[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
Alchemy Mindworks
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Sat May 31 09:00:00 EDT 2014
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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
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1. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 5
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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.
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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
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UPGRADES
If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction
Set 4 on or after May 1, 2013, youre 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
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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.
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2. Announcing GIF Construction Set Professional 5 (Second Notification)
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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.
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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
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UPGRADES
If you registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set
Professional 4 on or after May 1, 2013, youre 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
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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
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2. Announcing e-Paint 5 (Second Notification)
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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
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UPGRADES
If you registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 4 on or after
May 1, 2013, youre 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
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3. Announcing Graphic Workshop Professional 5 (Additional Notification)
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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.
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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
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UPGRADES
If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 4 on or after May 1, 2013, youre 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
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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
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4. Run Alchemy Mindworks Software on a Macintosh - Updated
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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
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