What's New in CHILI GraFx

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Components – Build Once, Reuse Everywhere with GraFx Studio v1.4

Every production team has design elements they rebuild from scratch – again and again. A pricing block here, a product ad there, a branded footer in every template. GraFx Studio v1.40 ends that cycle with Components, a foundational new capability that lets you design an element once and reuse it across as many templates as you need.

Components – Design Once, Update Everywhere

Components are reusable design elements you place inside templates. Build a pricing block, a product badge, or any branded element once – then drop it into as many templates as you need. When you update the component, every template using it updates automatically.

  • Place from the Resources panel: Add components directly into your template without rebuilding from scratch.
  • Multiple instances per page: Use the same component several times on a single page, each with its own independent data via variable mapping.
  • Full design system support: Each component carries its own layouts, Brand Kit, variables, and actions.
  • Flexible fill modes: Choose how a component fills its frame – Scale (matches by aspect ratio), Resize (uses anchoring and copyfitting), or Scale and resize (combines both).

The real power is in the update model. Change a component once, and every template that references it reflects that change automatically. For teams managing large template libraries across brands and campaigns, this is a significant reduction in repetitive production work.

Variable mapping is per instance – a template with three instances of the same component can give each its own independent data.

Learn more: Components concept · Build a component · Use components in a template

Other features in this release:

Give End Users Crop Control – On Your Terms

Template designers can now decide whether end users are allowed to crop images within a frame. It is a per-frame setting, disabled by default, so you opt in only where it makes sense.

When enabled, end users see a crop icon and can drag the image within the frame. The frame size and position stay fixed – so layout integrity is never at risk.

  • Fit, Fill, or Smart Crop frames: Each image gets its own individual crop.
  • Manual Crop frames: The crop area is shared across all images in the frame.

This gives production teams a precise way to open up creative flexibility for end users without compromising brand consistency or layout structure.

Connector Shared Header Value

For connector developers, there is now a way to set a header value that applies across all instances sharing the same remote connector ID. Pass a shared API key or session token once – without configuring it per instance. A small change that removes meaningful friction from connector setup and maintenance.

Font Size Constraint On by Default

When text editing constraints are enabled on a text frame, the font size constraint is now on by default. Previously it was off, which could produce unexpected results when restricting all text editing properties. This brings behavior in line with what designers actually expect.

Components alone make v1.40 a significant release for any team managing templates at scale. Combined with end-user crop control and a round of targeted fixes, this update moves GraFx Studio meaningfully forward – less repetition, more control, and more confidence in every output.

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Know Your Templates Better: Creation and Modification Dates Now in the Environment API

When you're managing a growing library of templates across environments, keeping integrations in sync with what's actually changed – and when – can be a real challenge. Without reliable timestamp data, you're left guessing which templates are fresh, which have been updated, and which haven't been touched in months.

The CHILI GraFx Environment API now gives you that clarity.

Retrieve Template Timestamps Directly from the API

Two new fields are now available on template responses: DateCreated and LastModifiedContentUtc.

  • DateCreated – the date and time a template was first created in the environment.
  • LastModifiedContentUtc – the date and time the template's content was last changed.

Both fields are returned on the template list endpoint and the individual template endpoint:

GET /api/v1/environment/{environmentId}/templates
GET /api/v1/environment/{environmentId}/templates/{templateId}

No additional configuration required – the data is there when you need it.

What You Can Do With This

Timestamp data unlocks a range of practical use cases for developers and teams building on top of CHILI GraFx:

  • Sort by recency: Surface the most recently created or updated templates at the top of a list, so end users always start from the freshest design.
  • Detect changes since last sync: Use LastModifiedContentUtc to identify which templates have been updated since your integration last ran – making incremental sync workflows far more efficient.
  • Display audit information: Show creation and modification dates inside connected systems, portals, or dashboards where teams need visibility into template history.
  • Drive automation logic: Trigger downstream processes – approvals, notifications, or output jobs – based on when a template was last modified.

Built for Integration-Heavy Workflows

For teams running CHILI GraFx as part of a larger MarTech stack, this update removes a common friction point. Previously, tracking template history required workarounds or manual checks. Now, the information is available directly through the API – consistent, reliable, and ready to plug into whatever system you're building.

Whether you're maintaining a self-serve content portal, running automated batch output, or keeping an external asset management system in sync with your CHILI GraFx environment, DateCreated and LastModifiedContentUtc give your integration the context it needs to stay accurate.

Explore the full Environment API reference in the Developer Center.

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Sharper, More Detailed Product Images – GraFx Genie Product Image Creator Just Got Better

The quality of your product visuals directly affects how your brand is perceived. Blurry edges, flat composition, or images that simply don't look polished enough – these are the kinds of details that erode trust before a customer even reads a word of copy.

The GraFx Genie Product Image Creator in GraFx Labs just raised the bar.

A Smarter AI Model, Better Results – Automatically

The AI model powering the Product Image Creator has been upgraded. The result: noticeably improved image quality across the board.

Product images now render with:

  • More accurate detail – finer textures, cleaner edges, and truer-to-life product representation
  • Better composition – outputs that feel considered and visually balanced
  • Sharper results – higher clarity that holds up at scale and across formats

And the best part? You don't need to change a thing. No new settings to configure, no workflow adjustments required. The improvement is built into the model itself.

What the Product Image Creator Does

For teams who haven't explored it yet, the GraFx Genie Product Image Creator is an AI-powered tool inside GraFx Labs that lets you generate and iterate on product visuals directly within CHILI GraFx.

You can:

  • Generate new images from a text prompt
  • Start from an existing brand-approved asset in GraFx Media and augment it
  • Upscale generated images for higher-resolution output
  • Save results locally or directly back to GraFx Media for reuse

Whether you need a fresh visual for a campaign or want to explore new directions without a full photoshoot, the tool gets you from brief to image in minutes.

Built for Experimentation, Grounded in Brand Control

The Product Image Creator lives in GraFx Labs – a dedicated space inside CHILI GraFx where experimental capabilities are available for teams to explore and validate before they become part of the core platform.

Good to know: GraFx Labs features are experimental. They can change or be removed at any time. The goal is to validate ideas and capture real-world feedback.

Generated images are charged as digital PNG renders, keeping billing transparent within your existing CHILI GraFx usage model.

If you've been using the Product Image Creator since its launch, this upgrade delivers meaningfully better output with no extra effort on your end. If you haven't tried it yet, now is a good time to start.

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Manage Tags Programmatically: Tags API Endpoints Now in the Public Environment API

Template libraries grow fast. And when they do, the challenge shifts from creating templates to finding the right one at the right moment. Tags in GraFx Studio already solve that for designers working in the UI – now, the same organizational power is available to developers and integrators through the public Environment API.

Tags, Now Fully Accessible via API

Tags let you label and organize templates. You can group templates by brand, campaign, product line, or any other dimension that reflects how your team works.

Until now, managing tags was a manual process inside GraFx Studio.

That changes with this update. The Tags API endpoints are now part of the public Environment API, giving you full programmatic control over your tag vocabulary:

  • Create tags to build and extend your organizational structure automatically.
  • Update tags to keep naming consistent as your library evolves.
  • Delete tags to remove labels that are no longer relevant.
  • Assign tags to templates to keep your library organized at scale – without manual intervention.

All of this is available as part of your existing integration or automation workflow.

