Vectoraster 8.5.10
Free Trial Version
Publisher Description
The halftone patterns and point shapes can be changed and varied across the pattern to produce many different styles. The resulting effect is always shown, with the preview updating in real time as you change parameters. The result can then easily be exported as vectors to SVG, PDF or EPS files, as images to JPEG, PNG or TIFF, or simply copied and pasted into most graphics software.
With Vectoraster 8 you can now also animate all these effects to create transitions, video backgrounds or other effects to use in your motion design projects. The result can be exported either as GIF, MOV or MPEG4 video files or a sequence of frame pdf or image files.
Inspiration
There is a collection of projects that could work as inspiration for what you could use Vectoraster for here on Behance:
Inspiration on Behance
About Vectoraster
Vectoraster is a free trial software published in the Other list of programs, part of Graphic Apps.
This program is available in English. It was last updated on 27 March, 2024. Vectoraster is compatible with the following operating systems: Mac.
The company that develops Vectoraster is Lost Minds. The latest version released by its developer is 8.5.10.
The download we have available for Vectoraster has a file size of 29.36 MB. Just click the green Download button above to start the downloading process. The program is listed on our website since 2024-03-26 and was downloaded 706 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded software with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Vectoraster as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install Vectoraster on your Windows device:
- Click on the Download button on our website. This will start the download from the website of the developer.
- Once the Vectoraster is downloaded click on it to start the setup process (assuming you are on a desktop computer).
- When the installation is finished you should be able to see and run the program.
Program Details
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| Publisher | Lost Minds |
| Released Date | 2024-03-26 |
| Languages | English |
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| Category | Graphic Apps |
| Subcategory | Other |
System requirements |
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| Operating systems | mac |
Download information |
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| File size | 29.36 MB |
| Total downloads | 706 |
Pricing |
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| License model | Free Trial |
| Price | $39.00 |
Version History
version 8.5.10
posted on 2024-03-26
With this update Vectoraster is now also available to purchase on the macOS Apple App Store:
Vectoraster 8 on App Store
The application will still be available to purchase outside of the App Store as well and this change should not affect the functionality of the application. Future updates will continue to be released both the App Store and non-App Store version, so you'll get the same functionality regardless of version. It will however not be possible to convert an App Store purchase to a license for the non-App Store version or the other way around.
version 8.5.9
posted on 2024-03-13
Changes and improvements
- Fixes some minor macOS 14 compatibility issues.
- Fixes some sandbox access restriction issues.
version 8.5.8
posted on 2024-01-23
- Fix generation of innermost spiral raster points when generating line rasters.
- New setting to automatically convert background color colorspace to match point color (for CMYK exports for example).
- Add clipping rect to exported SVGs.
- Changes to export file writing and saving APIs.
- Changes to file reading handling when importing source files APIs.
version 8.5.7
posted on 2023-12-04
Changes and improvements
- Fixes an issue with the multiscale-panel not displaying correctly when opened in a loaded file in recent 8.5.5+ versions.
version 8.5.6
posted on 2023-11-16
Changes and improvements
- Fix issue with collapsed bottom UI panels still showing on macOS 14.
- Improved load times for files with large source images.
- Removed deprecated EPS export format on macOS 14 and later (still available on earlier macOS versions).
version 8.5.5
posted on 2023-10-04
Changes and improvements
- Added support for CMYK and other non-rgb color models in static colors (varying dynamic point colors will still convert to RGB in rendering and exports). CMYK colors are only supported in PDF exports.
- Improved interface performance.
- Improved support and handling of pasting graphics as source image layers.
Bugfixes
- Fixed bug where exporting to CSV or SVG would result in the preview going blank.
- Fix issue with new source images pasted in getting the wrong initial size.
- Fix issue with importing vector graphics with very large sizes causing memory issues.
version 8.5.4
posted on 2023-08-22
Changes and improvements
- Added new point Row, Column or Row+Column index source options, letting you base parameters on the row or column of the point.
- Added support for complex multi-byte unicode characters like SF symbols and ligatures in text rasters.
- Added Lost Minds Mastodon link to Help menu.
- Added some more helpful information to error messages when failing to load files.
Bugfixes
- Fix issue with importing vector graphics with very large sizes causing memory issues.
version 8.5.3
posted on 2023-07-13
Fixes and improvements
- Fixes issue with incorrect physical sizes when importing image source layers.
- Better error messages on file access permission issues when importing files.
version 8.5.2
posted on 2023-06-01
Fixes and improvements
- Point size is now renamed Line length for simple line points.
- Properly deactivate color well and close the color picker when hiding an active color parameter.
- Fixes the preview sometimes not reverting correctly back to the current time after exporting an animation.
