What's New in CHILI GraFx

TIFF Images Now Supported in Print Output via GraFx Media

Print production has always demanded color accuracy above everything else. When a CMYK image loses its color space somewhere between the asset library and the final PDF, the consequences show up on press – and fixing them costs time, money, and trust. GraFx Media now closes that gap for TIFF assets.

TIFF images stored in GraFx Media can now be used in your designs and will come through correctly in PDF output generated by GraFx Studio.

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Full Resolution, Original Color Space – All the Way to Print

When GraFx Studio generates a PDF for print, TIFF assets are now served at full resolution with their original color space intact. A CMYK TIFF stays CMYK from GraFx Media through to the final PDF. No color space conversion, no quality loss, no surprises at the print stage.

This matters most for teams producing print-ready output at scale – packaging, catalogues, direct mail, point-of-sale materials – where color fidelity is a hard requirement, not a preference.

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TIFF Joins the Full Print Format Lineup

TIFF now works alongside JPG, PNG, and PDF as a supported format for high-resolution print output in GraFx Media. For production teams whose asset libraries are built around TIFF files – a common standard in professional photography and prepress workflows – this removes a real barrier.

Previously, using a TIFF asset meant converting it to another format before it could be placed in a design destined for print. That extra step added friction to the workflow and introduced the risk of color profile changes during conversion. Now, TIFF assets can go straight from GraFx Media into a print-ready PDF without any intermediate processing.

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What This Means in Practice

For designers and production teams working inside CHILI GraFx:

• TIFF assets already stored in GraFx Media are ready to use in print layouts without any reformatting.
• Color accuracy is preserved end to end – the asset that goes in is the asset that comes out in the PDF.
• Workflows that rely on data-driven or automated print output benefit immediately, since TIFF assets can now participate in batch PDF generation alongside other supported formats.

This update aligns GraFx Media with the supported formats defined for the media connector, keeping the platform consistent for teams building on the CHILI GraFx API-first architecture.

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For print-focused production workflows, reliable color handling is foundational. TIFF support in GraFx Media print output means one fewer conversion step, one fewer point of failure, and more confidence that what you design is exactly what gets produced.

Read more in the Developer Center

CHILI GraFx Environment API: Know Which Apps Are Enabled and Handle Expired Outputs Gracefully

Two small API updates. Two real improvements to how integrations behave in production. The latest CHILI GraFx Environment API release adds visibility into per-environment application availability and fixes a frustrating gap in how expired output downloads are reported.

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Per-Environment Application Settings

CHILI GraFx environments are isolated workspaces – each one can have its own configuration, its own users, and its own set of active applications. Until now, the Environment API settings endpoint didn't tell you which applications were actually enabled for a given environment. You had to know that separately, outside the API response.

That changes with this update. The settings endpoint now returns which CHILI GraFx applications are enabled for an environment. This is the first step toward configuring application availability per environment through the API – and for integrators building on top of CHILI GraFx, it means one less assumption baked into your integration logic.

If you're building a portal or a headless production workflow that spans multiple environments, this gives you a reliable, programmatic way to understand what's available where – before you try to use it.

Read the version and settings documentation

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Clearer Response When Downloading an Expired Output

Output files generated through the CHILI GraFx API don't live forever. Tasks remain available for 7 days, but the download window for the generated file is 4 hours. After that, the file is cleared from temporary storage.

Previously, requesting a download after that window had closed returned a generic server error. For integrations polling output status or triggering downloads asynchronously, that response was indistinguishable from a genuine failure – a crashed job, a server problem, something that needed investigation.

Now, requesting an expired output returns a clear "no longer available" response. The distinction matters: an integration can reliably tell an expired output apart from a real failure and react accordingly – for example, by regenerating the output rather than filing a support ticket.

This is a small fix with a meaningful impact on how automated workflows handle edge cases in production.

Output Tasks – Availability

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For teams running data-driven, high-volume content production on CHILI GraFx, predictable API behavior is not a nice-to-have – it's the foundation that everything else depends on. These updates make two parts of that foundation more reliable.

