What's New in CHILI GraFx

GraFx Studio introduces Layout Intents for the ultimate multichannel design experience. Simply specify your project's main destination – print, static, or animated – and the interface will adapt to provide the best possible workflow. Layout intents improve template design, adjust UI for the task in hand, and guide end-users' output choices.

With this, GraFx Studio gains new features to facilitate print-specific work:

• Work in pixels, millimeters or inches, plus automatic conversion when switching layouts
• CMYK color for precise control of color values in print
• Document bleed to ensure design accuracy when the page is trimmed
• A new View Mode that assists proper alignment and layout
• Backgrounds that adapt to intent for accurate output representation on screen

We are thrilled to unveil a powerful addition to our CHILI GraFx platform – GraFx Studio Renders Reporting. As GraFx Studio matured into a comprehensive Smart Template builder for print, digital and animation, we are delivering complete visibility and control over the rendering process. Complementing our pay-as-you-go, pay-as-you-grow model, gain deeper insights into your renders, connect actions to impact, and truly start measuring the value of your output.

Introducing User Groups, a fresh approach to user management within our CHILI GraFx platform. This improved method of access management significantly reduces the time and effort required for setting up user permissions, while maintaining the same high level of security (ISO:27001) that you've come to trust. With User Groups, you'll gain more streamlined control over how you manage users in your large-scale graphic production.

Key Features of User Groups

• They comprise individuals who assume the same role(s) and share access to similar environments
• They can have multiple users and a user can be assigned to multiple User Groups.
• Additionally, extra access rights can still be given to resources on an individual level
• They can only be set up by a Subscription Admin on the platform
• There is a default user group that contains all the users form the subscription

GraFx Genie, our proprietary AI(Artificial Intelligence) assistant, now empowers creatives to incorporate actions and business logic through prompts. Presently, GraFx Genie has drastically reduced Smart Template creation time by up to 80%, by generating JavaScript code to enable self-service for a broader audience. Additionally, it assists in platform scripting and continues to expand its capabilities to handle tasks more efficiently. Keep an eye on GraFx Genie as it evolves to further streamline your creative process.

Key Feature of GraFx Genie

• Generating JavaScript code for Smart Templates through prompts

GraFx Media centralizes, controls and manages the usage of media assets throughout the organization when using the CHILI GraFx platform (yes - that includes GraFx Publisher!) when you don’t have a DAM implementation. Stop wasting time searching for assets or relying on developers to update materials for specific use-cases. GraFx Media ensures instant clarity on approved assets for consistent brand impact.

Key Features of GraFx Media

• Steer and control media usage with one central environment for asset management
• Easy UI and UX to add, remove, delete, download, filter, rename, create folders
• End-users work in a controlled environment with a consistent end-user experience, ensuring brand consistency

GraFx Fonts centralizes, controls and manages the usage of fonts throughout your organization when using GraFx Studio. Avoid the headache of managing fonts across platforms, projects, and clients. GraFx Fonts is visually intuitive and easy to use, while providing powerful tools to centralize font usage.

Key Features of GraFx Fonts

• No more duplicate fonts, as duplicates are checked for and flagged
• Works with font families to allow font-style selection
• Checks exist to ensure correct fonts are licensed to ensure brand consistency

My Projects empowers end-users with the ability to customize content while staying true to Brand Guidelines. Using Smart Templates crafted in GraFx Studio by a Template Designer, non-designers can adjust any content they require at scale. This autonomy enables users to meet specific customer demands promptly and effectively in graphic production. A user-friendly UI and UX make seamless modifications easy, accelerating time-to-market and reducing design expenses simultaneously.

Key Features of My Projects

• Self-serve portal for end-users
• Sophisticated Actions & Business logic become user-friendly UI & UX in this interface
• End-users can tap into integrations (DAM, PIM, CDN,etc...) when integrations are set up.

GraFx Publisher, formerly known as CHILI Publisher, is our first application launched on the GraFx platform. Originally an on-premises solution, it's now 100% cloud-based. This tool generates fully preflighted, press-ready PDFs and other image formats in various color spaces. It offers optional features like die cuts and registration colors, ensuring reliable print output. GraFx Publisher facilitates versatile, audience-specific variant production.

Key Features of GraFx Publisher

• Dynamic Templates: change size, color, text etc, depending on your input
• Copy fitting: input any copy in your print design and the feature makes sure it fits
• All print-necessary features; CMYK color, die cuts, page bleed and much more
• Connect to any data source: lights out graphics production & Variable Data Print (VDP) output

With GraFx Studio, graphic production at scale reaches new heights. The Smart Template editor enables seamless creation of animated and digital output. Designers craft templates with Brand Guidelines, Business Logic, and Media, while Developers integrate them via open API. This boosts speed, relevance and consistency of digital-animated but also print output for end-users. GraFx Studio marks another significant-boost for the CHILI GraFx platform.

Key Features of GraFx Studio

• Actions & Business logic give control of how templates react to end-user input
• My Projects makes self-serving content easy
• Super easy UI and UX make working in GraFx Studio fun and relatable
• Connect to any data source for fully automated graphical production