- Fixes an issue where the source layers list would not display correctly after reordering sources.
- Fixes some precision issues in applied Multiscale when using the slider instead of the scale field.
- Sparkle version checking framework updated.
version 8.5.0
posted on 2023-05-12
Changes and improvements
- Multiple custom shape support use different imported point shapes based on sources, index or at random.
- Improved generation/rendering with better performance, responsiveness and stability.
- Source opacity point removal with a new alpha threshold parameter. Makes it easy to remove points regardless of size where the source image is transparent.
- Animated GIF import support for Video source layers.
- Point fill opacity can now be applied to bitmap custom shapes as well.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug with Multi-scale where clicking Apply button while typing in a value would not apply the scale.
- Fixed an issue with quicktime video exports dropping frames if the encoder was busy.
- Fixed a bug where animation export panel size fields would show the wrong values.
- Fixed a bug where some settings would reset when re-opening the settings panel.
version 8.4.11
posted on 2023-04-21
Bug fixes
- Fixes a bug with jpg export pixel aspect.
- Fixes an export dialogue bug whith bitmap format height/width would not be displayed correctly.
- Clicking in the animation timeline now deselects any selected value field, so you can use spacebar to play/pause.
version 8.4.10
posted on 2023-03-16
Bug fixes
- Fixes a bundle validation bug that caused issues on some systems in v8.4.9.
- Fixes some blocking network calls during license activation.
version 8.4.9
posted on 2023-02-20
Changes and improvements
- Improved SVG image mode imports/rendering (Upgrade to IJSVG 3.0 framework).
- Added an option to re-center centered source layers on document size change, making it easier to resize a document to a new source image.
- Added link to user Discord channel in Help menu.
Bug fixes
- Fixed being able to select the source measurement channel parent item in the parameter sources menu and not just the items.
- Removed a tooltip in the sources menu that was interfering with selecting items in submenus.
version 8.4.8
posted on 2023-01-03
Changes and improvements
- Optimized Randomization distortion.
- Improved generation and rendering progress updates for long processes.
- Updated manual and bundled sample files.
- Improved conversion of legacy source measurement exponent parameters when importing Vectoraster 7 files.
Bug fixes
- Fixes a bug with dynamic distortion strength parameters in rasters with raster offset.
- Fixes initial loading preview image incorrect aspect for zoomed in rasters.
- Fixes source color/light filterers not being applied when the document legacy blur setting was enabled.
- Fixes an issue with converting some dynamic distrortion strength settings from legacy Vectoraster 7 files.
- Fixes an issue with importing legacy Vectoraster 7 files with invalid incremental step parameters.
- Fixes an issue with importing use source color mix parameters from legacy Vectoraster 7 files.
- Fixes an issue with converting separate Y spacing in alternating grid legacy Vectoraster 7 files.
version 8.4.7
posted on 2022-10-17
Changes and improvements:
- Fixed missing Print permission in sandbox entitlements.
- Fixed drag highlight outline being shown on file areas even if the dragged file was not in a supported format.
- Fixed incorrect disk write protection warning in the technical log.
version 8.4.2
posted on 2022-05-18
- Fixes an issue where exporting large rasters to SVG or CSV format failed.
Patternodes 3 is now released, find out more at lostminds.com/patternodes3.
version 8.4.0
posted on 2022-02-28
- Video source layers allowing you to apply raster effect to video and export the animated result.
- Greatly improved video export rendering performance.
- The YouTube videos links now correctly lead to the Vectoraster 8 videos playlist.
- Fixes the display raster / source slider opacity not updating the preview.
- Fixes an issue with the export progress panel hiding when the application was inactive.
- Smoother handling of remotely deployed license unlocking, not showing the trial mode notice while the license is verified.
Patternodes 3 is now released, find out more at lostminds.com/patternodes3.
version 8.3.2
posted on 2021-12-16
- New Unsharp mask sharpening filter available for all source layers.
- Fixes an issue where the Export dialogue could become unresponsive on macOS 12.1 when opening it a second time.
- Handle loading or setting invalid animation duration or framerate better.
version 8.3.1
posted on 2021-11-03
- Added support for drag and drop importing new source image layers.
- Fixed preview drag editing of position for distortions in rotated and offset rasters.
- Fixed the animation keyframe value field not updating the raster after changes.
- Fixed undo/redo of editing animation duration, framerate and loop settings.
- Fixed animation framerate setting not loading correctly from saved files.
- Fixed bug where raster would stop drawing after turning both point fill and storke off, even if they were turned on again.
- Updated sample files.
version 8.2.4
posted on 2021-07-20
- Fixes an issue with opening files with raster distortions in v 8.2.3.
- Fixes some interface button alignments on macOS 11.
version 8.2.3
posted on 2021-07-15
- Adding a new source image layer now opens a browse dialogue right away.