Explore the full documentation in the Developer Center

CHILI GraFx Environment API: Your Print PDFs Now Get the Full-Quality Source Image

Color fidelity in print is unforgiving. A CMYK image that quietly converts to RGB somewhere in the output pipeline doesn't announce itself – it just arrives at the press wrong. For teams producing print-ready PDFs through the CHILI GraFx Environment API, that kind of silent quality loss is exactly the problem this fix addresses.

The Environment API now returns the original source file for JPG and PNG assets when GraFx Studio generates a PDF. The image's original color space and quality carry through to the final output, intact.

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What Changed – and Why It Matters

When GraFx Studio generates a PDF, the output engine requests each placed image at full resolution for print. Previously, JPG and PNG assets were not always served as their original source files during this process. That meant the color space of the image – including CMYK values carefully set by a designer or production team – could be altered before it ever reached the PDF.

The fix is direct: the Environment API now returns the original source file for JPG and PNG assets on print output requests. A CMYK JPEG stays CMYK all the way through to the final PDF. No silent conversion, no unexpected color shift, no manual correction step after the fact.

This behavior is documented in the media connector fundamentals for supported formats.

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Who This Affects

This fix is relevant for any team using the CHILI GraFx Environment API to generate print PDFs from GraFx Studio designs that include JPG or PNG assets – particularly where those assets carry CMYK color data.

For production workflows where color accuracy is non-negotiable – retail packaging, brand campaigns, regulated print materials – this closes a gap between what the design system specifies and what the output delivers. The image you placed is the image that prints.

No configuration changes are needed. The corrected behavior applies automatically to print output requests going forward.

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For teams building headless production pipelines on top of the CHILI GraFx API-first architecture, predictable output behavior is foundational. A fix like this reinforces that what you put into the system is what comes out – at full quality, with the color profile you intended.

Read more in the Developer Center

Preview Every Layout Before You Personalize with CHILI GraFx Environment API

When a design system holds a dozen layout variants – social ads, print formats, animated banners – showing end users a single thumbnail and asking them to guess the rest is a poor experience. It slows decisions, increases errors, and puts unnecessary friction between a user and the output they actually need.

The CHILI GraFx Environment API now removes that friction entirely.

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Per-Layout and Per-Page Preview Thumbnails

A GraFx Studio design can contain multiple layouts – variants of the same design at different sizes or for different channels – and each layout can have multiple pages. Until now, the template preview endpoint always returned the preview of the default layout and default page only.

That limitation is gone. You can now request a preview for any specific layout and page combination within a multi-layout design. This unlocks per-layout and per-page thumbnail generation for downstream applications, including GraFx Experience.

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What This Means for Integrators and End Users

For integrators and ISVs building portals on top of CHILI GraFx, this opens up a more complete self-serve experience. A design system delivered as a single multi-layout design holds all the variants of a campaign – different sizes, channels, or page sequences – in one place.

Instead of surfacing a single thumbnail, a portal can now render a thumbnail for every variant the design system contains. End users can visually compare each layout and page before choosing the one they want to personalize or export. That is a meaningful step toward truly self-serve content production at scale.

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The API Change

Two existing endpoints now accept two new optional query parameters – layoutId and pageId:

GET /api/v1/environment/{environment}/templates/{templateId}/preview
GET /api/v1/environment/{environment}/templates/{templateId}/preview/{previewType}

Key behaviors to know:

• Backwards-compatible: when both parameters are omitted, the endpoint returns the default layout and default page preview exactly as before.
• When either parameter is provided, the preview is rendered – or served from cache – for that specific layout and page combination.
• When either parameter is provided but the rendering engine version is below 2.24.0, the endpoint returns 400 Bad Request with a message indicating the minimum supported engine version.

No breaking changes. Existing integrations continue to work without modification.

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For teams building on the CHILI GraFx API-first architecture, this update closes a real gap in the headless production experience. Design systems are built to scale across channels and formats – now the preview layer keeps pace with that ambition.

Explore the full documentation in the Developer Center

Adobe® InDesign® Clipping Masks Now Export to GraFx Studio

Every designer who has moved a document from Adobe® InDesign® into another system knows the feeling: something always gets lost in translation. A carefully shaped image frame arrives as a plain rectangle. Hours of visual work need to be rebuilt from scratch. With v1.4.0 of the GraFx Studio Exporter for Adobe® InDesign®, that particular frustration is gone.

