Release notes
GraFx Studio
Version 0.111.2, using Studio SDK 0.111.0
Features
- You can constrain the proportions of a frame while resizing to preserve the aspect ratio
- There is a new dropdown menu that allows you to control the zoom level
- A warning icon appears when part of your text is not visible because it doesn't fit inside the text frame
Improvements
- Variable settings panel does not close automatically anymore, it stays open until you manually close it
Fixes
- Fixed issue where copyfitting property was not shown in yellow when it has an override
- Fixed issue where variable settings panel was only opened on second click
- Fixed issue with Media panel being empty when opened too fast
GraFx Studio
Version 0.107.4, using Studio SDK 0.107.0
Features
- You can make the content of an image frame variable by inserting an image variable
- You can browse your media and assign an image to an image variable
Improvements
- The template is automatically zoomed to page when opened or when switching to another layout
- Added tooltips to the sidebar and header bar
- Added a loading indication while media previews are loading
- The variable settings panel is not opened when a new variable is created
- The variable name is truncated in the variable tag when it doesn't fit in the text frame, to prevent text overflow
Fixes
- Fixed issue with resetting an override on the image fit mode
- Fixed issue with undo/redo of creating a new variable
- Fixed issue with undo/redo of creating a new layout
- Because of issues with calculating the number of occurrences of a variable, it's hidden in the variable list until the number is reliable
- Fixed infinite API calls when navigating to the bottom of the Media panel
- Media details are now retrieved using the new details(id) connector method
- Fixed issues with server-side rendering
GraFx Studio
Version 0.104.1, using Studio SDK 0.104.0
Fixes
- Fixed issue with loading media
- Fixed issue with font size and line height properties of a character style being set to 0 when clicked upon, and it was not possible to clear them (now you can leave them empty again to use the values from the applied paragraph style)
- Fixed issue with text rendering when line height is 0
- Fixed issue with deleted font being shown in font dropdown menu
- Fixed issue with loading the default template
- Fixed weird behavior when using the Hand tool to move the page
GraFx Studio
Version 0.102.2, using Studio SDK 0.102.0
Features
- You can now add swatches to your Stylekit and use them in your template, e.g. to change the color of your text via a paragraph or character style (đ click the color field to open the color picker, where you can go to the swatches tab to select a swatch)
- The color picker now comes in two versions, one for defining a swatch (where you cannot set the opacity or select another swatch) and one for applying a color (where you can choose between a custom color or a swatch and where you can change the opacity)
- You can pan and zoom the canvas by using two-finger gestures on the trackpad, even if the Hand or Zoom tool is not selected
Improvements
- Improved text selection and text cursor positioning
- Simplified the character style settings by removing the indeterminate state for fill color (đ when you leave the fill color unchecked the color is not applied, which means the default black or the color from the applied paragraph style is used)
- The default Arial Regular font is always available in the dropdown menu where you can select a font
- Renaming a font in the Stylekit is blocked (đ you cannot rename a font in the Stylekit, but this was not blocked and caused an incorrect rename state)
- Removed variable name input field from the variables settings panel (đ you can rename a variable by double clicking the variable name in the list)
Fixes
- Fixed issue with loading fonts
- Fixed issue where the default Arial Regular font was selected in the text properties panel, but it was not used for new text frames
- Fixed issue where the applied character style was not shown correctly in the text properties panel
- Fixed issue where color swatches were converted to custom colors in paragraph and character styles
- Fixed issue with using Ctrl/Command+A to select all text with a keyboard with Azerty layout
- Fixed issue with replacing selected text with copied text
- Fixed issue where changes to variable settings were not saved when clicking on another panel
- Fixed icon misalignment on Uppercase button in text properties panel
- Fixed issue with inconsistent truncation of list items
- Fixed issue where several action menus could be opened at the same time in the Layouts panel
- Fixed issue with hidden action menu on sortable lists when using Safari
- Fixed issue with hamburger menu being shown behind other panels
- Fixed issue with blocked Media panel when an image frame was selected
- Fixed issue with output generation being triggered after renaming a template
- Fixed issue that resulted in an error when removing a frame
CHILI GraFx
Improvements
- If you have multiple clients you can easily switch between these clients and get a list with environments of that client
- If you have multiple clients you can search for a specific client by typing the name of the client in the search bar
GraFx Studio
Version 0.97.1, using Studio SDK 0.97.0
Improvements
- You can leave the color of your character style undefined to use the color from the applied paragraph style
- After creating a text or image frame, you now automatically go back to the Select tool
Fixes
- Fixed issue with loading fonts, which caused the default font to be used instead (âšī¸ because of this fix the text in your template can look different)
- The editor canvas is no longer moving when opening or closing the left side panel
GraFx Studio
Version 0.95.1, using Studio SDK 0.95.0
Features
- Next to paragraph styles, you can now also add character styles to your Stylekit and use them to style your text (more information)
- Added support for most OTF fonts
- Enabled keyboard shortcuts for text navigation, text selection and text cut/copy/paste (list of shortcuts)
Improvements
- Added option to remove fonts from your Stylekit
- Added action menu to paragraph styles
- Media assets and fonts are now showing the file type
- It is not possible anymore to add the same font multiple times to your Stylekit
- Frame property values are truncated to 2 decimal places
- Saving your template while in text edit mode now also saves your latest text edits
- Fixed issue with incorrect frame position at the end of an emphasis animation
- Selected frame borders and handles are hidden during animation playback
- Enabled 'T' and 'I' shortcuts to select the Text or Image frame creation tool
- Some general styling improvements
Fixes
- Fixed issues with fonts
- Fixed issues with renaming a list item
- Fixed issue with resetting a copyfitting override
GraFx Studio
Version 0.88.3, using Studio SDK 0.88.2
Features
- The Media panel shows the assets from your GraFx Publisher Backoffice, allowing you to browse them and place in image frames
- The Stylekit panel shows your styles, swatches and fonts
- Add paragraph styles to your Stylekit and use them to style your text
- Add fonts from your GraFx Publisher Backoffice to your Stylekit
- Insert text variables in text frames
- Change the vertical alignment of your text
- Enable copyfitting for text frames to automatically change the font size to fit the text inside the frame
- Bring frames forward or send them backward to change the way they are rendered on top of each other (changing the z-index)
- Switch between image fill & fit mode to change how your image is placed in an image frame
- Rename your template by clicking the template name in the top toolbar
- Export the selected layout as PNG or JPG (the image is showing all visible frames, ignoring the animation)
- Enabled environment API authentication
Improvements
- Design and Automate mode are removed, variables are now located under a new tab in the properties panel
- The order of the frames in the Layers panel is changed so that the frame at the top is the one that is rendered in front
- The frames in the Layers panel have the correct frame icon
- Stylekit panel improvements
- Updated primary color to the GraFx Studio color
Fixes
- Converted number IDs to strings (required by Studio SDK update)
- Fixed padding of layout properties
- Fixed issue with pressing the delete/backspace key while renaming a frame
- Fixed issue with the button to reset overrides not being present after clicking outside the page