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Overview

Drop Shadow & Stability Fixes

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✨ New & Improved

GraFx Studio + Engine

  • Added Drop shadow support for all frame types.
  • Support for invisible frames during import from plugins.

Drop Shadow

Studio UI

  • Improved image upload experience:
  • Show spinner inside image picker during upload and preview loading.
  • Display “Loading preview” message until thumbnail is ready.
  • Disable further uploads or browsing while an upload is in progress.
  • Show clear error messages below the image picker:
    • Missing asset (404 or connector configuration change).
    • Unauthorized error if access to connector is denied.
  • Increased number of datasource rows per page from 15 to 50.

🛠️ What's Fixed

GraFx Studio + Engine

  • Fixed crash occurring during GraFx Studio loading.
  • Bug fix for search in several connectors.
  • Bug fix for Delete button when pressed while moving a frame.

Upcoming Change: Centralized Login for GraFx Publisher BackOffice

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To improve security and streamline the user experience across our platform, we are centralizing our login process. Effective November 2025, direct login access to the GraFx Publisher BackOffice will be discontinued. All users will instead authenticate through their CHILI GraFx account to access the BackOffice.

What does this mean for you?

Starting in November 2025, you will no longer log in to the GraFx Publisher BackOffice using a direct URL.

GraFx Publisher BackOffice

Instead, all users will access the BackOffice by logging into their CHILI GraFx account first.

CHILI GraFx Platform

Key Points

Direct Access Discontinued: Direct access to the Publisher BackOffice will be discontinued causing a redirect to CHILI GraFx, which means you will no longer be able to log in directly via a URL like below:

https://[environmentName].chili-publish.online/[environmentName]/interface.aspx

New Authentication Method: Users must use a GraFx user for authentication to gain access to the Publisher BackOffice.

API Users: This change will not impact API users. This change will have no impact on current integration or applications making use of the API or data in Publisher, this only applies to users logging in directly to the Publisher BackOffice, which they will still be able to do via CHILI GraFx.

BackOffice: To highlight, the BackOffice isn’t disappearing, instead we are just making some changes to streamline the authentication process. But direct access to the BackOffice will no longer be possible for users and must be accessed via CHILI GraFx

CHILI GraFx Platform

Who is Affected?

✅ This change AFFECTS: Any user who currently logs in directly to the Publisher BackOffice interface to manage templates, assets, or settings.

❌ This change DOES NOT AFFECT: API users or any existing integrations. Your applications using the GraFx Publisher API will continue to function without any changes.

Action Required: What You Need to Do

To ensure a smooth transition, you must set up any users who need BackOffice access within CHILI GraFx.

Identify Users: Make a list of all team members who currently log in directly to the Publisher BackOffice.

Create Users in GraFx: For any user on your list who does not already have a CHILI GraFx account, you will need to create one. Users & Invitation - CHILI GraFx Guides

Assign Roles: Ensure the users have the appropriate roles and permissions within CHILI GraFx to access the Publisher tools they need. Roles - CHILI GraFx Guides

Inform Your Team: Communicate this new login process to your team to ensure they are prepared for the change.

Schedule

We are providing a two-month window to allow for a smooth transition.

October 16, 2025 – Changes will be applied to Sandbox environments.

This update will be rolled out to all sandbox environments. This period is dedicated for you to test the new login flow and ensure all your users are set up correctly without impacting your production work.

November 16, 2025 – Changes will be applied to Production environments.

The new login process will go live for all production environments. Direct BackOffice login will be disabled. All login must occur via CHILI GraFx.

Resources

For help with setting up users and roles in CHILI GraFx, please refer to our documenation:

Users & Invitation - CHILI GraFx Guides

Roles - CHILI GraFx Guides

Support

We understand that changes can sometimes be challenging, and you may have follow-up questions. Should you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to our support team.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Best regards, CHILI publish

Text Stroke & Smarter Studio Controls

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✨ New & Improved

GraFx Brand Kits

  • Added text stroke option for Paragraph and Character styles

Add stroke to your Paragraph and Character styles

Studio

  • Brand Kit importer supports text stroke
  • New option to restrict proportions to layout settings
  • Add support for constrain proportions (Studio UI)
  • Help text for media connector configuration options
  • Show resizing cursor when hovering on frame borders
  • Performance improvement for templates with a large number of variables
  • Improvement for AllLayouts view (Studio UI)

🛠️ What's Fixed

Studio & Studio UI

  • Fix for clearing min and max size in image upload
  • Fix for mediaConnector.download call
  • Fix for output and missing blend modes
  • Fix for layer fill color when resetting overrides

GraFx Studio UI – Upload and Browse assets

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✨ What’s New

Upload and Browse assets simultaneously

End users can now both upload and browse assets through Image Variables.

This feature is active for GraFx Media. Template designers can configure image variables to support both browse and upload functionalities. Directories in GraFx Media for upload and browsing can both be configured for the same variable.

Browse and Upload assets through variables in GraFx Media
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✨ Improved

  • Improvements for Form Builder.

🛠 Fixes

  • Resolved issue in Studio UI where removing the backButton from options, the download popup doesn't line up with the button.

GraFx Genie Vision

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Good to know

These changes will only have impact on new assets, or on assets that have never been processed before

✨ What’s New

  • Recognition of more contextual objects such as houses and buildings

🛠️ What's Improved

  • Person detection
  • Removed Logo detection to get rid of false positives
  • Eye detection improvements for better POI performance for persons

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