Clipping masks – one of the most common image shaping techniques in InDesign® – are now preserved when you export to GraFx Studio.

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Clipping Masks That Survive the Export

GraFx Studio recently added native clipping mask support for image frames, letting designers assign rectangle, ellipse, or polygon shapes to control how an image is displayed. The InDesign® plugin now closes the loop on the import side: the shapes you've already built in InDesign® come through intact.

The exporter handles three distinct clipping scenarios:

• Built-in shapes: Image frames clipped with a rectangle or ellipse are exported as Studio-native clipping shapes, with corner-radius and stroke properties preserved.
• Custom paths: Frames clipped with a custom path are converted to a path-based clipping mask in GraFx Studio, with the path's stroke carried through.
• Nested shapes containing images: When an image frame is pasted inside a shape, the immediate parent shape becomes the clipping path, and the image's own clipping is applied on top.

Strokes applied to clipped image frames export alongside the mask. Nothing needs to be reconfigured after import.

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Preflight Keeps You Informed

Not every clipping setup can be translated yet. Complex paths – such as multiple unconnected paths or a path containing another path – are not fully supported in this release. Rather than silently dropping them, the preflight panel flags these setups before export, so you know exactly what to expect and can decide how to handle each case.

The exporter also applies a clear detection rule: a shape that contains an image is treated as a clipping mask. A shape on its own – with no image inside – exports as a standalone shape asset, keeping its geometry without acting as a mask.

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For teams converting InDesign® layouts into scalable GraFx Studio design systems, this update removes a meaningful manual step. The visual structure you built in InDesign® arrives in GraFx Studio ready to use – shaped, stroked, and production-ready.

Read the GraFx Studio Exporter for Adobe® InDesign® documentation

Highlighted Text, Sharper Kerning, and More – GraFx Studio v1.43

Typography details matter more than most people realize. A headline with uneven letter spacing, or a label that loses its colored highlight when text resizes – these are the small inconsistencies that quietly undermine an otherwise polished design. GraFx Studio v1.43 addresses both, along with a set of other improvements that make layouts more precise and end users more self-sufficient.

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Background Color on Character Styles – Highlights That Scale With Your Text

Character styles in GraFx Studio now support a background color – the colored fill that sits behind a word or phrase, like a marker effect. It's the right tool for callouts, badges, labels, and short emphasized runs of text inside a paragraph.

Enable it in the character style editor and pick any color from your Brand Kit – gradients are supported. Once set, every text selection using that style picks up the background automatically. And when text resizes to fit its frame, the highlight resizes with it. No misalignment, no manual adjustment.

How to work with character styles

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Kerning Pairs – Text That Looks the Way Your Font Was Designed

Professional fonts include built-in spacing adjustments between specific letter combinations – pairs like "AV", "JA", or "Te" – defined by the type designer to keep the visual rhythm of a line consistent. Until now, GraFx Studio didn't apply these automatically.

v1.43 changes that. Kerning pairs are now picked up during text layout with no extra setup required. The result is text rendering that aligns closely with what you'd see in InDesign or Illustrator – which matters especially when designs move between tools or when typographic precision is part of the brand standard.

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More Options for Image Clipping Masks

The clipping mask feature introduced in v1.42 lets you crop an image into a rectangle, ellipse, or polygon. v1.43 adds a fourth option: a Custom shape. An image can now be clipped into any silhouette you bring in – including shapes exported from InDesign – giving layouts more creative range when an unusual cut-out is part of the design.

Clipping mask on image frames

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Clearer Feedback When Text Exceeds Its Limit

When an end user enters text longer than a variable allows, GraFx Studio now shows a plain-language message explaining what's wrong and how to fix it. This is especially useful in the Studio UI, where users are filling in layouts on their own and need immediate, actionable guidance rather than a silent failure.

