From alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com Sat May 31 09:00:00 2014 From: alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com (Alchemy Mindworks) Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 09:00:00 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <20140531134549.010059403A0@mindworkshop.com> _______________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST _______________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 2. Announcing GIF Construction Set Professional 5 (Second Notification) 3. Announcing Graphic Workshop Professional 5 (Additional Notification) 4. Run Alchemy Mindworks Software on a Macintosh - Updated 5. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ THIS BOOK TAKES NO PRISONERS!!! http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/theorder.html (It also folds no shirts and teases no cats. Books don't do that stuff.) _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 5 _______________________________________________________________________ PNG MNG Construction Set 5 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of PNG MNG Construction Set to make it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of the functionality of Windows 7 and Windows 8. While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in PNG MNG Construction Set 5 are "under the hood," users of the latest release will notice that it's noticeable quicker, especially for functions that call for significant system resources, such as building animations. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to PNG MNG Construction Set that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 4. ........................................................................ WHAT'S NEW This release features some visible changes as well: - The Crop window has been refined, with a better user interface and the addition of a Properties window to allow the crop dimensions to be set numerically. - The animation driver has been rewritten to make its timing more accurate... which is to say, way more accurate than the animation timing of most web browsers. - The color management in Animation Wizard has been improved. - PNG MNG Construction Set requires less memory to run, which will make it and anything else running under Windows quite a bit speedier, especially on systems with limited system resources. Please see the discussion of version 5 enhancements at: http://www.mindworkshop.info/gif-construction-set/v5-upgrades/ You can download PNG MNG Construction Set 5 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 5. If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 5 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run PNG MNG Construction Set 5, it will check to see if you have a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 4 on your system. If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of the foregoing upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our web page and request or order an upgrade. The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help > Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of PNG MNG Construction Set 5's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngkey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html ........................................................................ PLUGINS All the animation plugins for PNG MNG Construction Set have been upgraded to run with PNG MNG Construction Set 5. If you have registered animation plugins for a previous release of PNG MNG Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still valid. You'll just need to download the version 5 installers for the plugins in question. All the animation plugins are at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html Note that you will need to uninstall your version 4 plugins before you install the version 5 upgrades. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Announcing GIF Construction Set Professional 5 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ GIF Construction Set Professional 5 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of GIF Construction Set Professional to make it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of the functionality of Windows 7 and Windows 8. While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in GIF Construction Set Professional 5 are "under the hood," users of the latest release will notice that it's noticeable quicker, especially for functions that call for significant system resources, such as building animations. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to GIF Construction Set that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 4. ........................................................................ WHAT'S NEW This release features some visible changes as well: - The Crop window has been refined, with a better user interface and the addition of a Properties window to allow the crop dimensions to be set numerically. - The animation driver has been rewritten to make its timing more accurate... which is to say, way more accurate than the animation timing of most web browsers. - The color management in Animation Wizard has been improved. - GIF Construction Set requires less memory to run, which will make it and anything else running under Windows quite a bit speedier, especially on systems with limited system resources. Please see the discussion of version 5 enhancements at: http://www.mindworkshop.info/gif-construction-set/v5-upgrades/ You can download GIF Construction Set Professional 5 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gifcon.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to GIF Construction Set Professional 5. If you registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to GIF Construction Set Professional 5 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run GIF Construction Set Professional 5, it will check to see if you have a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 4 on your system. If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of the foregoing upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our web page and request or order an upgrade. The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help > Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of GIF Construction Set Professional 5's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gcskey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html ........................................................................ PLUGINS All the animation plugins for GIF Construction Set Professional have been upgraded to run with GIF Construction Set Professional 5. If you have registered animation plugins for a previous release of GIF Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still valid. You'll just need to download the version 5 installers for the plugins in question. All the animation plugins are at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html Note that you will need to uninstall your version 4 plugins before you install the version 5 upgrades. The GIF Construction Set Tutorial has also been updated. It's available at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gcstutorial.html _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Announcing e-Paint 5 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ e-Paint 5 has been released. As with Graphic Workshop Professional 5, we've refined the internal architecture of e-Paint to make it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of the functionality of Windows 7 and Windows 8. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to e-Paint that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 4. This release addresses a number of user interface issues that were somewhat intransigent in version 4, especially several problems with the tool palette window. Users of e-Paint 5 should notice a degree of improvement in the performance of its drawing tools. Please see the discussion of version 5 enhancements at: http://www.mindworkshop.info/gif-construction-set/v5-upgrades/ You can download e-Paint 5 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/paint.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to e-Paint 5. If you registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to e-Paint 5 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run e-Paint 5, it will check to see if you have a registration for e-Paint 4 on your system. If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of the foregoing upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our web page and request or order an upgrade. The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help > Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of e-Paint 5's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/pntkey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Announcing Graphic Workshop Professional 5 (Additional Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Graphic Workshop Professional 5 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of Graphic Workshop Professional to make it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of the functionality of Windows 7 and Windows 8. While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in Graphic Workshop Professional 5 are "under the hood," users of the latest release will notice that it's noticeable quicker, especially for functions that call for significant system resources, such as thumbnail management. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to Graphic Workshop that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 4. ........................................................................ WHAT'S NEW This release features some visible changes as well: - Graphic Workshop Professional 5 now includes e-Paint UltraLight, a simplified version of our popular painting and digital darkroom application. - The Crop window has been refined, with a better user interface and the addition of a Properties window to allow the crop dimensions to be set numerically. - The aforementioned thumbnail manager for Graphic Workshop's browser windows is considerably quicker. - Most of the graphic file format readers are significantly faster. - Graphic Workshop requires less memory to run, which will make it and anything else running under Windows quite a bit speedier, especially on systems with limited system resources. Please see the discussion of version 5 enhancements at: http://www.mindworkshop.info/gif-construction-set/v5-upgrades/ You can download Graphic Workshop Professional 5 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 5. If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 5 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run Graphic Workshop Professional 5, it will check to see if you have a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 4 on your system. If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of the foregoing upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our web page and request or order an upgrade. The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help > Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of Graphic Workshop Professional 5's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwskey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html ........................................................................ PLUGINS Almost all the format plugins for Graphic Workshop Professional have been upgraded to run with Graphic Workshop Professional 5 - the exception is the JPEG 2000 plugin, which will probably be a few days getting through the pipe. If you have registered the RAW Digital Camera plugin for a previous release of Graphic Workshop, your existing registration key is still valid. You'll just need to download the version 5 installer for this plugin. All the Graphic Workshop plugins are at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwsplugins.html _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Run Alchemy Mindworks Software on a Macintosh - Updated _______________________________________________________________________ Macintosh computers are cool and elegant and as fashionable as a hand-crafted designer salad with holographic radishes. Unfortunately, only about seven or eight percent of the personal computers in the known universe run OSX. That Macs cost about three times what a comparable Windows system would beat up your credit card for could to some small degree account for this. As much as we'd like to rewrite Graphic Workshop, GIF Construction Set, The Ultimate Screen Clock and the many other popular Alchemy Mindworks applications to be one with Macs, it's not likely to happen any time soon. This doesn't mean that you can't run our software on your Mac. however. Read our updated guide to installing the no-cost open-source Wine compatibility library on your Macintosh, and thereafter having access to a vast wealth of Windows software, including most of ours. You won't even need to buy a license for Windows. We too were shocked when this worked. http://www.mindworkshop.com/macintosh.html _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ Do not reply to this message - all returned or replied messages from this posting will be ignored by the server. To remove your address from this mailing list or to change your address, please visit our web page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/update-list.html and unsubscribe from the list. ....................................................................... 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