Why This Matters for Integrators and Automation Teams

For teams running high-volume content operations, manual tag management simply doesn't scale. When you're onboarding new brands, launching campaigns across regions, or ingesting templates from external systems, you need your organizational structure to keep pace automatically.

With Tags endpoints in the public API, you can:

  • Automate library organization as part of template ingestion pipelines – tags are applied the moment a template is created.
  • Sync tag structures across environments or with external systems, keeping everything consistent without manual overhead.
  • Build smarter integrations that surface the right templates to the right users based on dynamic tag filtering.

This is especially valuable for agencies managing templates across multiple brands, and for enterprise teams where template libraries span dozens of campaigns and channels.

Built on a Foundation Designers Already Use

The Tags API reflects the same logic that designers rely on in GraFx Studio. Tags are a management resource – they don't affect template behavior or output. They exist purely to help teams find and organize what they need, faster.

Now that foundation is fully accessible in code. Whether you're building a custom integration, automating content operations, or managing a library at scale, Tags give you a clean, flexible layer of organization that grows with your workflow.

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Smarter Connector Management and a Cleaner Platform Experience in CHILI GraFx

Managing connectors across a growing environment shouldn't mean opening each one individually to check for updates, or navigating deep into settings just to set a default. This platform update removes those small but persistent friction points – and adds a few quality-of-life improvements that make working in CHILI GraFx feel more intuitive every day.

Know When a Connector Update Is Ready – Without Hunting for It

Connectors are how CHILI GraFx links your design workflows to the external systems your team already relies on – DAMs, PIMs, data sources, and more. Keeping them up to date matters. But until now, checking for available updates meant opening each connector individually.

That changes with update notifications. When a new version of an installed connector is available, a notification badge appears directly on the connector – both in the connector list and inside connector settings. You can see at a glance which connectors have an update ready, without any manual checking.

  • Instant visibility: Update badges surface right where you manage connectors.
  • No more manual checks: Spot available updates across all your connectors in one view.
  • Stay current with less effort: Keeping integrations up to date is now a matter of noticing, not searching.

Set a Default Connector in Fewer Clicks

Designating a default connector is a common task – and it used to require navigating into connector settings to do it. The Set as default option has moved to the three-dot menu directly on the connector list, putting the action exactly where you're already working.

The option is disabled automatically if the connector is already set as default, so there's no ambiguity about the current state.

  • Faster workflow: Set a default without leaving the connector list.
  • Less navigation: One less trip into settings for a routine action.
  • Clear status: The disabled state makes it obvious when no action is needed.

Dates Now Reflect Your Local Timezone

Date and time values in environment-level tables – including Tags and Output tasks – now display in your local timezone rather than UTC. If you ever need the original server time, hover over any date to see it in a tooltip.

This is a small change with a real impact: timestamps that actually match your working context make it easier to track activity, coordinate with your team, and understand when things happened.

New Resources Appear at the Top

Tags, output settings, output tasks, user interfaces, integrations, and subject types now sort by creation date descending by default. The most recently added items appear at the top of the list.

When you've just created something new, you shouldn't have to scroll to find it. This default sort order makes that a non-issue.

Connector Authentication Fix

A bug in connector Browser authentication has been resolved. Previously, setting Browser authentication to [None] while a Server authentication type was already configured incorrectly triggered a validation error. Browser and Server authentication can now be managed independently, without either configuration interfering with the other.

These updates reflect a consistent focus on reducing the small friction points that slow teams down. Better connector visibility, faster defaults, accurate timestamps, and smarter sorting – each one a step toward a platform that works the way your team actually works.

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More Control, Less Repetition: GraFx Studio v1.39

Every template designer knows the tension between giving end users creative freedom and keeping output on-brand. Too much freedom and layouts break. Too little and every small copy change becomes a support request. GraFx Studio v1.39 resolves that tension with a precise new set of text constraints – and adds a handful of improvements that make building and integrating templates faster and more reliable.

Text Constraints – Define Exactly What End Users Can Touch

Template designers can now set fine-grained constraints on text frames, controlling what end users are allowed to do when they open a template in Studio UI.

There are two layers of control:

Frame-level constraints – decide whether the text frame itself can be moved, resized, or rotated. Lock down the layout structure while still allowing the text content to be edited.

Inline editing constraints – let end users edit text directly inside the frame, with you choosing exactly which formatting options are available:

  • Paragraph styles – expose only the styles you've approved from your Brand Kit.
  • Character styles – same principle: you choose which are available.
  • Brand Kit colors – limit color choices to on-brand options only.
  • Font size – enable size editing with a configurable minimum and maximum range, so nothing goes too small or too large.

All constraints are disabled by default. You opt in only where it makes sense, frame by frame.

Inline editing is only available on text frames that do not use variables. Frames with variables continue to use the standard variable editing experience.

The result: end users get a focused, guided editing experience. Designers keep full control over brand consistency and layout integrity.

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Duplicate Pages – Build Multi-Page Documents Faster

Building a multi-page document with similar layouts used to mean rebuilding each page from scratch. Not anymore.

GraFx Studio now includes a Duplicate option in the page context menu. Duplicate any page and use it as the starting point for a new variation – keeping your layout, frames, and structure intact while you adjust the content.

For teams producing brochures, catalogs, or any document where pages share a common structure, this is a meaningful reduction in repetitive work.

Anchored Frame Duplication Now Works as Expected

Duplicating a frame that uses anchoring now produces a correctly anchored copy. Previously, duplicated anchored frames could lose their anchoring configuration – making it unreliable to build layouts by duplication.

This fix makes anchored frame duplication a dependable part of your layout workflow.

Unique IDs in Template JSON – Better Foundations for Integrations

For developers building automations or integrations on top of GraFx Studio, this is a quiet but significant improvement.

Layout, page, and frame objects in the GraFx Studio template JSON now each carry a unique ID. That gives integrators a stable, predictable reference for every element in a template – useful any time you need to address a specific frame, page, or layout by ID in an automation workflow.

Text constraints alone make v1.39 a meaningful release for any team running self-serve content workflows. Combined with faster page duplication, reliable anchored frame copying, and a stable round of fixes, this update gives designers more tools to build templates that are both flexible for end users and consistent in output.

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More Control Over AI-Powered Image Intelligence: Subject Types Now Accessible via API

Smart Crop and GraFx Genie's Vision AI don't work by magic – they work by understanding what to look for. Subject types are the user-defined categories, like "person" or "product," that tell the Vision AI where to focus in an image. Until now, managing those categories was a manual task. That changes with this Environment API update.

Retrieve and Update Subject Types Programmatically

You can now read and write subject type data directly through the API – for both media assets stored in GraFx Media and assets pulled in from external sources.

Retrieve all subject types at once:

GET /vision?expand=allSubjectTypes

Or query a specific subject type for a single asset:

GET /media/{mediaId}/vision/subject-types/{subjectTypeId}
GET /external-media/{externalMediaId}/vision/subject-types/{subjectTypeId}

Update subject types – individually or in bulk – using the extended endpoints:

PATCH /media/{mediaId}
PUT /external-media/{externalMediaId}/vision

No manual UI work required. The full read-write cycle for subject type data is now available in code.

Why Subject Types Matter

Subject types are the foundation of how GraFx Genie's Vision AI interprets your image library. When a subject type is correctly defined, Smart Crop knows exactly where to focus – keeping your subject centered, your layout intact, and your output consistent across formats and channels.