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Also fixed in this release:

• Text inside Components renders crisply – text inside a Component now displays at the same sharpness as text anywhere else on the canvas.
• Animations in Components stay consistent – animations on frames inside a Component now play the same way in both preview and final output.
• Image variable settings preserved across mapping edits – browse options and hardcoded values are kept when you adjust metadata mappings.
• Aspect ratio checks restored in preflight – preflight once again flags frames whose content breaks aspect ratio rules.
• Large image variable uploads complete reliably – high-resolution TIFFs around 70–100 MB now upload successfully.

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From typographic precision to self-serve error guidance, v1.43 tightens the details that keep design systems accurate and production workflows running without interruption.

Image Clipping Masks & Ways to Guard Your Copy

Two of the most common friction points in high-volume content production are visual: an image that needs a non-rectangular shape without a workaround, and text that breaks a layout because someone typed too much. CHILI GraFx v1.42 addresses both directly.

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Clipping Masks for Image Frames – Circles, Rounded Cards, and More

Until now, getting a circular avatar or a rounded product card meant placing a separate shape frame on top of an image frame and managing both. That workaround is gone.

Image frames in GraFx Studio now have a built-in Clipping mask section in the property panel. Assign a rectangle, ellipse, or polygon to define the visible silhouette of the image – and add a corner radius to soften edges or create fully rounded shapes.

What makes this especially useful for production work:

• Stroke and drop shadow follow the clipped path exactly. There is no misalignment between the visual shape and its outline or shadow – the effect is always precise.
• Existing layouts are unaffected. Every image frame defaults to a rectangle without a stroke, so nothing changes unless you actively configure it.
• It works within the frame's existing dimensions. The clipping shape fits inside the frame's bounding box – no repositioning required.

This is a direct time-saver for design systems that include circular profile images, badge-style product visuals, or any layout where image shape is part of the brand.

Clipping mask on image frames

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Character Limits for Text Variables – Governed Copy at Every Step

When end users fill in layouts, text length is one of the hardest things to govern. A headline that runs too long breaks the design. A product description that overflows a frame creates output that needs manual correction.

GraFx Studio v1.42 adds maximum length enforcement to both single-line and multi-line text variables. Set the limit once in the variable settings, and it applies everywhere that variable can be edited.

• A remaining-characters counter appears on the input field, so users always know where they stand.
• Typing is blocked once the limit is reached – no silent overflow.
• Pasted text is truncated to fit, rather than rejected entirely.
• The same limit applies when values come in from a data source, keeping automated and manual workflows consistent.

This gives designers precise control over copy length without relying on end users to self-regulate – and it keeps layouts intact across every output.

Single-line text variables – maximum length · Multi-line text variables – maximum length

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Also fixed in this release:

• Clearer output failure messages – animated layouts that excluded a failing page previously reported Internal error. Failures now report as Failed with a meaningful message.
• Component sizing after layout switches – Flutter-based outputs could render elements at the wrong size after switching between layouts of different dimensions. Elements now stay in sync with the active layout.

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Clipping masks and character limits each solve a specific production problem – one visual, one editorial. Together, they extend the precision that GraFx Studio design systems can enforce, from how images look to how copy behaves, across every layout and every output.

Connector CLI update: Cleaner Auth Management and More

Reconfiguring a Connector's authentication shouldn't mean tearing it down and starting over. Until now, that was exactly the situation developers faced when they needed to remove or switch an authorization type on a CHILI GraFx Connector. Connector CLI v1.12.0 fixes that – and brings a set of reliability improvements that make connector development more predictable from setup through production.

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Remove Connector Authentication Without Rebuilding

Connectors in CHILI GraFx authenticate against external systems using one of five supported authorization types – from Static Header Key to various OAuth 2.0 variants – configured via the set-auth command.

The problem: once that configuration was in place, removing it entirely meant deleting and re-creating the Connector from scratch.

v1.12.0 introduces delete-auth, a new command that removes a Connector's authorization configuration cleanly:

connector-cli delete-auth

Switch auth types, revert to no authentication, or clear a configuration that's no longer needed – without touching the connector itself.

Change/Remove Configured Authentication

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Catch Auth Errors Before They Happen

Previously, running set-auth with an incomplete authorization data file would appear to succeed – only to fail later when the Connector first tried to authenticate. That delayed feedback made debugging harder than it needed to be.

