Releases: linebender/vello
Sparse Strips v0.0.1
The first alpha version of the Vello Sparse Strips renderers (version 0.0.1) has been released. This is a new implementation strategy for Vello which has wider hardware compatibility, and resolves some performance cliffs.
This release has an MSRV of 1.85.
Vello CPU
This initial release contains only Vello CPU, which runs entirely on the CPU. The imaging model exposed by Vello CPU is very similar to that of current Vello.
Crates.io | Docs
This implementation is in very early stages, and does not have any API stability guarantees.
Vello Common
This release also coincides with the release of Vello Common, a support crate used by Vello CPU:
Crates.io | Docs
Vello Common itself does not currently have any stable API surface, as it is only an implementation detail of Vello CPU.
We will not be maintaining a CHANGELOG for the sparse strips packages whilst they are in alpha, but you can follow the roadmap, or follow progress on Zulip.
v0.5.0
This release has an MSRV of 1.85.
Added
- Breaking: Support for pipeline caches. (#524 by @DJMcNab)
- Implement
DefaultforRendererOptions. (#524 by @DJMcNab)
RendererOptions {
// ...
+ ..Default::default()
}Removed
- Breaking:
Renderer::render_to_surfacehas been removed. (#803 by @DJMcNab)
This API was not fit for purpose, as it assumed that you would only ever use a single window.
The new recommended way to use Vello to render to a surface is to useRenderer::render_to_textureto render to an
intermediate texture, then blit from that to the surface yourself.
We suggest using theTextureBlitterutility fromwgpu.
For users of theutilmodule, it has been updated to create a suitable blit pipeline and intermediate texture for each surface.
+let target_view = /* cached: device.create_texture(/* size of surface*/).create_view(...) */;
- device.render_to_surface(..., &surface_texture, ...);
+ device.render_to_texture(..., &target_view, ...);
+let mut encoder = device.create_command_encoder(&wgpu::CommandEncoderDescriptor {
+ label: Some("Surface Blit"),
+});
+blitter.copy(
+ &device,
+ &mut
10000
encoder,
+ &target_view,
+ &surface_texture.create_view(&wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default()),
+);
+queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);Changed
- Breaking: wgpu has been updated to wgpu 24. (#791 by @songhuaixu)
This has been chosen to match the version used by Bevy 0.16.
(Note that we do not guarantee that our latest release will always match Bevy's wgpu version) - Breaking:
override_imagehas been updated to remove its use ofArc, aswgpu::Textures are now internally reference counted. (#802 by @DJMcNab)
This release also coincides with the release of v0.5.0 of Vello Shaders:
and Vello Encoding:
New Contributors
- @songhuaixu made their first contribution in #791
- @grebmeg made their first contribution in #826
- @LaurenzV made their first contribution in #827
- @taj-p made their first contribution in #864
- @spirali made their first contribution in #892
- @sagudev made their first contribution in #973
Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0
Contributors
Assets 2
v0.4.1
This release has an MSRV of 1.82.
Fixed
This release also coincides with the release of v0.4.1 of Vello Shaders and Vello Encoding.
Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.4.1
Contributors
Assets 2
v0.4.0
This release has an MSRV of 1.82.
Highlights
As part of an initiative to improve color handling across the ecosystem (and especially within Linebender crates), Vello is now using the new color crate.
This is the first step towards providing richer color functionality, better handling of color interpolation, and more.
This release intentionally uses wgpu 23.0.1 rather than 24.0.0 so that it can match the version used in Bevy 0.15.
Changed
- Breaking: Updated
wgputo 23.0.1 (#735, #743 by @waywardmonkeys) - Breaking: Updated to new
penikoandcoloris now used for all colors (#742 by @waywardmonkeys) - Breaking: As part of the update to
color, the byte order ofvello_encoding::DrawColoris changed (#758 by @waywardmonkeys, #796 by @tomcur). - Breaking: The
fullfeature is no longer present as the full pipeline is now always built (#754 by @waywardmonkeys) - The
r8permutation of the shaders is no longer available (#756 by @waywardmonkeys) - Breaking: The
buffer_labelsfeature is no longer present as the labels are always configured (#757 by @waywardmonkeys) - Breaking: Use a type alias for
i16rather thanskrifa::NormalizedCoordin the public API (#747 by @nicoburns)
Fixed
- Offset in image rendering, and sampling outside correct atlas area (#722 by @dfrg)
- Inference conflict when using Kurbo's
schemarsfeature (#733 by @ratmice) - Detection of PNG format bitmap fonts, primarily for Apple systems (#740 by @LaurenzV)
- Support image extend modes, nearest-neighbor sampling and alpha (#766 by @dfrg)
- Correct vertical offset for Apple Color Emoji (#792 by @dfrg)
New Contributors
This release also coincides with the release of v0.4.0 of Vello Shaders and Vello Encoding.
Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0
Contributors
Assets 2
Vello 0.3.0
Vello v0.3.0 is here!
Highlights
- Support for most Emoji (#615, #641 by @DJMcNab)
- GPU Friendly Stroke Expansion, which documents key parts of how Vello works, was released (by @raphlinus, @armansito)
- Blurred rounded rectangles are now supported, which can be used for box shadows (#665 by @msiglreith)
- Vello is no longer considered experimental 🎉 (#691 by @waywardmonkeys)
Note that Vello is still an alpha, but we believe that the direction has been proven.
Read the changelog for full details.
This release also coincides with the release of v0.3.0 of Vello Shaders and Vello Encoding.
Vello 0.2.1
Vello v0.2.1 is here!
This release is a patch to resolve #291, which is a crash when attempting to render an empty scene. We now also require wgpu v0.20.1, as wgpu 0.20.0 was yanked.
Read the changelog for full details.
This release also coincides with the release of v0.2.1 of Vello Shaders and Vello Encoding.
Vello 0.2.0
Vello v0.2.0 is here!
This release collects the last three months of improvements. The performance is better, especially during startup. We increased the draw object limit and Vello is now more robust so it can handle more edge cases. The Vello shaders are now split into its own crate in vello_shaders. The glyph support has improved. We now require wgpu v0.20. Read the changelog for more details.
This release also coincides with the release of v0.2.0 of Vello Shaders and Vello Encoding.
Vello 0.1.0
We are proud to announce that after years of development we have released v0.1.0 of Vello!
This is alpha-quality software. There are plenty of known and unknown issues, and we expect to continue very active development.