For teams managing large asset libraries or ingesting images from external DAM systems, maintaining accurate subject type data at scale has historically required manual intervention. With these new API endpoints, that process can be automated from end to end.

  • Automate subject type assignment as part of your asset ingestion pipeline – the moment a new image enters your environment, the right categories can be applied.
  • Sync Vision AI metadata across environments or with external systems, keeping Smart Crop behavior consistent wherever your assets are used.
  • Manage external media assets with the same precision as native GraFx Media assets – the external-media endpoints bring parity to both workflows.
  • Bulk update subject types when your categorization structure evolves, without touching each asset individually.

A Cleaner Font List in Your Integrations

This release also includes a small but meaningful improvement for integrations that surface font lists to end users. When a font preview can't be rendered, the list now displays fallback text instead of leaving a blank space.

It's a cleaner experience for anyone selecting fonts inside a connected portal or custom interface – no more unexplained gaps in the list. A full fix for fonts that still don't preview correctly is planned for a future release.

For teams building on top of CHILI GraFx, these additions extend the API's reach into one of the platform's most powerful AI-driven capabilities. Subject type control is no longer a manual step – it's part of your automation workflow.

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No More Guesswork: Existing CHILI GraFx Users Now Get a Clear Invitation When Added to a New Subscription

Getting access to a new subscription should be straightforward. But for users who already have a CHILI GraFx account, the experience of being added to a second subscription could leave them wondering: did something change? Do I need a new login? Where do I even start?

A small but meaningful update to the CHILI GraFx Platform API removes that uncertainty entirely.

Existing Users Now Receive an Invitation Email

When an existing CHILI GraFx user is invited to a new subscription, they now receive an email notification that tells them exactly what they need to know:

  • The name of the subscription they've been invited to – so there's no confusion about which account or organization this relates to.
  • Clear guidance to sign in with their existing credentials – no new account to create, no password reset required.

It's a direct, informative message that gets users into the right place without friction.

Why This Matters

In organizations running multiple subscriptions – agencies managing several client accounts, enterprises with distinct business units, or teams expanding their CHILI GraFx footprint – users often need access across more than one subscription.

Before this update, an existing user added to a new subscription received no notification at all. They had no way of knowing access had been granted unless someone told them directly. That created unnecessary back-and-forth, support requests, and delays in getting people productive.

Now, the platform handles that communication automatically. The moment an admin adds an existing user to a subscription, the user is informed – with the right context and the right next step.

A Better Experience for Admins and Users Alike

For Subscription Admins and Environment Admins managing access across teams, this update means one less thing to coordinate manually. You grant access through the platform; the platform takes care of letting the user know.

For users, it means clarity from the start – a named subscription, a familiar login, and no ambiguity about what to do next.

This is the kind of improvement that doesn't change what the platform can do, but meaningfully improves how it feels to use it. Clear communication at the moment of access is a small detail that makes a real difference at scale.

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GraFx Studio Photoshop Plugin 1.2.1: Smoother Imports for Complex Documents

Photoshop documents are rarely simple. Layers stack up, effects accumulate, and over time a working file can contain all kinds of structural quirks – including groups that carry effects but hold no layers inside them. Until now, that kind of document could stop a GraFx Studio import in its tracks.

Plugin 1.2.1 fixes that.

Empty Effect Groups No Longer Block Your Import

Some Photoshop documents include groups that have effects applied – such as Drop Shadow or Bevel & Emboss – but contain no layers inside them. These empty effect groups caused the import process to fail entirely, leaving teams unable to bring their work into GraFx Studio without first hunting down and removing the offending groups.

With this update, those empty groups are simply skipped during import. The rest of the document loads correctly, and your workflow continues without interruption.

  • No manual cleanup required: Affected documents now import without needing to be restructured first.
  • Reliable imports for complex files: Documents built up over time – with all their accumulated quirks – are handled more gracefully.
  • Less time troubleshooting, more time producing: The path from Photoshop to GraFx Studio stays clear.

Why This Matters

The GraFx Studio Photoshop plugin exists to bridge the gap between creative work done in Photoshop and the automation power of GraFx Studio. The goal is straightforward: bring your designs in, then let GraFx Studio handle the scaling, personalization, and multichannel output.

Anything that interrupts that import – even an edge case like an empty effect group – breaks the flow and adds friction for designers and production teams. This fix removes one more obstacle from that path.

If you've previously run into failed imports on documents with complex layer structures, this update is worth applying.

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Find the Right Template, Instantly: Tags Are Now in GraFx Studio

The bigger your template library gets, the harder it becomes to find what you actually need. Scrolling past dozens of unrelated designs, relying on cryptic naming conventions, or asking a colleague which template is the right one – these are the small friction points that quietly slow production down.

Tags in GraFx Studio solve that.

Organize Your Library the Way Your Team Actually Works

Tags are labels you assign to templates. They have no effect on template behavior or output – they exist purely to help you organize and locate the right design, fast.

Template Designers and Environment Admins can now create a tag vocabulary that reflects how their team thinks: by brand, campaign, product line, region, or any other grouping that makes sense for their workflow.

  • Group by brand: Separate templates for different clients or brand identities at a glance.
  • Filter by campaign: Surface only the templates relevant to an active campaign, without digging through everything else.
  • Organize by product line: Give each product range its own tag so designers go straight to what they need.

A template can carry multiple tags, and tags can be created, renamed, or removed at any time without affecting template content or output.

From Dozens of Templates to Exactly the Right One

Here is how it works in practice. A team managing templates for two brands – say, Chill Home and Chill Chips – creates one tag per brand and assigns each template accordingly. A designer working on a Chill Chips campaign filters by that tag and immediately sees only the relevant templates. No scrolling, no guesswork.

Filtering is straightforward:

  1. Open Templates in GraFx Studio.
  2. Click the Filter icon in the toolbar.
  3. Select one or more tags under By Tags.
  4. The template list updates instantly to show only matching templates.

Need to clear it? One click on Clear all resets the view.

Built for Growing Libraries and Larger Teams

Tags are managed centrally under GraFx Studio > Manage > Tags – separate from templates, collections, and projects. You build your tag vocabulary once, then apply it across the library as it grows.

This separation matters. Tags are a management resource, not a content resource. That means they scale with your library without adding complexity to the templates themselves.

For teams already working with collections and user interfaces in GraFx Studio, Tags add another layer of precision – helping every designer, regardless of their familiarity with the full library, filter down to exactly what is relevant to their current work.

Who Can Use Tags

Template Designers and Environment Admins have full access to create, assign, rename, and delete tags. Tags are scoped to the environment, so each environment maintains its own organized tag vocabulary.

Note: Deleting a tag removes it from every template it was assigned to and cannot be undone.

As template libraries scale across brands, campaigns, and channels, the ability to find the right starting point quickly becomes a real productivity advantage. Tags give your team that clarity – no naming conventions required.

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Clearer Billing Visibility and More Flexible Connector Management in CHILI GraFx

Knowing exactly what you're being billed for shouldn't require detective work. And configuring connectors shouldn't leave you stuck with settings you can't fully undo. This platform update addresses both – giving subscription owners sharper visibility into render usage and giving teams more control over connector authentication.