The CLI now validates that all fields required by your chosen authorization type are present in the data file at the time you run set-auth. Missing or incomplete fields are flagged immediately with a clear error, so you fix the configuration before it ever reaches runtime.

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Connector Responses Always Reflect Current Data

Connectors that return frequently-changing data – asset listings, metadata, search results – were sometimes serving stale responses due to unexpected caching behavior.

Connector responses now include an explicit Cache-Control: no-cache header. Data fetched through a connector always reflects the current state of the source system, which is especially important for connectors powering dynamic, data-driven output at scale.

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More Predictable Response Content Types

Connector responses now align consistently with their declared content type. For developers building integrations against the GraFx Connector framework, this means downstream parsing is more reliable – fewer edge cases, less defensive code, and more confidence that the data arriving matches what was declared.

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These improvements reflect a clear direction for the Connector CLI: less friction when configuring connectors, and more confidence that what you build behaves correctly in production. Whether you're developing a custom connector for a DAM, a PIM, or any other MarTech system, v1.12.0 makes the tooling more dependable at every stage.

Explore the full Connector documentation in the Developer Center

Smarter Crops, Always-Fresh Brand Kits, and More – GraFx Studio v1.41

When the same product image needs to look right as a hero shot, a thumbnail, and a print ad – all cropped differently, all on-brand – the gap between intent and output can quietly eat hours of production time. GraFx Studio v1.41 closes several of those gaps at once.

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Subject Types for Smart Crop – One Asset, Multiple Crop Intents

Smart Crop, powered by GraFx Genie, already automates how images are cropped to fit a frame. v1.41 adds a new layer of precision: subject types.

A subject type is a classification you assign to an asset – for example, person, product, or logo – that tells GraFx Studio what kind of subject the image contains. When Smart Crop is active on a frame, selecting a subject type directs the crop to use the Subject Area and Point of Interest stored for that specific type.

The practical result: the same source image can be cropped differently depending on context. A lifestyle photo might crop to the person for a social ad and to the product for a catalog page – without duplicating the asset or rebuilding the frame.

Subject types are also visible in the media details view alongside the asset's other metadata, so the classification travels with the asset wherever it's used.

• Smart Crop subject types – concept
• Select a subject type on a frame
• Set a Subject Area per subject type

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Central Subject Type Management in the Platform

Subject types are managed centrally in CHILI GraFx, not scattered across individual templates. A dedicated Subject types page in environment settings lets admins define and maintain the full list available across their environment.

This means designers and end users always pick from a governed, consistent set of classifications – and any update made centrally is immediately reflected everywhere the types are used.

• Manage Subject Types

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Brand Kit Sync – Stay Aligned Without Re-importing

Brand Kits define the visual foundation of every design: colors, fonts, styles, media. But until now, keeping a layout aligned with an updated Brand Kit meant re-importing it manually – a friction point that slowed down teams managing active brand identities.

v1.41 removes that friction. Brand Kits in GraFx Studio can now stay in sync with their source.

• Auto-sync: When enabled, GraFx Studio checks the source Brand Kit every time a template is opened or the Brand Kit panel is accessed, and applies any changes automatically. A confirmation message lets you know when a sync has run.
• Manual sync: A single button pulls the latest Brand Kit version on demand – useful when you want to control exactly when an update lands.

Newly imported Brand Kits have auto-sync enabled by default. Either way, layouts stay aligned with the latest brand definitions without rebuilding from scratch.

• Keep a Brand Kit in sync

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Clearer Feedback on Autogrow Interactions

When autogrow is active on a text frame, certain interactions – constraining proportions, applying rotation – aren't available on those layouts. Previously, this wasn't surfaced clearly, which could leave designers wondering why a control wasn't responding.

v1.41 adds two targeted info messages that explain exactly what's happening and why, so you spend less time troubleshooting and more time building.

• Auto-grow on text frames

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Also fixed in this release:

• PDF overprint preserved – embedding PDF assets with overprint statements no longer strips overprint from the final PDF output.
• Image variable metadata mappings – mappings on image variables can now be updated after being set for the first time.

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Subject types, Brand Kit sync, and clearer autogrow feedback each address a specific point where production slows down. Together, they reflect a consistent direction for GraFx Studio: more predictable output, less manual correction, and design systems that stay accurate as brands evolve.

