What we say. What we'll back up.

Approved taglines, the public claims registry (each with its code-level basis), a fact sheet, and the supported-format list. If you're writing about flexGrid, this page is canonical.

Press contact: patlee@pixeLantern.com

Primary tagline

flexGrid — Your media. Alive.

Use this as the lead-in. Subtitle: Multi-Video Grid Player.

Avoid ALL CAPS treatments. The wordmark is lowercase "flexGrid"; never style it as FlexGrid or Flex Grid. The studio is "pixeLantern" (lowercase first letter, capital L, no space).

By audience

Visual Creator Your mood board just came alive.
Home Ambience Turn any Mac into a living art frame.
Photographer See everything at once.
Educator Show, don't tell.
Media Explorer Finally enjoy your library.
Art Installation flexGrid is part of the art itself.

“ A native macOS multi-video grid player. Drop a folder, hit play, and your media becomes a living mosaic. ”

“ AVPlayerLooper under every cell. The loop seam isn't fixed — it isn't there. ”

“ Reads memory pressure at the kernel level so the wall stays smooth as the room gets hot. ”

“ Editorial Layout — fourteen curated magazine templates with vision-aware hero placement, two to six cells, structure lock-and-cycle on auto-advance. ”

01. Public claims registry

Every line we'd say in print, with its receipt.

Each claim below is verified against the codebase. The "basis" column points to the file (or behaviour) that backs it up. If a claim isn't here, it isn't approved.

Claim	Basis (source of truth)
Display multiple videos and images in a dynamic grid	Core functionality
Grids from 1 to 9 tiles on Free	TierManager.allowedGridSizes
Grids up to 16 tiles (4×4) on Plus	TierManager.maxGridSize (.plus)
Cultivated first batch on screen in ~1.5 s on 25k-file folders	cold-open-strategy-2026-05-20.md
One-time purchase, not a subscription	StoreKit 2 non-consumable IAPs
No account required	No sign-in flow exists
All processing happens on your device	No network calls for features
SmartShuffle covers your library before repeating	Bag-draw algorithm · multi-dim scoring
Supports MP4, MOV, MKV, JPG, PNG, HEIC, GIF, WebP, ePub, PDF	MediaHelpers format lists
Built with SwiftUI and AVFoundation	Source code
Liquid Glass UI on macOS 26	LiquidGlassBackground.swift · flexGlass() modifier
Gapless video looping via AVPlayerLooper	PlayerContainerView
Real-time memory monitoring at the Mach-kernel level	MemoryMonitor.swift (task_info, thread_info)
Editorial Layout — 14 curated templates, 2–6 cells	EditorialLayout · 1.1.0 release
Smart cell display — single unified mode	Smart family cleanup · 2026-05-20
Subject Cutout via VNGenerateForegroundInstanceMaskRequest	MagicLayer · 2026-05-16
Export collages as PNG with transparency	CollageExporter.swift
Drag OUT — original file via NSFilePromiseProvider	FilePromiseDragView.swift
Spotlight indexing with flexgrid:// deep links	Spotlight indexer · 2026-05-17 (opt-in)
Siri & Shortcuts — 9 App Intents	AppIntentsProvider.swift
On-device AI captions on macOS 26 + Apple Intelligence	SmartCaptionEngine.swift · FoundationModels
Auto-resolves moved files by name + size	FileRelinker.swift

Do not claim

— Syphon output to Resolume / VDMX

Syphon is disabled in App Store builds.
— Free tier grids larger than 9 tiles

Free caps at 9 tiles; 12 & 16 require Plus.
— Runs on macOS 14 or earlier

Requires macOS 15.0+ (Sequoia).
— AI features on Intel Macs

Vision Cutout / Smart Captions require Apple Silicon + macOS 26.
— Syncs across devices

No sync functionality. By design.
— Reaction camera in a grid cell

Feature flag is off for v1.
— Lava Lamp mode

Retired. The App Intent now maps to Switch Persona.
— Mood matching · Mood board export

Removed from the tier matrix. No plan to restore.
— SmartFlex Grid

Retired brand. The split/merge behaviour lives on as Grid Designer.
— Subject Zoom: Fill to Face / Torso / Person / Body (six modes)

Collapsed into one Smart cell display mode (decision tree + tightness slider).
— Masonry layout with 30+ templates

Returned and rebranded as Editorial Layout — 14 curated templates.
— Folder Browse kiosk mode

Replaced by the Folder Tree side panel.

Branding rules

— Wordmark is lowercase "flexGrid".
— Studio is "pixeLantern" (lowercase, mid-cap L).
— Subtitle is "Multi-Video Grid Player".
— Approved tagline: "Your media. Alive."
— Don't pair with marketing buzzwords ("AI-powered", "intelligent") — describe what the feature does instead.
— Don't reference pricing in dollars until the launch number is set.

Fact sheet

flexGrid at a glance

Product name: flexGrid
Subtitle: Multi-Video Grid Player
Studio: pixeLantern
Developer: Pat Lee
Bundle ID: com.pixelantern.flexgrid
Category: Video
Status: Beta · TestFlight
Platform: macOS 15+ · Liquid Glass + on-device AI on macOS 26
Architecture: SwiftUI · AVFoundation · Metal · @Observable · @MainActor
Tiers (public): Free + Plus (one-time StoreKit 2 IAP, non-consumable)
Pricing: Free tier real · Plus price set at launch · no subscription
First launch: Persona picker (six personas) · then drop-a-folder
Telemetry: None
Accounts: None
Distribution: App Store · TestFlight beta
Bundled: Syphon.framework (disabled in App Store builds)

Supported formats

If your Mac can play it, flexGrid can usually turn it into a wall.

Video: MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MKV
Images: JPG, PNG, HEIC, GIF, TIFF, WebP (RAW not in v1)
Audio: MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AAC (background track)
Readers: ePub, PDF (side pane reader · Plus)
Output: PNG grid · transparent collage · Drag OUT · Set as Wallpaper
Layouts: .flexlayout (human-readable markup)
Links: flexgrid:// deep links (Spotlight-indexed Plus collections)

HEIC and HEIF are first-class. Animated GIFs are treated as video. RAW images aren't supported in v1.

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