in place and a second testing phase with a larger group of testers has started.

You can follow the continued development of the app at the Paragraphic development blog. There you can also sign up if you're interested in being a tester, or just to get a notification when the app is eventually released.

Development of our new cross-platform parametric 2d design app Paragraphic is progressing more or less according to plan, and it's now getting close to a finished product. While it's not feature complete or stable enough for release all the major systems are now in place and a first testing phase with external testers is under way. Hopefully this will yield a lot of good feedback on what works and what doesn't.

You can follow the continued development of the app at the Paragraphic development blog. There you can also sign up if you're interested in being a tester, or just to get a notification when the app is eventually released.

I've been working for a while on a new parametric graphic design project that I'm calling Paragraphic. It will aim to combine some of the key ideas and strengths of Vectoraster and Patternodes, but wrapped in a slightly more traditional UI, and crucially available cross-platfrom for both Windows, macOS and linux.

It's still very early in the development, but as a sort of experiment I've decided to start a development blog of sorts for the project. Inspired in part by some indie-game developers it'll feature progress reports on the development and some discussions about the thinking behind the structure of the app.

If you want to learn more about this project or and follow the development going forward, click below. You can also sign up already if you're interested in helping out as a tester during development, or just getting a notification when the app is eventually released.