Your CSV File Is Now a Live Data Source in GraFx Studio

Most teams already have their data in a spreadsheet or CSV file/export. Product names, prices, campaign copy, regional variations – it's all there, sitting in a file. The gap has always been getting that data into a design without rebuilding it row by row.

GraFx Studio now closes that gap with the new CSV Data Connector.

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Connect a CSV File in Seconds

The setup is straightforward. Paste the public URL of your CSV file into the connector configuration, and GraFx Studio takes it from there – reading the column headers and mapping them to your layout variables automatically.

No authentication required. No manual field mapping. If your file is publicly reachable, the connector can use it.

Each row in the file becomes a record. Each column becomes a variable bound to your layout. Browse through records in Run Mode or the Studio UI to preview exactly how your design looks with each row of data before generating output.

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Built to Handle Real-World Data

CSV files come in many shapes. The connector handles the most common variations without any extra configuration:

• Comma and semicolon delimiters – detected automatically from the first line of the file.
• Quoted fields – fields containing commas, semicolons, or line breaks are fully supported.
• Excel UTF-8 exports – the UTF-8 BOM added by Excel's "Save as CSV UTF-8" is stripped automatically.
• Automatic type inference – the connector samples each column and assigns the right variable type: text, number, date, or boolean. You don't configure anything; it figures it out.

Leading zeros are preserved as text, so product codes and postal codes stay intact.

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From One Record to Thousands

Once your CSV is connected, generating output at scale is a single step. Enable the Data source option in your output settings, and GraFx Studio produces one page per record in the file. A product catalog with 500 SKUs becomes 500 personalized outputs – driven entirely by the data in your CSV.

You can also deploy multiple instances of the connector, each pointing to a different file. One instance for a product feed, another for a regional campaign list – each layout draws from the source that fits.

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One Hosting Note

The CSV file must be served with a Content-Type: application/json response header. The file content itself is unaffected – only the header matters. Any static host where you can set response headers works: AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, or a CDN.

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The CSV Data Connector is the fastest path from a data file to data-driven output in GraFx Studio. If your team already works with spreadsheets and CSV exports, your data is ready to power scalable content creation – today.

Read the CSV Data Connector documentation

Your Bynder DAM Is Now Connected to GraFx Studio

Every team that runs a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system knows the friction: the right asset is in the DAM, but getting it into a design means downloading, re-uploading, and hoping nothing is out of date by the time output runs. For teams using Bynder, that friction is now gone.

The Bynder media connector is now available in the Connector Hub – and once installed, your GraFx Studio designs can browse and use Bynder assets directly, without a single manual upload.

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What the Bynder Connector Does

The connector brings your Bynder DAM into GraFx Studio as a live media source. Assets are accessible in two ways:

• Directly on the canvas – browse and place Bynder assets into image frames while building or editing a design.
• Through image variables – assign Bynder assets to image variables, enabling data-driven and self-serve workflows where end users select from a governed set of approved assets.

Both paths give your team access to brand-managed content right where the work happens – no context switching, no duplicate files.

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Built for Governed, Scalable Content Production

The connector is designed to support the kind of structured, high-volume content production that CHILI GraFx is built for.

OAuth 2.0 authentication keeps access secure and aligned with how your Bynder environment is already governed. Your team works with the assets they are entitled to – digital rights from Bynder carry through into GraFx Studio.

Metadata mapping means the information attached to a Bynder asset – product names, campaign tags, descriptors – can be mapped to variables inside your design. When an end user selects a different asset, the metadata updates accordingly. This is the foundation for truly data-driven output: the right image and the right information, together, automatically.

Collection and folder view filtering lets you control which assets are surfaced to end users. Instead of presenting an entire DAM library, you can scope the selection to a specific collection or folder – so users only see what is relevant to the design they are working on.

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Getting Started

Installation is straightforward. The Bynder connector is available in the Connector Hub – navigate to your environment settings, select Connectors, and add it from the Hub. Configuration requires your Bynder base URL and OAuth 2.0 credentials, which your Bynder administrator can provide.