See Billable Renders Clearly – Across Every Environment

Renders are how CHILI GraFx measures platform usage, and understanding your actual billable output is essential for managing costs and forecasting accurately. Previously, watermarked renders were folded into the total renders count, making it harder to distinguish test or preview output from production renders that count toward your subscription.

That changes now. Watermarked renders are displayed as a separate category in the renders overview – at both environment level and subscription level. Subscription owners get a clear, honest picture of what's billable and what isn't, across all their environments in one view.

What this means for you:

  • No more guesswork: Billable renders and watermarked output are clearly separated.
  • Subscription-level clarity: See the full picture across all environments, not just environment by environment.
  • Accurate reporting: Make informed decisions about render quota and usage without manual reconciliation.

For developers and integrators, the Platform API reflects this change directly. The following endpoints now exclude watermarked renders from totalRenders and surface them via a new totalWatermarkedRenders property:

  • GET /api/v1/environments/{environmentId}
  • GET /api/v1/environments/{environmentId}/renders
  • GET /api/v1/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}
  • GET /api/v1/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/renders

This keeps your dashboards, integrations, and reporting pipelines accurate without any additional workarounds.

Remove Connector Authentication – Fully, When You Need To

Connectors in CHILI GraFx link your design workflows to external data sources, media systems, and MarTech tools. Authentication is a key part of that setup – but until now, once you set an authentication type on a connector, you could only swap it for another. You couldn't remove it entirely.

That limitation is gone. A new [None] option in the Authorization dropdown lets you clear authentication from a connector completely. Select [None], save, and the existing authentication configuration is removed.

Why this matters:

  • Full configuration control: Adjust connector setups to match changing integration requirements without workarounds.
  • Cleaner connector management: Remove authentication when it's no longer needed, rather than replacing it with a placeholder.
  • More flexibility for developers: Iterate on connector configurations freely as your integrations evolve.

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Introducing GraFx Labs: Explore the Future of AI-Powered Image Creation

What if you could test the next wave of AI-powered creative tools before they become part of the standard platform? That is exactly what GraFx Labs makes possible.

GraFx Labs is a dedicated space inside CHILI GraFx where Subscription Admins, Environment Admins, and Template Designers can explore and validate experimental capabilities. These features are designed to test functional value and technical feasibility – and your feedback shapes what comes next.

Good to know: Features in GraFx Labs are experimental. They can change or be removed at any time. The goal is to validate ideas and capture real-world feedback.

Two Experiments, One Goal: Better Product Visuals, Faster

The first release of GraFx Labs launches with two AI-powered experiments built on GraFx Genie. Both focus on a challenge that product and marketing teams face every day: creating high-quality product imagery at speed, without sacrificing brand control.

Experiment 1: GraFx Genie Product Image Creator

Need a compelling product visual – fast? The Product Image Creator lets you generate new images using state-of-the-art AI models, starting from either a brand-approved asset in GraFx Media or a prompt alone.

  • AI-powered image generation using leading models
  • Start from an existing asset stored in GraFx Media, or generate entirely from a prompt
  • Upscale generated images for higher-quality output
  • Save results locally or directly back to GraFx Media

Whether you need a fresh product visual or want to augment an existing one, this tool gets you from brief to image in minutes.

Experiment 2: GraFx Genie Product Image Composer

The Product Image Composer takes things a step further – giving you a controlled environment to build polished product shots by combining product images and backgrounds.

Background options:

  • Upload from your device
  • Select from on-brand assets in GraFx Media
  • Generate a scene from a prompt

Product image options:

  • Upload from your device
  • Use on-brand assets from GraFx Media
  • Generate on the fly with AI

Once you have your elements, a user-friendly composition interface lets you position and arrange everything into a ready-to-use product shot – all within a controlled, brand-aware environment.

Usage & Billing

Generated images are charged as digital PNG renders, keeping billing transparent and predictable within your existing CHILI GraFx usage model.

Why GraFx Labs Matters

GraFx Labs gives creative and production teams early access to capabilities that push the boundaries of what visual content automation can do. Rather than waiting for features to reach general availability, you can explore them now, validate them against real workflows, and share feedback that directly influences the platform's direction.

For teams already working with GraFx Genie's AI capabilities – from Smart Crop to background generation – GraFx Labs is the natural next step: a space to experiment with confidence, knowing the platform's brand controls and asset management are still in place.

Explore GraFx Labs and help shape what CHILI GraFx becomes next 🚀

Learn more: https://docs.chiligrafx.com/CHILI-GraFx/concepts/grafx-labs/

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See Every Variable in Action: GraFx Studio v1.38

Frame showing Highlighting of Variables in GraFx Studio

Complex design systems are powerful – but when dozens of variables are wired across a layout, knowing exactly where each one lives can slow you down. GraFx Studio v1.38 solves that with smarter visibility tools, more expressive automation, and a round of stability improvements that keep your workflows running smoothly.

Instantly See Where Every Variable Is Used

Building a sophisticated design system means managing a lot of moving parts. Variable highlighting makes that significantly easier.

Select any variable and GraFx Studio will highlight every place it appears directly on the layout – no guesswork, no hunting through layers. You can review, validate, and adjust with full confidence before publishing or handing off to production.

  • Instant visual feedback: See all variable placements at a glance.
  • Faster validation: Confirm your design system logic is wired correctly before output.
  • Fewer errors: Catch misapplied or missing variables early in the process.

This is especially valuable for design system creators managing large, data-driven templates across multiple channels.

Pick the Right Asset, Faster

Working with large media libraries just became more efficient. Asset names now appear as tooltips in media-related panels, giving you the context you need to choose the right image without opening each one individually.

  • Tooltip previews: See asset names on hover, right inside the panel.
  • Faster selection: Reduce clicks and second-guessing when browsing large libraries.
  • Better workflow for design system creators: Keep production moving without interrupting your creative focus.

Programmatic Color Control Across Output Channels

Automated templates often need to adapt colors based on output – screen versus print, brand variant versus campaign. You can now set color values directly in actions using RGB, Hex, and CMYK color spaces.

  • Full color space support: RGB, Hex, and CMYK – all available in actions.
  • Consistent on-brand output: Apply the right color automatically based on output requirements.
  • Smarter automation: Let your design system handle color logic, so end users and production teams don't have to.

This gives design system creators and developers precise, programmatic control over color across every output scenario.

Reliability Fixes That Keep Production on Track

v1.38 also delivers a focused set of fixes that improve day-to-day stability:

  • Smart Crop improvements: More consistent image placement based on subject area settings in GraFx Media.
  • Undo stability: Resolved several issues that caused unexpected behavior when undoing actions, including cases involving frame deselection.
  • Studio UI polish: The H shortcut is disabled for projects with constraints to prevent accidental conflicts; page offset timing issues are resolved; and range constraint tooltips now display the correct configuration.
  • Render count accuracy: Watermarked renders are now displayed correctly, keeping quota tracking reliable.

GraFx Studio v1.38 is about working with greater clarity and control – whether you're mapping variables across a complex design system, automating color for multichannel output, or simply trusting that your undo history behaves as expected. Smarter tools, fewer surprises, and more confidence at every step.

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Precise PDF Output: Advanced Postprocessing Controls Now in the Environment API

Color accuracy and PDF standards compliance are non-negotiable in professional print and publishing workflows. The latest Environment API update delivers exactly that – giving developers and production teams fine-grained control over PDF version, color transformation, and ICC profile embedding, all configurable directly through the API.

