PortableGrid 0.3.0

PortableGrid 0.3.0: grids that live in your document and layouts that use your own content.

New

• Grids are saved in the document. Reopen a file and each artboard's grid is still there; switch artboards and the panel shows that artboard's grid. Pages can mix grids (for example a 12-column news page next to a 3-column feature), and page layouts use each page's own grid.
• Grids follow your artboards. Resize an artboard and its grid redraws itself.
• Drag to adjust: drag the margins or a gutter in the live preview.
• Your own content in page layouts: paste or load an article (first line headline, then standfirst, body, > pull quote, Caption: lines) and pick a folder of images; photos are placed, filled and cropped to the frames.
• PortableStudio brands: use a brand's fonts, name, copy and photos in a layout with one click.
• Overset warning: text that doesn't fit is reported and marked with a red + (never printed).
• Keyboard shortcuts in the panel (Ctrl+Enter draw, Alt+G toggle grid, Alt+S snap, Alt+C check, Alt+L layout, Alt+↑/↓ presets), and Illustrator menu commands (File › Scripts) for Toggle grid, Snap and Grid check.
• Share presets: import and export preset files.
• Update notice when a new version is out (turn it off in Settings).
• One undo for a whole grid in Photoshop too; the grid layer never prints in Illustrator.
• Installers can now be code-signed automatically (see docs/SIGNING.md).

Download

Platform	File
Windows 10/11	PortableGrid-0.3.0-setup.exe
macOS (Intel & Apple silicon)	PortableGrid-0.3.0.pkg
Any ZXP installer	PortableGrid-0.3.0.zxp (signed)
Manual install	PortableGrid-0.3.0-windows.zip / PortableGrid-0.3.0-macos.zip

After installing, restart Illustrator/Photoshop and open Window › Extensions › PortableGrid. Please report anything that doesn't work, especially in Photoshop and on macOS.