creator/README.md

tempblade Creator

tempblade creator is a motion design application, build with typescript, skia, rust using tauri. Its currently in an early alpha stage, and there may be larger design changes to the overall structuring of the project.

How does it work?

Currently rust is used for things like keyframe interpolation and overall timeline calculation which then gets passed to the frontend in javascript/typescript. This happens using tauris IPC.

Current features

• Interpolate keyframes linear, eased using predefined functions or using spring simulations
• Creation, drawing and animation of the following primitives: rect, ellipse, text and staggered text
• A timeline for handling multiple primitives
• Handle complex staggered text animations, built on skias layout tools
• Stroke and fill paint
• Fully typed
• Multithreaded timeline/keyframe interpolation calculation using rayon
• Runtime typesafety thanks to zod in typescript

Features currently w.i.p

• Effects system for skias built in image filters like blurring

Long-term goals

• Integration with OpenFX inside rust
• Standalone rust rust rendering using vulkan and or metal by using rust-skia
• Standalone package for drawing (currently the logic is already decoupled from ui)
• Caching system for the rendered keyframes (currently interpolation calculation happens during playback, this could easily be cached)