Choose Your PDF Standard – Explicitly

Different downstream systems, printers, and archiving workflows have different PDF compatibility requirements. You can now define the exact PDF version your output targets, removing any ambiguity from the generation process.

  • PDF Version Selection via postProcessing.pdfVersion: Choose from PDF 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, or 1.7 to match the requirements of your print provider, distribution channel, or document management system.
  • Predictable Compliance: No more guessing which standard was applied – your output conforms to exactly the version you specify.

This is especially valuable for regulated industries, archival workflows, and integrations where PDF version compatibility is a hard requirement.

Control Color Conversion with Precision

Color consistency across channels and devices is one of the hardest problems in print production. The Environment API now gives you direct control over how color transformation is applied during PDF generation.

  • Configurable Color Transformation via postProcessing.colorTransformation: Define both the intendedIccProfile and the destinationIccProfile to precisely govern how colors are converted during output.
  • Intended vs. Destination Profiles: Specify where your colors are coming from and where they need to land – ensuring accurate, device-ready output every time.
  • Consistent Results Across Runs: With explicit profile definitions, color behavior is repeatable and predictable across every batch job.

Whether you're targeting FOGRA-certified print, a specific press profile, or a custom destination, this level of control means your PDFs arrive print-ready – without manual correction steps.

Embed the Right ICC Profile in Every PDF

Output Intent embedding is a critical part of color-managed PDF workflows, particularly for print-ready files. The Environment API now supports configurable Output Intent embedding.

  • ICC Profile Embedding via postProcessing.colorProfileEmbedding.iccProfile: Define which ICC profile is embedded in the generated PDF, ensuring downstream tools and RIPs interpret color data correctly.
  • Standards-Compliant Output: Embedded profiles communicate color intent clearly to printers, prepress teams, and automated production systems.
  • End-to-End Color Integrity: From design system to final PDF, your color management chain stays intact.

Learn More

Dive deeper into color management concepts and output configuration in the official documentation:

With these advanced postprocessing controls, the Environment API puts professional-grade PDF production directly in your hands – precise PDF standards, accurate color transformation, and embedded profiles, all defined in code and delivered at scale 🚀

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Richer Visual Effects: Improved Gradient & Drop Shadow Support in GraFx Studio Plugins

Bring more of your creative intent from Adobe® tools straight into GraFx Studio! The latest plugin improvements deliver stronger support for gradients and drop shadows, helping designs translate more faithfully while staying fully compatible with Design Systems and scalable templates.

Design with Confidence: More Accurate Visual Translation

Gradients and shadows are essential for depth, hierarchy, and polish. These updates ensure that when designs move from desktop tools into GraFx Studio, they retain their visual structure and behavior – reducing manual fixes and speeding up production.

The result: cleaner imports, predictable templates, and less rework for Template Designers and production teams.

Adobe® InDesign® Plugin: Gradients and Shadows That Stay True

Learn more: https://docs.chiligrafx.com/GraFx-Studio/convert/Adobe-InDesign/

Enhanced Gradient Support

Gradients authored in Adobe® InDesign® now translate with greater accuracy:

  • More Shape Coverage: Apply gradients to rectangles, triangles, and ovals.
  • Rotation Preserved: Gradient angles are respected during import.
  • Reverse Gradients Supported: Maintain intended light and color direction.

To ensure consistency, GraFx Studio supports Linear gradients in Classic gradient mode. Other gradient types are automatically converted to PDF to preserve visual fidelity.

Drop Shadows with Predictable Behavior

Drop shadows from InDesign now carry over with robust parameter support:

  • Works Across Objects: Shapes, image frames, and text frames.
  • Key Parameters Preserved: Opacity, distance, angle, size (mapped to Blur in the GraFx Studio UI), and global light.
  • InDesign-Specific Accuracy: X and Y offsets are respected, ensuring shadows land exactly where intended.

This means more depth and realism in your templates – without surprises after import.

Adobe® Photoshop® Plugin: Cleaner Effects, Smoother Imports

Learn more: https://docs.chiligrafx.com/GraFx-Studio/convert/Adobe-Photoshop/

Gradient Improvements for Layered Designs

Photoshop gradients now translate with improved clarity and control:

  • Supported Shapes: Rectangles, triangles, and ovals.
  • Rotation & Direction: Gradient angles are preserved.
  • Additional Controls Supported: Scale, align with layer, and reverse.
  • Consistent Standards: Linear gradients in Classic gradient mode ensure predictable output.

Reliable Drop Shadows Across All Objects

Drop shadows are supported on shapes, image frames, and text frames, with faithful translation of:

  • Opacity
  • Distance
  • Angle
  • Size (Blur)
  • Global Light

A clear warning is shown when drop shadows are present, keeping Template Designers informed about any unsupported parameters.

Why This Matters: Less Rework, More Control

These improvements focus on what matters most in high-volume and automated workflows:

  • Higher Fidelity Imports: Visual effects retain more of their original structure.
  • Faster Template Readiness: Spend less time fixing gradients and shadows after import.
  • Design-System Friendly: Effects remain compatible with scalable, controlled templates.

By preserving depth, contrast, and visual hierarchy from your Adobe® designs, GraFx Studio helps you move from creative concept to production-ready template faster – and with confidence.

Keep your gradients smooth, your shadows sharp, and your workflows efficient with these latest GraFx Studio plugin enhancements 🚀

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Scale Production with PDF Multi-File Output and Parallel Rendering via the Environment API

High-volume PDF generation just became faster, more flexible, and easier to control. With the latest Environment API enhancements, you can confidently handle large batch jobs by splitting outputs into predictable file sizes and rendering them in parallel – all designed for enterprise-scale automation.

Break Large PDF Jobs into Manageable Files

When generating thousands of records in a single run, file size and processing limits can quickly become a bottleneck. The Environment API now gives you precise control over how PDF output is packaged.

  • Controlled File Sizes with maxRecordsPerFile: Define how many records are included per PDF file, automatically splitting large batch jobs into multiple, easier-to-handle outputs.
  • Operational Flexibility: Optimize PDFs for downstream systems, archiving, or distribution workflows without custom post-processing.
  • Predictable Results at Scale: Large exports are no longer all-or-nothing – each file is generated with consistent limits you define.

This is ideal for transactional documents, catalog generation, or any scenario where volume and reliability matter.

Faster Throughput with Parallel PDF Rendering

Speed matters when processing at scale. Parallel rendering is now enabled for PDF outputs via the Environment API.

  • Higher Throughput: Multiple PDF files are rendered simultaneously, significantly reducing total processing time for large jobs.
  • Improved Reliability: Distributed rendering helps balance load across workers, making high-volume output more resilient.
  • Built for Automation: Perfect for scheduled jobs, integrations, and continuous production pipelines.

You can explore the available options directly in your tenant’s Swagger documentation:

https://[YOURTENANT]/grafx/swagger/index.html#/Output/post_api_v1_environment__environment__output_pdf

Stability Improvements for Complex Data Sources

Behind the scenes, internal handling of large and complex data sources has been strengthened to support distributed rendering more reliably.

  • More Robust Worker Coordination: Better stability when processing complex or data-heavy jobs.
  • Improved Resilience at Scale: Ongoing hardening ensures consistent behavior across a wide range of configurations and data sizes.

Note: Extremely aggressive configurations – such as very low maxRecordsPerFile values combined with very large external datasets – may still encounter upstream limits like API rate limiting.