Once active, the connector appears as a media source in GraFx Studio, ready to use across any design in that environment.

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For teams already invested in Bynder as their source of truth for brand assets, this connector closes the loop between asset management and content production. Your DAM investment works harder. Your designers work faster. And every output starts from an approved, up-to-date asset – by default.

Read the Bynder Connector documentation

More Faithful Rendering of Your InDesign and Photoshop Designs in GraFx Studio – Plugin v1.3.0

Every designer who has moved a document from Adobe InDesign or Photoshop into another system knows the feeling: something always gets lost. A text column collapses. A bulleted list flattens. A locked layer disappears entirely. The gap between your original design and what arrives on the other side costs time – and erodes confidence in the conversion process.

Plugin v1.3.0 for GraFx Studio closes that gap.

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Adobe InDesign Plugin – What's New

This release adds support for some of the most common InDesign layout structures that previously required manual workarounds after import.

Text columns

Text frames with multiple columns now export with their column structure intact. If your layout relies on multi-column text flow, that structure carries through to GraFx Studio without rebuilding.

Bullet and numbered lists

List content is now exported. Indentation may differ slightly and exact numbered markers may not always be preserved, but the content itself makes the journey – ready to work with inside GraFx Studio.

Nested text frames and frames in shapes

Nested text frames and frames inside shapes are now detected and handled during export. The preflight report surfaces these elements clearly, giving you the choice to convert to PDF or ignore – so nothing is silently dropped.

Locked layers exported as PDF

Previously, locked layers were skipped entirely during export. Now they are exported as PDF assets, preserving their visual appearance in the converted layout.

Smarter preflight messages

Preflight warnings are now more specific and easier to act on – so you spend less time guessing what needs attention before export.

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Adobe Photoshop Plugin – What's New

The Photoshop plugin gets the same text column and list support in this release, bringing it in line with InDesign for these common layout structures.

• Text columns – text layers with column layouts are now supported during export.
• Bullet and numbered lists – list content is exported, with the same indentation and marker caveats as InDesign.
• Enhanced preflight warnings – more detail on unsupported effects, so you know exactly what to expect before the export runs. Note: some effect names in preflight messages differ from Photoshop's UI (for example, Satin appears as chromeFX).

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Fidelity Fixes Across Both Plugins

Beyond the new features, v1.3.0 includes a targeted round of fixes that improve how existing designs convert:

InDesign: frame opacity for shapes; shapes with modified paths; position of rotated triangles; linked (threaded) text frames; crop of locked image layers; image crop in custom shapes.

Photoshop: export of shapes without a strokeStyle object; rounding of numeric properties during conversion.

Each fix addresses a specific case where a design element was not converting as expected – reducing the manual cleanup required after import.

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The goal of the InDesign and Photoshop plugins has always been the same: let designers start in the tools they know, then bring those designs into GraFx Studio where automation, data-driven output, and scalable content creation take over. Every improvement to conversion fidelity means less time fixing imports and more time building layouts that work at scale.

v1.3.0 moves that goal meaningfully forward.

• Adobe InDesign Plugin documentation
• Adobe Photoshop Plugin documentation

Deploy Components Across Environments with the CHILI GraFx Environment API

Components in GraFx Studio already changed how design teams work – build a reusable design element once, and every layout that uses it updates automatically. But for teams managing multiple environments, there has been a missing piece: a reliable, programmatic way to distribute those components as part of a larger package.

The CHILI GraFx Environment API now fills that gap.

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Import Components from a Plugin Export – via API

Plugins are installable bundles that can include GraFx Studio components alongside other resources. With this update, you can now import those components directly through the Environment API when processing a plugin export.

This means components are no longer something you need to configure manually in each environment. They travel with the plugin package – and the API handles the import.

• Distribute components as part of a plugin: Bundle your reusable design elements alongside other resources and ship them together as a single installable package.
• Deploy programmatically: Process plugin exports through the Environment API and have components land exactly where they need to be – no manual steps required.
• Scale across environments: Whether you're managing a sandbox, a staging setup, or multiple production environments, components can now be deployed consistently and repeatably through code.