- Added a new Import source image menu item to quickly create a new source image layer.
- Improvemed handling of imported source image sizes when replacing a layer image.
- Added a new separate scale source layers option when changing the document artboard size.
- Improvements to tabbing between value fields and opening/closing interface panels.
- Document window size and position is now saved in VRaster files.
- Improved labels and tooltips to help make isometric raster patterns using the same spacing toggle.
- Improved interface panel animation performace.
version 8.2.2
posted on 2021-04-20
- Improved performance and stability during animation exports.
- Better previews of the animation during the animation export process.
- Better raster pattern panel previews when using large artboard sizes.
- Source layer actions button now show on hover as well as selection of the layer.
- Fix missing VRaster document icons on older versions of macOS (again).
version 8.2.1
posted on 2021-04-12
- Fixed source invert filter not working after the 8.2.0 update.
- Fix preview not updating correctly when a source layer is removed.
- Better raster pattern preview for varied density rasters.
- Fix text source layers not updating on the first click when changing font in the font panel.
- Fix missing VRaster document icons on older versions of macOS.
- Adjustment of some dark mode text label colors.
version 8.2.1
posted on 2021-04-12
- Fixed source invert filter not working after the 8.2.0 update.
- Fix preview not updating correctly when a source layer is removed.
- Better raster pattern preview for varied density rasters.
- Fix text source layers not updating on the first click when changing font in the font panel.
- Adjustment of some dark mode text label colors.
version 8.2.0
posted on 2021-03-30
- New dithering raster patterns. Dynamic source based Floyd-Steinberg, Stucki and Sierra error diffusion dithering patterns and new Bayer 8x8 ordered dithering pattern.
- Improved support for imported SVG and EPS of custom point shapes exported from Affinity software.
- Added support for even-odd fill mode in imported of custom point shapes.
- Fixes an issue with document icons for some macOS 11 users.
- Fixed live raster updates while dragging sliders for some source parameters.
- Better handling of problems when importing custom vector point shapes from EPS/PDF/SVG files.
- Removed some redundant screen printing export settings.
- Some interface optimization.
version 8.1.3
posted on 2021-03-09
- Added button to re-center offset source layers.
- The artboard size dialogue now has added presets for current image source sizes as well as original sizes.
- Performance improvements for raster distortions and gradient source layers.
- Clarified and corrected a number of tooltips and help messages.
- Updates to the manual.
- Some small macOS 11 interface adjustments.
- Updated Sparkle version checking library.
version 8.1.2
posted on 2020-12-28
- Improved calculation progress updates for long regeneration processes.
- Improved handling of warnings when incompatible raster settings are selected so no raster can be rendered.
- Fixed some number formatting issues with export size fields when using comma as a thousands separator.
- Value fields should now correctly show comma as the decimal separator based on your system settings.
- Fixes a double regeneration bug after changing the artboard size.
- Removed a redundant search field from the Help menu
version 8.1.0
posted on 2020-12-14
- SVG vector graphics export
- New Simple line point shape, simple short line with just stroke and no fill useful for stippling, plotting and etching applications
- Improved CSV-export that now includes point fill color RGBA components in the exported data.
- New export option to use preview raster opacity when exporting, to let you export the raster semi-transparent on top of the sources.
- Improved appearance of composited source layer previews while live editing source parameters.
- Fix preview rendering when raster preview opacity was lower than source preview opacity.
- Interface adjustments for macOS 11 (Big Sur).
- Update to Finder preview quick look component for VRaster files.
version 8.0.5
posted on 2020-11-19
- Apple Silicon native support.
- Improved performance when updating and compositing source layers.
- Improved SVG path importing, with support for matrix() group transforms often used by Affinity Designer.
- New presets menu in the artboard size change dialogue to quickly change to a preset or source image size.
- Fixes some interface panel animation glitches when enabling/disabling the Use source color fill/stroke settings.
- Exporting without changing any document export settings no longer marks the document as needing to be saved.
- Update to Sparkle updating library.
version 8.0.3
posted on 2020-10-23
- Added new 'Paste replace source image' Edit menu item to quickly replace the selected source layer image.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for the paste source image menu items.
- Fixed an issue with JPEG exports sometimes failing and causing problems with other exports after this.
- Made the raster-sources display slider more responsive to quick changes.
version 7.4.10
posted on 2020-08-24
- Support for the upcoming macOS 11.
- Fixed a misleading error message when entering incorrect license details to unlock the full version.
version 7.4.9
posted on 2020-07-15
- Improved support for dragging/dropping image content from other applications.
- You can no longer go into negative scaling, inverting the preview, by zooming out too far with touch pad zoom gestures.
