CHILIpulse
By CHILIpulse by CHILI publish
CHILIpulse Apr 12, 2023
The CHILI publish Academy: From learning to Certification
In our latest episode, we dive into the exciting world of the CHILI publish Academy.
Explore the full capabilities of the CHILI GraFx platform with our comprehensive training program. Achieve official certifications and share your accomplishments on social media.
Our host, Bram Verniest, sits down with Raphael del Bono, Digital Learning Manager at CHILI publish, to explore the wealth of knowledge awaiting you at the Academy.
Ready to take your creative automation skills to the next level? Join the CHILI publish Academy and boost your graphics production workflows!
The pulse of CHILIpulse - One year lookback
In our latest episode of CHILIpulse, we are taking the time to look back. Looking back at one year of insights shared, knowledgeable guests, and CHILIpulse recordings.
Join our host, Bram Verniest, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist, alongside Bert Vranckx, Product Marketing Manager, as we delve into the evolution of CHILIpulse from our first episode to the present day.
Smart Templates, Big Impact: How CHILI GraFx Transforms Podcast Promotion
In our latest episode of CHILIpulse, we take a unique turn and shine the spotlight on the very essence of our podcast's visual identity.
Join Bram Verniest, our Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist, as he sits down with Patrick Gilmour, Senior Content Writer at CHILI publish & former Adobe instructor, to discuss how we create the graphics for CHILIpulse using CHILI GraFx.
A Peek Behind the Curtain:
- The Process: Patrick discusses the challenges of configuring multichannel assets using Illustrator for each episode, and the impact this has on resources.
- Automated, Branded, at Scale: Bram showcases how we leverage smart templates to create these variants that are not only visually appealing but also perfectly aligned with the CHILIpulse brand – saving time and effort applied.
Ready for a personalized experience? Request a demo and our specialists will guide you through the potential of CHILI GraFx.
97% Customer Satisfaction: The Technical Success Blueprint at CHILI GraFx
In our latest CHILIpulse episode, we sit down with Sean Crowe, the Director of Technical Success at CHILI publish, to discuss how tech and creativity meet in the crucial components behind a creative automation platform like CHILI GraFx.
Watch this CHILIpulse episode to learn how to:
- Explore the synergy between technology and design processes for scalable and personalized results.
- Ensure optimal system performance to maintain smooth operations.
- Prioritize robust security measures to navigate the challenges of the digital era.
Exploring the Open Creative Automation Technology Stack
In our latest CHILIpulse episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Austin Meier, a Client Success Engineer hailing from the vibrant city of Denver, Colorado. Austin & Bram delved into the intricacies of integrating external systems with CHILI GraFx’s open-architecture platform, providing insights behind the power of integrations. Austin delves into the pivotal role of open architecture in creative automation, emphasizing its seamless adaptation to diverse formats, assets, and fonts. This approach focuses on compatibility and flexibility, setting the stage for the future of graphics production. Watch this CHILIpulse episode to learn the insights shared: - Open architecture's crucial role in creative automation. - Seamless adaptation to various document formats, assets, and fonts. - Emphasis on compatibility and flexibility for the future of graphics production. - Insights into the interface between DAM systems and CHILI GraFx.
Print, Reimagined: Merging Digital Dynamics in Traditional Print
In this new CHILIpulse episode, Didier Haazen, Chief Technology Officer at Group Joos, one of the printing giants in Belgium, discusses the evolution of the graphic arts industry and the technological revolution they are experiencing, including personalization and localization for print at any scale.Watch this episode to learn more about: -Revolutionizing Printing: Explore the intricacies of Group Joos, a powerhouse in both offset and digital printing, specializing in personalization and individualization. -The Software Landscape: Gain insights into the vital role software plays in the printing world, especially in personalized data handling and workflow tools. -Building Brand Identities: Didier shares a fascinating case study involving the City of Turnout, unraveling how Group Joos uses the CHILI GraFx engine for brand identity protection and personalization. -Advice for Aspiring Professionals: Whether you're a recent graduate or a seasoned professional, Didier provides valuable advice for those entering the dynamic world of graphic arts and technology.
A(I) Bright Future: Embracing Creative Technology
In this episode of CHILIpulse recorded during CREATE '23 EU, Bram Verniest, Chief Evangelist at CHILI Publish, engages in a conversation with Chris Do, the CEO & Founder of TheFutur.com. Chris, a self-proclaimed "loud introvert" and a passionate advocate for education in the creative field, shares valuable insights on the intersection of creativity and technology. Key Takeaways:
- Sink or Swim Mentality: Chris underscores the importance of creative professionals embracing new technologies to stay relevant in the ever-evolving landscape of tomorrow's reality.
- Impactful Changes: The discussion delves into the necessity of focusing on high-level conceptual work and high-touch, human-centric roles to maintain relevance and make a lasting impact in the creative industry.
- Time (Isn't) Up: Chris advocates for using technology not only to enhance efficiency but also to free up time. He emphasizes that efficiency is the key to unlocking valuable time for delivering more impactful and meaningful work.
