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GraFx Studio and Platform: Subject types, Brand Kit sync, and improvements

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✨ New & Improved

Subject types for Smart Crop

You can now assign a subject type to an asset — a classification (for example: person, product, or logo) that tells GraFx Studio what kind of subject the image contains. When Smart Crop is active, the subject type influences how the crop is applied, for more predictable results across image categories. The subject type is also visible in the media details view alongside the asset's other metadata.

Learn more: Smart Crop subject types (concept) · Select a Subject type on a frame · Set a Subject Area per subject type

Subject type management in the Platform

Subject types are now managed centrally in CHILI GraFx. A dedicated Subject types page lets environment admins define and maintain the list available across their environment, and the assigned subject type is shown on the media details view in the platform.

Learn more: Manage Subject Types

Brand Kit sync

Brand Kits in GraFx Studio can now stay in sync with their source Brand Kit. In the Brand Kit panel, an auto-sync toggle keeps templates aligned automatically when you open a template or the panel, and a manual sync button lets you pull the latest Brand Kit changes on demand — no re-import needed.

Learn more: Keep a Brand Kit in sync

🔧 Improvements

Clearer feedback on autogrow interactions

Two new info messages make the Template Designer more transparent when autogrow is active:

  • Enabling constrain proportions on an autogrow frame now shows an info message explaining that frame handles aren't available on layouts where autogrow is active.
  • Rotation on an autogrow frame shows a similar info message explaining that rotation isn't available on those layouts.

Learn more: Auto-grow on text frames

🛠️ Fixes

  • PDF overprint — embedding PDF assets that contain overprint statements no longer strips the overprint from the final PDF output. See Embedded PDF assets.
  • Image variable metadata mappings — metadata mappings on image variables can now be updated after being set for the first time.