What This Means for You

With multi-file PDF output and parallel execution, the Environment API now empowers you to:

  • Process larger volumes with confidence
  • Maintain predictable PDF sizes
  • Reduce turnaround time for batch exports
  • Design more resilient, scalable output workflows

Whether you’re powering automated document generation or enterprise-grade publishing, these enhancements give you the control and performance needed to scale without compromise 🚀

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Rock-Solid Template Updates: Environment API Reliability Improvements

Build and scale with confidence using the latest Environment API improvements. This update focuses on reliability, clarity, and predictability – especially for teams running high-volume, parallel operations across templates and environments.

Reliable Template Updates – Even Under Heavy Load

When multiple processes update the same template at the same time, consistency is critical. The Environment API now handles these situations with greater care, ensuring your data stays clean and trustworthy.

  • Sequential Save Handling: Concurrent updates to the same template are now processed in order, preventing race conditions and incomplete saves.
  • Consistent Template Storage: Every update is fully applied before the next begins, protecting templates from partial or conflicting changes.

This is especially valuable for automated workflows, batch processing, and integrations where templates are updated at scale.

Clearer Error Reports for Faster Troubleshooting

Understanding what went wrong should never slow you down. Error reporting from the Environment API is now easier to read and easier to act on.

  • Predictable Error Ordering: Error report records are returned in a consistent, human-friendly sequence.
  • Easier Record Matching: Quickly map errors back to their original input records – even when processing many items in parallel.

The result: faster debugging, clearer logs, and smoother operations for developers and platform teams.

Stability Fixes That Protect Your Templates

Behind the scenes, important fixes further strengthen API reliability:

  • No More Overlapping Save Risks: Simultaneous template updates no longer leave templates in inconsistent or partially updated states.

These improvements reduce operational risk and help ensure every API-driven update delivers exactly what you expect.

Explore the Environment API

Dive deeper into endpoints, behavior, and usage details in the official documentation:

  • https://docs.chiligrafx.com/GraFx-Developers/environment-api/reference/

With these Environment API enhancements, you can scale automation, integrations, and concurrent workflows with greater confidence and clarity – knowing your templates are always protected 🚀

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Image Constraints, Smarter Lists, and more in GraFx Studio v1.37

Adding Image Constraints in GraFx Studio

Design with greater confidence and precision in GraFx Studio v1.37! This release delivers powerful new controls for image frames, smarter list styling, and important text stability improvements – all focused on protecting layouts, speeding up editing, and keeping templates predictable at scale.

Lock It Down: New Constraints for Image Frames

Protect your designs from accidental edits and ensure consistent output across every user and channel. GraFx Studio now lets Template Designers apply constraints to image frames, giving you fine-grained control over how images behave inside templates.

  • Controlled Resizing: Prevent unwanted stretching or scaling that can break carefully designed layouts.
  • Restricted Movement: Lock image positions to maintain alignment and structure.
  • Rotation Safeguards: Disable rotation where precision and brand consistency matter most.

These constraints are ideal for high-volume or self-serve templates, where design integrity must be preserved no matter who edits the content.

Learn more:

  • https://docs.chiligrafx.com/GraFx-Studio/concepts/constraints/
  • https://docs.chiligrafx.com/GraFx-Studio/guides/image-frame/#image-frame-constraints

Smarter, Faster Lists: Enhanced Numbered and Bulleted List Controls

Lists just got more powerful and easier to manage – especially for content-heavy templates.

  • Character Styles for Numbered Lists: Apply character styles directly to numbered list formats and symbols, giving you full typographic control and perfectly on-brand numbering.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts for List Levels: Increase or decrease list levels instantly using keyboard shortcuts, making structured content faster to build and easier to refine.
  • Improved Multi-Level Formatting: Four numbered list levels now come with predefined, independent formatting. The fourth level no longer inherits from the first, ensuring clarity and visual hierarchy even in complex documents.

The result: cleaner lists, faster editing, and better consistency across every template.

Text You Can Trust: Stability and Overflow Protection

Text-heavy templates benefit from important safeguards that reduce surprises and layout issues.

  • Maximum Text Length Enforcement: Text variables now respect defined length limits, preventing overflow and protecting layouts from breaking when content changes.
  • More Reliable Text Behavior: Improvements ensure consistent handling when replacing text or working with auto-grow frames.

These updates help ensure your templates stay visually stable – even when populated dynamically or edited by non-designers.

Polished Details: Fixes That Improve Everyday Workflows

GraFx Studio v1.37 also includes a wide range of fixes that quietly improve reliability and precision:

  • Consistent Subscript and Superscript Styling: Uniform behavior across inline, paragraph, and character styles.
  • Correct Frame Positioning: Newly created frames now appear exactly where expected.
  • Accurate Aspect Ratio Handling: Aspect ratio restrictions no longer apply when an object is disabled.
  • Smoother Auto-Grow Resizing: Text frames resize correctly when auto-grow is enabled.

Studio UI Improvements: Constraints That Carry Through

The Studio UI now fully supports and enforces image frame constraints defined in GraFx Studio, ensuring the same rules apply during editing as during template design.

Additional UI fixes improve stability and polish:

  • Cleaner Validation: Optional projectId values no longer trigger incorrect parameter errors.
  • No More Layout Shifts: Date picker error messages no longer cause disruptive UI movement.

GraFx Studio v1.37 is all about control without complexity – stronger guardrails for images, more expressive lists, and text behavior you can rely on. Build smarter templates, reduce rework, and deliver consistent, on-brand results every time 🚀

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Smoother Platform Deployment and UI Fixes

Streamline your day-to-day platform management with the latest platform improvements! This update focuses on clarity, accessibility, and reliability, giving administrators and integrators better visibility, faster configuration, and clearer feedback when things matter most.

Faster Access, Smarter Configuration at Environment Level

Managing environments just became more intuitive. Key environment settings are now easier to find and use, helping teams move faster and reduce friction.

  • Environment Settings at Your Fingertips: Access environment-specific settings directly from a dedicated gear icon in the left navigation. No more hunting – critical configuration is always within reach.
  • Copyable Technical Environment Name: A new input field lets you instantly copy the technical environment name, making integrations, API usage, and configuration tasks quicker and less error-prone.

These enhancements are designed to save time, reduce setup complexity, and support smoother collaboration between platform admins and technical teams.

Clearer Versioning for Better Focus

The GraFx Studio version display has been refined to highlight what truly matters.

  • Simplified Version Format: Version numbers now follow a clean major.minor.x structure, reducing visual noise and helping you quickly understand the significance of updates at a glance.

This makes it easier to communicate changes internally and stay aligned across teams.

Reliability Improvements That Keep You Moving

Behind the scenes, important fixes ensure a more predictable and frustration-free platform experience:

  • Accurate Role Handling: Users with combined EA and CA roles are now correctly redirected to the template page, eliminating confusion during navigation.
  • Clearer Template Import Errors: When a template upload fails, improved error reporting provides clearer insight into what went wrong – so issues can be resolved faster.

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Column Power: Effortless Multi-Column Text Layouts in GraFx Studio v1.36

Unlock editorial design excellence with GraFx Studio v1.36! Whether you're a Template Designer seeking modern magazine flair or a marketer building structured, scalable layouts, our newest release brings total control to your text blocks – all with familiar, intuitive tools.

