Early access

Changelog

GATE is actively being shipped. Here’s what’s changed.

  1. v0.3.2

    Latest
    • PDF and SVG files can now be checked alongside AI, EPS, PSD, raster, and embroidery formats — no Illustrator required for the new formats
    • PDF check covers page size, embedded fonts (unoutlined text signal), embedded image count, RGB/CMYK colour space, and spot colour names
    • SVG check covers viewBox/artboard size, text elements, embedded image resolution, thin strokes, opacity and blend modes

  2. v0.3.1

    • Color mode false-positive fix: files where Illustrator cannot read the document color mode (e.g. PSD-derived clipping-mask documents) no longer report a phantom RGB error — surfaced as a warning so genuine CMYK files can ship
    • Color mode extraction: triple-fallback (enum → string-coerce → diagnostic) so transient ExtendScript read failures recover gracefully

  3. v0.3.0

    • Performance: large files (26k+ paths) no longer time out — pathItems extraction consolidated from 5 passes to 1
    • CMYK auto-fix now works reliably for both AI and EPS files via double-pass workaround
    • Embroidery profile: RGB is now allowed (thread colors are independent of document color mode)
    • Transparency auto-fix disabled (Illustrator limitation: requires interactive dialog)

  4. v0.2.9

    • New input formats: PNG, JPG, TIFF, PSD, BMP, GIF, WebP, DST, PES, EXP — raster and embroidery files now run without Illustrator
    • PSD bifurcation: pre-separated files route to spot banding, unseparated to the new Simulated Process profile (colour quantisation + tonal range)
    • New Method selector above the drop zone — each method restricts accepted formats and runs method-specific checks
    • New checks: Transparency (opacity + blend modes), Ink Coverage (TAC), Fill Area, Placed-file type (raster vs vector)
    • Embroidery: DST / PES / EXP parsers detect stitch count, colour count, design size, stitch density, and closest Madeira / Isacord thread match
    • Auto-fix: one-click corrections for duplicate spots, white overprint, RGB→CMYK, text outlining, and transparency flattening — saves to a new file, original is never touched
    • Intended print size (mm) in rules — effective PPI is computed even for raster files without embedded DPI
    • Web demo: raster intake and PSD analysis in the browser
    • Landing page: scroll-linked entrance animations, flip-in pricing cards

  5. v0.2.8

    • Workflow profiles: General / Offset 4c / Offset 6c / Silkscreen / DTF / Embroidery
    • New check: Press capacity (hard stop when plate count exceeds press limit)
    • New checks: Embroidery minimum text height and stroke width
    • Full localization of check titles, details, and fix steps (JA / ES / DE / EN)
    • Export menu: TXT, PDF, JSON, and Copy JSON unified into one dropdown
    • Results summary layout fix — workflow selector aligned, bullets separated cleanly
    • Demo (web): color space and spot naming checks for SVG and PDF
    • Demo (web): workflow profile switcher in the results view

  6. v0.2.7

    • Windows installer is now the primary download
    • Download page: SmartScreen warning, ZIP fallback, macOS Gatekeeper hint

  7. v0.2.6

    • Fixed auto-updater on macOS
    • Restored Mac code signing and hardened-runtime entitlements

  8. v0.2.4

    • Disabled bleed check — was unreliable across Illustrator versions

  9. v0.2.3

    • Bleed check fix
    • Localized check titles
    • Bring-to-front behavior when opening files

  10. v0.2.2

    • Added bleed check
    • Added overprint check
    • Language switcher in the desktop app

  11. v0.2.1

    • Clean build with parse diagnostics

  12. v0.2.0

    • Baseline release

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