We worked hard this summer and now I am proud to tell that we have just rolled out new version of Graphics Mill - Graphics Mill 8. If you deal with working with image templates, variable data printing and pre-print processing, you will definitely find this version outstanding.

PsdProcessor merges templates with few lines of code

Traditionally, we have concentrated on extending the PSD (Adobe Photoshop files) file format support. Each release can read more and more PSD data and eventually we have found out that it is quite challenging to merge all PSD data together and take into account all effects, transforms, text settings, layer position and masks properly.

That’s why we have introduced the PsdProcessor class. You can use it to load a PSD file, modify the content of some layers (say, text or image) and merge the result to PDF or JPEG. The best part is that you can do it with few lines of code!

Read more about it on Graphics Mill blog

Render 3D previews using Smart Objects

Another important PSD related feature is an ability to read Smart Object data and apply it on an arbitrary image. In other words, you can describe a curved surface in Photoshop and warp some image on it without having to deal with complicated math! So if you are looking to render photorealistic pseudo-3D mockups of various merchandise like t-shirts, stationery, bottles, etc. it is definitely worth to take a look into it.

Under the hood, we have significantly improved the Graphics Mill engine while keeping it backward compatible. Now it is great not just for bitmaps, but also for vector data. We have a lot of vector-related request for improvement from our customers in the printing industry, so we won’t stop on it and continue improving vector data support in future release.

Besides of these improvements, we have made a lot of minor changes. You can find a full list of changes on Graphics Mill website.

 

SEE WHAT'S NEW (CHANGELOG)