Multi-Column Text Frames: Transform Your Content in Seconds

Elevate your templates with beautifully structured text. You can now split text frames into multiple columns, achieving classic editorial looks, elegant data presentations, or simply a more organized vibe – all within a single frame:

  • True Flexibility: Choose the number of columns that suits your layout, from streamlined two-column spreads to detailed multi-column grids.
  • Custom Spacing: Easily adjust the gap between columns for perfect visual rhythm and brand alignment.
  • Seamless Scaling: Enjoy all existing auto-resize and overflow controls – columns adapt dynamically, maintaining design integrity across every scenario.
  • Faster Editing: Reflow, balance, and update content with zero-copy, hassle-free workflow, speeding up magazine layouts, brochures, and info-rich templates.

Ready to start building with columns? See how to set up Text Columns in the official documentation

Precision Improvements: Character Style Font Handling

GraFx Studio v1.36 also polishes your creative workflow with smart fixes:

  • Character Style Clarity: If a character style uses the font family "[None]", the font-style dropdown is now empty and disabled. This prevents confusion and ensures you always know exactly how your text styles are behaving.

Supercharge your editorial layouts, build smarter templates, and enjoy a smoother design experience with GraFx Studio v1.36! 🎉

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Smarter Text Styling & Bulletproof Reliability: Numbered Lists and More in GraFx Studio v1.35

Unlock clarity, consistency, and enhanced reliability with GraFx Studio v1.35! This release delivers advanced list styling, upgraded error messaging, and valuable improvements for seamless integration and worry-free editing. Whether you're a Template Designer or integrating GraFx Studio into your workflow, you'll find new ways to create on-brand, professional content with confidence.

Organize Content with Ease: Flexible Numbered Lists in Paragraph Styles

Say goodbye to manual formatting! Multi-level numbered lists are now built right into GraFx Studio paragraph styles, making it simple to present information, instructions, or features with clarity and precision.

  • Multi-Level Support: Structure your content with up to nine levels of numbering for clean, organized layouts.
  • Custom Formats: Pick the number format, add your own symbols, and fine-tune indents to match your brand and design guidelines.
  • Consistent Branding: Apply numbered lists across your templates without losing cohesive styling or formatting control.

Ready to get started? Read the full guide on defining and using numbered lists.

Enhanced List Controls: Bullet Icons That Match Your Brand

Take your bulleted lists to the next level! GraFx Studio now offers improved bullet rendering:

  • Font Precision: Bullet icons automatically adopt the correct font from their assigned character style, ensuring on-brand typographic consistency.
  • Smart Fallbacks: If you haven't set a character style for bullets (or set its font to None), GraFx Studio uses the paragraph style's font – so your lists always look just right.

Clear Communication: Smart Error Messaging & Integration Tools

Working in complex environments or building advanced integrations? GraFx Studio v1.35 improves reliability and your ability to spot problems fast:

  • Transparent Studio Loading Errors: If GraFx Studio hits a configuration or engine load snag, you'll get a clear in-app message so you know what to do next – no guesswork required!
  • Empowering Integrators: The new onLoadError event enables integrators to listen for and analyze load failures (such as engine issues), supporting more robust automation and troubleshooting.
  • Non-TypeScript Validation: Integrations that don’t use TypeScript benefit from added configuration validation. When an issue is detected, GraFx Studio halts loading and alerts you directly in the app and the browser console, so problems are never hidden.

Plus: Productivity-Boosting Fixes & Refinements

GraFx Studio v1.35 includes several under-the-hood fixes and improvements to ensure smoother operation and a seamless user experience.

Level up your text styling, rest easy with reliable error handling, and enjoy a smoother editing experience – all with GraFx Studio v1.35! 🚀

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Seamless Transparency: Opacity Imports from Adobe® InDesign® & Photoshop® Now in GraFx Studio

Unlock perfect creative fidelity between your Adobe® workflows and GraFx Studio! With the newest enhancements to our Adobe® InDesign® and Adobe® Photoshop® plugins, importing professional layouts is now smoother than ever – preserving every layer with transparency and visual effect with precision.

Effortless Opacity Import for Total Visual Consistency

Take the guesswork out of migration. GraFx Studio now automatically retains object opacity settings when you import designs from Adobe® InDesign® and Adobe® Photoshop® – guaranteeing that your templates look exactly as intended, every time.

  • Across Every Element: Transparencies on shapes, text, and images are carried over, so gradients, faded objects, and overlays remain flawless.
  • Respect for Layers & Blends: Multi-layer compositions and blend mode behaviors are faithfully translated, letting you maintain professional detail and vibrant depth across projects.
  • Save Hours of Manual Fixes: Skip the tedious task of reapplying transparency or layering effects by hand – your creative context is preserved instantly upon import.

Predictable Output, Polished Templates

Now, when moving creative assets from Adobe tools into GraFx Studio, you can trust that all visual dynamics – from subtle shading to bold overlays – stay intact. This means:

  • Reliable Template Creation: Consistent transparency eliminates surprises, making automated output and brand templates visually predictable and on brand.
  • Faster Workflows: Get started on production layouts in GraFx Studio right away, without fixing missed opacity settings.

Find all the details in our documentation:

Seamlessly move your layered designs into GraFx Studio – and keep every subtlety, every effect, every time. Experience next-level compatibility and creative continuity today! ✨

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Effortless Text Styling & Sharper Controls: Bulleted Lists and More in GraFx Studio v1.34

Elevate your template designs and streamline your workflow with GraFx Studio v1.34! The latest release introduces advanced text styling, smoother frame control, and enhanced HTML output options – all built to help you achieve professional, on-brand results faster and easier than ever.

Create On-Brand Lists with Powerful Bulleted List Support

Bring extra polish and organization to your layouts! GraFx Studio v1.34 adds robust bulleted list support within paragraph styles. Now, Template Designers can easily define and apply bulleted lists that perfectly match your brand identity and design system.

  • Unified Design: Seamlessly apply bulleted lists through paragraph styles, ensuring consistency across all layouts and campaigns.
  • Tailored Visuals: Assign a character style to the bullet itself for total creative control – customize shape, size, and color so every list feels on brand.
  • Effortless Editing: Manage list styling and layout centrally, saving time and ensuring accuracy across multiple projects.

For step-by-step guidance, explore the documentation on defining and applying bulleted lists.

Pinpoint Precision: Smarter Frame Selection

Fine-tune your layouts with surgical precision. The improved frame selection tools bring new power to editing densely layered templates:

  • Cycle Through Overlapping Frames: Use Ctrl/Cmd-click to navigate through the stacked frames at your cursor – no more frustration with hidden elements!
  • Crystal Clear Selections: Multi-selection now collapses to the topmost frame, allowing for faster and more accurate adjustments during complex design sessions.

HTML Output: Visual Consistency That Goes Anywhere

The Experimental HTML renderer in GraFx Studio takes another leap forward! HTML output now fully supports frame opacity, delivering pixel-perfect transparency and overlays just as you see them in your native layouts.

  • Consistent Branding Across Channels: Your designs maintain their look and feel anywhere HTML output is used – be it web, signage, or digital campaigns.
  • No Surprises: Preview, export, and deploy with confidence, knowing your creative work stays visually true in every environment.