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Why This Matters for Teams Building at Scale

Components are most powerful when they are shared. A pricing block, a product badge, a branded footer – these are the elements that define visual consistency across campaigns and channels. When they live inside a plugin, they become part of a governed, distributable design system that can move across environments as your operations grow.

For developers and platform teams, this update removes a meaningful friction point from the deployment workflow. Previously, getting components into a new environment required manual intervention. Now, the Environment API handles it as part of the plugin import process – consistent, repeatable, and ready to plug into any automation pipeline.

This is especially valuable for:

• Agencies and studios managing design systems across multiple client environments
• Enterprise teams rolling out brand-approved components to regional or departmental environments
• Integration builders who need components to be part of a fully automated provisioning workflow

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Components + API = Scalable Content Operations

Components in GraFx Studio give designers a foundation that compounds in value over time. Every element built as a component is one fewer element rebuilt next quarter. The Environment API now extends that value beyond the design workspace – into the infrastructure layer where environments are provisioned, maintained, and scaled.

The result is a tighter connection between design systems and headless production workflows. Components can now be part of how you build and deploy CHILI GraFx environments, not just how you design within them.

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Explore the full Environment API reference in the Developer Center.

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Explore the full Environment API reference in the Developer Center.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Explore GraFx Genie Product Image Creator

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Learn More

• Tags concept
• Environment API reference

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Learn more:

• Connector Version Updates
• Set a Default Connector

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.

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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.

Learn more about User Constraints for Text Frames

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

GraFx Experience 2.111: Govern Who Sees What Across Your Entire Portal

When a self-serve content portal grows to serve dozens of teams, regions, or brands, the question of access becomes critical. Who should see which templates? Which projects belong to which users? Without clear answers, portals become cluttered, workflows break down, and brand governance slips.

GraFx Experience 2.111 addresses this directly with global permission groups – giving administrators precise, application-wide control over what every user can access.

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Global Permission Groups for Templates

Administrators can now define permission groups and assign them to users, controlling exactly who has access to templates, projects, and production outputs across the entire GraFx Experience application.

This is governance at scale. Rather than managing access on a case-by-case basis, admins build groups that reflect how their organization actually works – by team, region, brand, or role – and assign users accordingly. A user's effective permissions are the sum of the groups they belong to, so access can be layered and combined as needed.

What this means in practice:

• Scoped template access: Users only see the Design Systems and layouts relevant to their role. A regional marketing team sees their market's templates; a global brand team sees everything they need.
• Pre-configured field filters: Admins can configure field filters in the content store and project elements in advance, so users arrive in a focused, relevant workspace rather than an unfiltered library.
• Personal work stays personal: Users always retain full access to the projects and production outputs they have created themselves – regardless of group configuration.

The result is a portal that feels purpose-built for each user, even when hundreds of people share the same environment.

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Why This Matters for Distributed Teams

GraFx Experience is designed for organizations where content creation is distributed – franchises, field marketing teams, retail networks, or global brand operations. In those environments, showing every user every template is not just unhelpful, it creates friction and increases the risk of off-brand output.

Global permission groups close that gap. Admins shape what each user sees and does without changing the underlying content. The design system stays intact; only the view changes.

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Also improved in this release:

• Dark theme support on access denied pages: The 403 access denied page now respects the dark theme when enabled, keeping the interface consistent for users who prefer it.
• Space chooser dropdown fix: The space chooser dropdown no longer appears behind the side menu in the editor, resolving a visual overlap that affected navigation.

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Permission groups bring the same governance logic that powers GraFx Studio design systems into the GraFx Experience portal layer – so the right content reaches the right people, every time.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Explore the CHILI GraFx API documentation

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Read more in the Developer Center.

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.

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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.

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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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Read more about the Adobe® Photoshop® plugin

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Learn more:

• Tags concept
• Manage & Use Tags

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Usage & Billing

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

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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/

See Every Variable in Action: GraFx Studio v1.38

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Learn More

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

• Color Management in GraFx Studio
• PDF Output Settings

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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 🚀

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 🚀

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/

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

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

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 🚀

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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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:

• Learn about the Adobe® InDesign® plugin 1.1.0
• Explore the Adobe® Photoshop® plugin 0.3.0

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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! 🌟

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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