- Creativity Partnership: Addressing the role of AI in the creative process, Chris highlights that while technology can augment creativity, original content will always require a human touch. AI becomes a valuable partner in elevating creative outputs to new levels.
The Unique Role of the "New Creative"
Are you intrigued by the blend of technology and human ingenuity? Ever wondered about the roles and responsibilities that the new era of creative automation technology will bring?
One person who has pondered these questions more than most is Chris Bilbao, Vice President of e-Commerce at The Sourcing Group. In today’s CHILIpulse, we speak to Chris about the emerging role of The New Creative – individuals blending graphic design skills with technical prowess, and promising to redefine how creative work is done.
Enhancing the UI/UX of Brand Fulfillment Workflows
In our tech-rich landscape, balancing brand consistency, user experience, and technological prowess is essential. Today’s CHILIpulse podcast delves into how the innovative brand, Dot-It, strikes this balance.
Ready to dive deeper into the art of harmonizing user experience and brand consistency? Tune into Jarod Joyce’s candid chat with our very own Bram Verniest in the CHILIpulse studio earlier this month.
Modernizing Graphics Production with Sodexo and EPAM Systems
Are you part of an organization struggling with antiquated systems that create inefficiencies and stunt growth? This can happen in your graphical production processes just like anywhere else, and it was happening at Sodexo – the food services & facilities management giant operating in 50 countries with a 400,000 strong workforce who serve 100 million meals a day.
Now, put your antiquated systems behind you, and imagine a world where a complex task like generating highly-tailored print for specific locations or creating specific barcodes for packaged goods is as simple as a drag-and-drop operation. This is the world that CHILI GraFx is shaping. And in episode 11 of our video podcast series, CHILIpulse, we dive deep into how Sodexo is now using CHILI GraFx to make graphical production inefficiencies a thing of their past.
Bram Verniest, founder of CHILI publish and CHILIpulse's seasoned host, is joined by Dr. Joe Hoffman, Global IT Retail Domain Owner at Sodexo, and Tim Marsh, Solutions Architect at EPAM Systems for a compelling conversation. Together, they offer insight into a fascinating case study of modernizing graphics production at an absolutely massive scale.
Bolstering Operations Optimization & Security with CHILI GraFx SSO
As businesses grow and their digital platforms expand, managing user identities can become a real challenge. This holds true for team members involved in the graphical production process. Ensuring the right people in this team have the right access privileges at the right time is often a complex and difficult task that tries to improve on scattered identity management across multiple platforms.
But what if there was a way to centralize identity management, optimize operations, enhance user experience, and bolster security all at once? That’s where Single Sign-On (SSO) comes in, and it's baked right into CHILI GraFx – the Creative Automation platform – to help you manage creative team members.
Want to learn more about how CHILI GraFx can revolutionize your operations, optimize security, and significantly enhance user experience with Single Sign-On and Silent Sign-On? Great news!
In CHILIpulse Episode 10, Borja Roux Lorenzo and host, Bram Verniest, delve deeper into the world of identity management, providing fascinating insights on this vital yet often overlooked aspect of business operations.
Getting Promotions To Market Faster with Smart Templates
Creating eye-catching retail promotions can sometimes feel like a never-ending sprint. The fast-paced world of retail demands rapid turnaround times, leaving marketing creatives grappling with long hours, overbearing workloads, and the constant pressure to deliver. But what if there was a way to ease the strain, all while accelerating your promotional timeline? Enter CHILI GraFx’s Smart Templates – your game-changer in the world of retail graphical production. Ready to learn more from Tim Daisy on how to speed up your time-to-market, ensure brand consistency, and deliver retail promotions that wow your customers? Good news! In CHILIpulse Episode 9, Tim chats with host, Bram Verniest, and they show you ways that CHILI GraFx can help you say goodbye to those stressful deadlines and long hours creating variants for retail promos!
Boost Design Workflows: Importing Designs into CHILI GraFx
For professional creatives, Adobe® applications like InDesign® and Illustrator® have become second nature—true work tools and extensions of their artistic minds. Yet, in a world that demands personalized and scalable creative content, designers increasingly recognize the vital need to embrace Creative Automation platforms in order to output content at scale.
This begs a question: how can creatives reconcile their love for their favorite desktop tools with the necessity of using a platform like CHILI GraFx, suited to high-volume, personalized output?
If you’re one of those creatives, you’ll be pleased to hear the answer is incredibly simple—and it opens up whole new worlds of creative freedom to you.
Ready to learn more from Andrea on how to go from desktop-driven design to Smart Templates for brand-compliant creative output ? Check out CHILIpulse Episode 8 where we dive deeper into the hows and whys of importing InDesign and Illustrator artwork into CHILI GraFx to create at scale.
From Data to Design: How retail can scale creative production.
For brick and mortar retailers, creation of high-quality, printed graphical content is often time-consuming, prone to error, and hard to manage. This often adds up to create issues with consistency and brand alignment — which only gets worse when retailers have hundreds of locations worldwide.