- Fixed long delay when saving .VRaster files with millions of points.
- Fixed aborted rendering when first opening .VRaster files with millions of points.
- Fixed Little Snitch internet access policy so it now properly describes the purpose of update and license check connections.
- Better handling and error mesages in case of network errors when checking the license.
- Improved technical info and error logs for support and bug reports.
The next generation of Vectoraster is now in beta testing. If you want to know more or sign up to be a beta tester go to lostminds.com/vectoraster8
version 7.4.9
posted on 2020-07-15
- Improved support for dragging/dropping image content from other applications.
- You can no longer go into negative scaling, inverting the preview, by zooming out too far with touch pad zoom gestures.
- Fixed long delay when saving .VRaster files with millions of points.
- Fixed aborted rendering when first opening .VRaster files with millions of points.
- Fixed Little Snitch internet acccess policy so it now properly describes the purpose of update and license check connections.
- Better handling and error mesages in case of network errors when checking the license.
- Improved technical info and error logs for support and bug reports.
The next generation of Vectoraster is now in beta testing. If you want to know more or sign up to be a beta tester go to lostminds.com/vectoraster8
version 7.4.8
posted on 2020-05-07
- Negative Point aspect values are now allowed.
- Fixed a problem with loading files that use unavailable fonts.
- Fixed a small precision problem in the diagonal spacing of alternating raster points with the same spacing option enabled.
- Improved technical diagnostic information in the support/feedback dialogue.
- Improved connection security and handling of network problems during license syncing.
The next generation of Vectoraster is now in development. If you want to know more, take a look at lostminds.com/vectoraster8
version 7.4.8
posted on 2020-05-07
- Negative Point aspect values are now allowed.
- Fixed a problem with loading files that use unavailable fonts.
- Fixed a small precision problem in the diagonal spacing of alternating raster points with the same spacing option enabled.
- Improved technical diagnostic information in the support/feedback dialogue.
- Improved connection security and handling of network problems during license syncing.
There's also something new in the Help menu for the curious user.
version 7.4.7
posted on 2020-01-14
New in 7.4.7
Support for importing more image formats
version 7.4.7
posted on 2020-01-13
- Added/fixed support for many more image formats for source images, including photoshop psd, tga, raw and more.
- Additional license information is now available from the About window.
version 7.4.6
posted on 2019-11-12
New in 7.4.6
Access photos from your Photos library,
Fixes a bug with font panel for Text sources
version 7.4.5
posted on 2019-10-16
New in 7.4.5
Fixes a bug with exporting thin strokes on small points
version 7.4.4
posted on 2019-07-03
New in 7.4.4
Fixes to full screen previews and under the hood improvements
version 7.4.3
posted on 2019-06-10
New in 7.4.3
Index-based varying of point properties. Fixes to large resolution source images and blurring
version 7.4.2
posted on 2019-05-29
New in 7.4.2
Index-based varying of point properties.
version 7.4.1
posted on 2019-05-17
New in 7.4.1
Fixes a bug with point fill and stroke color wells.
version 7.4.0
posted on 2019-05-08
New in 7.4.0
New combined sources mode for variable parameters.
version 7.3.8
posted on 2019-03-13
New in 7.3.8
Bug fixes to legacy imports and artboard size changes.
version 7.3.7
posted on 2018-12-19
New in 7.3.7
Bug fixes and negative point smoothing parameter support.
version 7.1.3
posted on 2017-06-16
New in Vectoraster 7
- Parametric gradient sources and source image blurring.
- More dynamic point properties.
- New interface.
- Improved custom vector shape parsing.
- Flexible raster pattern distortions.
version 7.1.0
posted on 2017-05-02
New in Vectoraster 7
- Parametric gradient sources.
- More dynamic properties.
- New interface.
- Improved custom shape parsing.
- Flexible raster distortions.
version 7.0.6
posted on 2017-01-27
New in Vectoraster 7
- Parametric gradient sources. In addition to using imported images as sources for your raster
you can now define linear and radial gradients you can adjust in Vectoraster.
- More dynamic properties. Greatly increased the possibilities to have different point aspects,
like shape, size and color, vary across the raster.
- New interface. Redesigned to be more consistent, efficient and responsive.
- Improved stroke and fill properties. Improved separate settings for point fill and stroke
parameters that can be used individually or together.
- Flexible raster distortions. You can now combine multiple distortions to your raster pattern
(like waves, twists or randomizations), each with improved individual control over position and
scale.
version 6.1.6
posted on 2015-02-25
New in Vectoraster 6
- New and improved single-window interface with full screen support.
- New multi-thread rendering for even faster real-time updates as you work with the raster.
- Much improved control of varying secondary parameters like point aspect, rotation and outline width across th
