Major Milestones

• Initial release of CsPaint
• Current release of CsPaint

2019

February 2019

• Initial research
• Develop prototype for CsPaint library

• Released a youtube video on the Evolution of Graphics Technology
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5SNd9sKn94

March 2019

• Released a youtube video on the GPU, Pipeline, and the Vector Graphics API
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrKxMrLczis

April 2019

• Released a youtube video on the Rendering 3D Graphics
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXz2t0gvRxI

June 2019

• Selected SDL2 for the window system interface
• Selected Vulkan 1.1.x API
• Establish C++17 as the minimum required compiler and CMake 3.8 as the minimum required build system

July 2019

• Switch internal interface from C to use the C++ bindings available in vulkan.hpp
• Create library documentation

• Standardize the API to create an instance and a device
• Add support for device memory allocation
• Use validation layers for testing and debugging
• Enhance API to support queues, surfaces, and swapchain setup
• Support added to load shaders

August 2019

• Add support for loading an STL file format for 3D modeling
• Resolve inverted Vulkan coordinate system
• Fix depth buffer problems
• Configure synchronization using fences and semaphores

• Research signed distance field algorithm for rendering text
• Select the multi-channel signed distance field algorithm
• Use msdfgen application to generate distance field image
• Add support for rendering text on the GPU using a fragment shader

• Create basic unit tests

• Write graphics demo
• Create models in Blender 2.8
• Add models and text rendering samples to the demo

September 2019

• Attended CppCon in in Denver, Colorado
• Presented a talk on "High performance graphics on the GPU" at CppCon in in Denver, Colorado

• CsPaint 1.0.0 release
• Created a Github project https://github.com/copperspice/cs_paint
• On line documentation uploaded to https://www.copperspice.com/docs/cs_paint

• Add the ability to load and transfer an image to the GPU as a texture

October 2019

• Enhance documentation for building on different platforms

• Continue work on API
• Correct issue with descriptor pool allocation
• Fix vertex shaders, add layout binding for uniform declarations
• Add support for older versions of SDL

• Update graphics demo

November 2019

• MeetingC++ 2019 Conference in Berlin, Germany
• Present an updated talk on "High performance graphics and rendering text on the GPU"

2020

January 2020

• Update copyright
• Added support for new versions of the Vulkan SDK

October 2020

• Update cspaint_pipeline to work with newer versions of the CsPaint SDK

2021

January 2021

• Update copyright

2022

January 2022

• Update copyright
• Update to CMake 3.16 as the minimum required version

2023

January 2023

• Update copyright
• Improve Windows MinGW deployment
• CsPaint 1.0.1 released

2024

January 2024

• Change copyright
• Update readme file

September 2024

• Update minimum version to CMake 3.18

• CsPaint 1.0.2 release

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