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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

just realized the video doesn't actually show off the new chunk creation thing lol here's a quick demonstration that just fills the entire chunk with a white bg when drawn in

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

been quietly doing a bit of technical work the past few days Vincent will no longer create and render canvas chunks that are already known to be completely invisible. instead, they're created on the fly as needed.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

funny thing i just realized to use hex color codes, i just take the current text and pipe it directly into Godot's Color.from_string() method. while this does accept hex codes, i didn't realize it also accepts *named* colors. so doing something like this is considered completely valid input LOL

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

i decided to rearrange a bunch of things in this panel. kinda realized it felt really cramped, especially if you were using the minimum sidebar width. also dont need to switch modes to tweak the alpha channel anymore 🙌

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

man. as unfinished as this is, it's so satisfying seeing just how far Vincent has come. there's still a lot to do, but i'm incredibly proud of what i have already. :)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

jackie's slow descent into misery perfectly documented by screen recordings

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ohhh here's a fun thing i don't think i've shown off publicly yet this is some "concept art" of Vincent i made years ago when i was first dreaming up this project!

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

*very* work-in-progress sneak peek at the colors panel :)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

alright last update for tonight i threw together some really basic pencil and eraser tools :) #dev #godot #godotengine

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

splitting the canvas into chunks might just be the best thing i've done for this project by far. the performance difference is absolutely *staggering* #dev #godot #godotengine

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

*almost* got paintbrush back to working order again. main issue remaining is that it only works in one chunk per movement update, which results in these visible gaps.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

this is another stress test i set up, assigning random colors to every individual pixel while actively drawing within a given chunk. (minor flashing colors warning)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

here's a screenshot from a stress test i set up the other day, with each chunk given it's own random color. with a chunk size of 256 at the max canvas size of 16384x16384, that gives us 4096 chunks.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

currently working on a canvas chunks system to provide significantly better drawing performance. i'm like 90% of the way there, i just need to get the paintbrush tool to correctly interpolate mouse inputs *between* chunks. otherwise you get these wild lines going absolutely everywhere lmao

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

bro what is my shader program DOING

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Also fun fact, panels are utilizing the plug-in system internally, just like tools :)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Spent most of today grinding away at more core systems. Vincent now has (partially) working modular sidebar panels :] Not really much I can show off since it's largely underlying code stuff, but since it's not quite finished, that does mean the UI is *slightly* messed up atm.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I've now opted for RGBA16 instead. 16-bit color provides a result that, as far I can tell, is visually indistinguishable from 32-bit, without using nearly as much VRAM, and is therefore significantly faster to transfer from GPU to CPU.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Vincent isn't intended to compete with the likes of GIMP or Photoshop, so I figured this would be perfectly fine for the vast majority of users. However, I've found that this actually results in noticeable degradation in brush stamping quality, especially in the alpha channel.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Man, I wish I'd looked into the whole RenderingDevice thing sooner. The performance of this ABSOLUTELY blows the SubViewport method out of the water. #godot #godotengine #dev

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

fun 1-liners to absolutely nuke your system memory

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

have this weird effect i managed to create with a shader by complete accident

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

that's it that's the one. FINALLY my god i cannot believe how difficult it was to find this equation. this should've been like 3 minutes of googling, not *3+ hours*

vec4 output_color;
output_color.rgb = stamp.rgb * stamp.a + backdrop.rgb * backdrop.a * (1.0 - stamp.a);
output_color.a = stamp.a + backdrop.a * (1.0 - stamp.a);
output_color.rgb /= output_color.a;

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Finally back in the saddle again after like... what, 2 months? 💀 Trying to ease myself back into development with something relatively simple (which I was also trying to work on before quietly going on hiatus): Localization support! #godot #godotengine #dev

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Bonus: Autofit now actually fits the canvas to your screen as intended. Even when the canvas is rotated!

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Zooming towards a point on the canvas is now working :) By default, it uses the center of the viewport, and when using scrollwheel zoom, it'll use the current pointer position. This needed a lot of really annoying math to get working properly LOL #godot #godotengine #dev

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Currently exploring the idea of font options in Vincent. I've become quite a fan of hyperlegible fonts in recent years, and it's even something I'm planning to use on my new website. Wondering if it could also be used in a desktop application like this... Thoughts?

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Small-ish update, more relevant to fellow developers: Vincent now has a (mostly) functional plug-in system :) For those interested, developer docs will be available once Vincent is closer to release. #godot #godotengine #dev

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Oh!!!! Also a lil "About" dialog, which can be accessed from the help menu.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Lastly, a smaller thing I cooked up while messing with Godot's material shaders. You now have an option to view individual color channels. (8/9)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Canvas manipulation is mostly working! Changes to zoom and rotation are currently only done relative to the canvas rather than the viewport, which makes them a bit jarring to use for now. Image filtering also changes automatically when zooming in, which means Vincent is pixel art ready. (7/9)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Today, I've finally reached one of the first major milestones. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The very first image created and exported from Vincent! (4/9)

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I've gotten back into working on this thing just a few days ago, and I have a handful of updates for you all :) First, here's the current state of the UI: (2/9)

Screenshot of the unfinished Vincent user interface.

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Smaller thing, but today I also threw in keyboard shortcuts and icons for the menu buttons!

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Today I implemented project tab reordering :) #godot #godotengine #dev

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Vincent @vincentproject.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Current state of Vincent as of July 24. The Godot rewrite is going really well :) User-facing functionality is still very minimal at the moment, but regardless. Coming from Electron, this is truly a night and day difference in ease of development. #godot #godotengine

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