Stay ahead of the curve with every release. With GraFx Studio v1.34, you unlock more creative flexibility, sharper editing tools, and the confidence to deliver flawless, on-brand content for every project! 🌟

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HTML Output, Frame Opacity Mastery, and More in GraFx Studio v1.33

Unlock powerful new possibilities and elevate your creative output with GraFx Studio v1.33! This release introduces HTML export for versatile, omnichannel digital content, powerful frame opacity controls, and an array of workflow refinements designed to supercharge your design process.

Experience Total Flexibility: HTML Output for Templates

Unleash your designs outside static file formats! GraFx Studio v1.33 debuts HTML output (Experimental), enabling you to export dynamic templates as HTML. Imagine powering digital signage, web campaigns, or interactive experiences – all straight from your GraFx Studio dynamic layouts.

  • Frictionless Digital Integration: Export your creative assets as ready-to-use HTML for displays, websites, or partner solutions.
  • Maximize Template Value: Repurpose your designs across screens and channels, without extra manual steps.

See how to get started with HTML exports: Explore the HTML output documentation.

Visual Control Unlocked: Frame Opacity Arrives

Add polish, depth, and elegant overlays to your layouts! GraFx Studio now supports frame opacity (alpha channel) on all frame types. Infuse your templates with subtle transparency or bold layered effects – perfect for modern branding and dynamic visual storytelling.

  • Effortless Overlay Effects: Fine-tune transparency for text, images, and shapes to create standout visual moments.
  • Layer with Precision: Build rich backdrops and highlights with fully customizable opacity settings.

Step-by-step guidance: Learn how to use frame opacity.

More Refinements, More Speed, More Productivity

GraFx Studio v1.33 includes a host of smart enhancements:

  • Error-Proof Design: Automatic warnings appear if your template uses a misconfigured font via a GraFx Connector – so you can quickly resolve issues and keep work on track.
  • Work Faster: Instantly duplicate any frame with the new ALT + Drag shortcut, making creative experimentation swift and easy.
  • Clearer Usability: Users on small screens (below 768px) now receive an in-app alert about minimum size requirements – maximizing your experience, wherever you create.
  • Gradient Nirvana: Remove gradient stops by simply dragging them out for ultra-smooth editing. And GraFx plugins now support gradient imports, letting you move creative assets seamlessly between platforms.

Effortless Project & Mobile Navigation

Staying organized and productive is just a tap away:

  • Enhanced Project View: Switch between new list and grid modes, search, and sort your GraFx Studio projects with ease. See more on managing your projects.
  • Smarter Mobile UX: Benefit from a fresh navigation menu and optimized avatar menu on mobile, built for faster access and smoother touch interactions.

Bring your templates to more screens, layer visuals like a pro, and move faster than ever – all with GraFx Studio v1.33! ✨

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Brilliant Gradients & Smarter Automation: New Enhancements in GraFx Studio v1.32

Bring your designs to life and experience unbeatable workflow improvements with GraFx Studio v1.32! This release adds breathtaking linear gradients, rapid variable creation, and major upgrades to GraFx Genie – all designed to help you work smarter, design faster, and deliver flawless results.

Dazzle with Linear Gradients – Now for Every Shape

Ready to make your templates pop? GraFx Studio v1.32 introduces powerful linear gradient support for all shape frames. Layer vibrant or subtle color effects directly into your Smart Templates for truly custom branding and knockout visuals.

  • Total Color Freedom: Use CMYK, RGB, Hex, or Spot Colors to fine-tune your gradients and keep every asset perfectly on brand.
  • Designer-Controlled: Intuitively apply and adjust gradients for backgrounds, overlays, and accents – all within an optimized workflow.
  • Step-by-Step Guidance: Learn exactly how to apply gradients in your projects.

Smarter Variables & Effortless Data Mapping

Say goodbye to tedious manual variable setups. With the new Create Variables from Datasource option in the UI, you can instantly generate variables straight from your linked data – accelerating template prep and reducing errors.

And for single-line text, you can now prevent line breaks to keep layouts clean and brand-compliant – discover how in the official guide.

GraFx Genie: Unleash Longer, Smarter Prompts

GraFx Genie is now more capable than ever:

  • More Room for Your Imagination: Input up to 4000 characters per prompt, giving you all the space you need for detailed instructions or creative coding ideas.
  • Smarter Context Handling: Genie now recognizes your selected triggers and intelligently prevents circular references, ensuring effortless and accurate automation every time.

Smoother, Faster, and More Reliable Than Ever

You asked, we delivered. GraFx Studio v1.32 packs in a host of performance enhancements and vital fixes, including:

  • Accelerated Loading: Open documents faster – and stay productive even on complex projects.
  • Seamless Indic Language Support: Accurate rendering for a wider array of languages ensures everyone’s message shines.
  • Cleaner UI Interactions: No more stray resizing cursors during text edits, and improved mobile tray scrolling for perfect usability, everywhere.
  • Rock-Solid Data Integrity: Number variables now block invalid (non-finite) values, so you never have to worry about saving errors or broken data flows.
  • Effortless Media Browsing: Nested folders now work flawlessly in the variable image picker, giving you deeper and more organized asset access.

Check out GraFx Studio v1.32 and experience the beauty of gradients, speedier data-driven design, and next-gen automation with GraFx Genie. Create, customize, and collaborate at scale – all while your workflow runs smoother than ever!

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Dramatic Depth & Smoother Workflows: Drop Shadow Arrives in GraFx Studio v1.31

Elevate every visual with new creative power in GraFx Studio v1.31! This release introduces dynamic Drop Shadow support across all frame types, along with significant workflow and stability improvements – helping you craft standout designs, deliver seamless experiences, and work faster than ever.

Add Impact Instantly: Now with Drop Shadow for Every Frame

Give your designs dimension and polish with the all-new Drop Shadow effect for any frame in GraFx Studio. Whether you’re creating social posts, displays, or custom layouts, Drop Shadow lets you add professional depth and emphasis with just a click.

  • Universal Coverage: Apply Drop Shadow to any frame – text, images, or shapes – for ultimate design flexibility.
  • Effortless Branding: Enhance your brand identity and template creations with subtle shading or bold emphasis, always perfectly on-brand.

This release also improves artwork import via plugins:

  • Plug & Play Imports: Import invisible frames via plugins and retain your complete design structure.

Smarter, Friendlier Studio UI

Editing and uploading assets just got more intuitive with enhanced feedback and controls:

  • Clear Upload Status: Enjoy a smoother image upload experience with visible spinners and a "Loading preview" message, so you always know exactly what’s happening.
  • No Overlaps, No Hassle: Uploading or browsing is now paused until your current upload finishes, preventing accidental missteps.
  • Helpful Error Messages: Instantly see actionable, clear error alerts for missing assets or access issues – reducing confusion and saving time.
  • Expanded Data Control: Work at scale with increased datasource page size (now up to 50 rows per page) for more efficient data browsing and selection.

Reliability You Can Count On

  • Crash-Free Loading: Experience stability improvements that eliminate loading errors in GraFx Studio.
  • Connector Consistency: Enjoy seamless search functionality across more GraFx Connectors.
  • Smoother Editing: Error-free deleting even during frame moves means nothing slows down your creative flow.

Step up your creative impact and streamline your workflows with GraFx Studio v1.31 – where standout visuals and efficient production go hand in hand. Ready to see your templates pop? Try out the Drop Shadow effect and discover smarter control, every step of the way! 🎨

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