Today, we examine how CHILI GraFx makes the production of these diverse assets easier and more efficient with both user-based Smart Templates and data-driven (“headless”) content production. Get ready to learn from Ward De Langhe, CHILI publish’s Chief Product Officer, how scaling your creative production with CHILI GraFx can improve quality, consistency, and productivity.
Managing users for flexible & streamlined creative production
What’s not to love about user management in SaaS? It offers distinct advantages over traditional on-premises solutions. It’s more flexible and simpler, allowing you to easily scale your user base up or down as needed without having to worry about configuring hardware or software.
Today’s SaaS-based creative automation platforms – like CHILI GraFx – can now offer this type of versatile and robust user management tools as standard, and some are even be designed to ensure customer ROI through fair pricing of user seats.
Looking to learn more about user management within CHILI GraFx? Watch episode 6 of CHILIpulse with Pieterjan Blondeel, Product Owner, and Bram Verniest, Co-Founder, to discover how CHILI publish is finding market-specific ways for brands, agencies and retailers to improve user management within the Creative Automation space.
Ad Size Creation: Use 1 Template For All Versions
Until recently, the ideal of ‘design once and automate output everywhere’ was more of a fairy story than a tech possibility. But with Creative Automation, you really can create one time to generate multiple artwork variants for digital, print, and animation.
Seeing is believing, so are you ready to witness CHILI GraFx resizing and repurposing ad designs for the multichannel? In episode 5 of CHILIpulse, Jeroen demos the creation of ad variants in CHILI GraFx. Once you’ve seen it, we think you’ll agree that multichannel variant output from a single source is no longer a fairy story, but a welcome reality.
Register to CREATE '23 US: https://www.chili-publish.com/create-event/ Read the blog post: https://www.chili-publish.com/chilipulse-ad-size-creation-use-1-smart-template-for-all-versions/
Enhanced Platform Performance on CHILI GraFx
The need for speed is a continuous quest in software development. Nowhere more so than in enterprise-ready platforms, where large amounts of users and data present unique performance challenges. Today, we’ll look at ways to maximize performance and responsiveness for platforms running at any scale. November 2022 saw CHILI publish launch its new CHILI GraFx Creative Automation platform. It was an opportunity to bring exciting new technology like animated media to CHILI publish’s software offering. But for CHILI publish’s Chief Architect, Pieter Van Parys and his team, it was also a chance to kick off some behind-the-scenes changes in how CHILI publish’s technology performs. Ready to learn more about enhancing enterprise platform performance and experience Bram Verniest’s high-performing hosting skills? Then watch CHILIpulse Episode 4 to see Bram’s full conversation with Pieter Van Parys, Chief Architect at CHILI publish, where they cover in detail the topics discussed above and more.
How to quickly create an animated Smart Template
CHILI publish Smart Templates make possible the rapid scaling of creative production, boosting your capacity to respond to fast-changing market conditions.
Whether you’re outputting print, digital, or animated assets – or all three! – CHILI GraFx can significantly streamline your work.
In CHILIpulse Episode 3, we dive deeper into how Smart Templates work and how they bring huge productivity gains to graphic designers working with animated content. Keep reading for a summary of host Bram Verniest’s lively discussion with Serge Bonehill, Senior Product Advocate at CHILI publish. In this episode, you’ll learn the ins and outs of automating animation production with Smart Templates in GraFx Studio – our platform’s advanced template editor.
API-First: Headless execution and boosting creative output
One of the major benefits of a platform like CHILI GraFx is how seamlessly it brings each stakeholder in your creative process to one, intuitive online platform. This is possible thanks to the fact that CHILI GraFx is API-first.
In practice, this means that you can create at scale at any level in your MarTech stack and tailor the CHILI GraFx experience with your own custom integration of GraFx Studio.
Watch CHILIpulse Session 2 with Brian Roels, Chapter Lead at CHILI publish to learn a lot more about what an API-first approach offers in the full episode. In this episode, you can enjoy an overview of highlights about how connecting CHILI GraFx with your existing tech stack boosts production and accelerates your delivery process.
What makes our templates 'Smart'?
Not all “smart templates” are created equal. What makes a CHILI GraFx smart template smarter than the rest?
Smart templates are “templates” because parts of their content can be modified, like a name, a price, a photo, even a color, etc. while other elements remain locked.
They are “smart” because they can intelligently shape shift in multiple ways, such as dynamically altering text formatting to fit designated areas, or outputting variants of a single template for digital and print in multiple sizes—all while staying within brand guidelines.
With smart templates, you get to market faster with high-quality content that takes a fraction of the effort to produce.
In our first CHILIpulse episode, Bram Verniest, Co-founder of CHILI publish, and Ward De Langhe, Chief Product Officer at CHILI publish, dive deeper into the features that make our templates 'smart' and how smart templates streamline and make scalable the complex business of high-volume, highly targeted graphical production.
CHILIpulse is a podcast series by CHILI publish.