[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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Sat Oct 11 09:06:00 EDT 2014




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     Contents:


     1. PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 Revision 3 

     2. GIF Construction Set Professional 5 Revision 3 

     3. 10 Breathtaking Tweets about Graphic Workshop

     4. Replying to this Message and List Removal



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     1. PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 Revision 3 
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     PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 has been updated. This release:


     - Improves a number of aspects of the File menu history feature.


     - Optionally prevents very large source graphics from appearing as 
       thumbnails in the File menu - they'll show up as check marks. Really 
       big pictures can make the PNG MNG Construction Set File menu a bit
       slow to wake up the when the application first boots. You can 
       configure this option through the Maximum Preview Dimension field of
       the Setup window.


     - Addresses a number of performance issues in Animation Wizard to make 
       it quicker and to improve its color management, which will result in
       more attractive finished animations in many cases.


     - Fixes a very subtle and potentially nasty resource leak in the 
       Animation Wizard's folder tree, which could crash PNG MNG 
       Construction Set and potentially destabilize Windows.

       IMPORTANT: If you're still using PNG MNG Construction Set 4, we urge 
       you to consider upgrading to PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5. 
       Doing so will resolve the aforementioned resource leak, and prevent 
       it from biting you somewhere impolite when you least expect it.


     - Fixes a bug in the PNG import library that could crash the Animation
       Wizard window and several File Open windows if a grey-scale PNG file 
       were selected.


     - Fixes a number of issues that appeared during the upgrade to
       version 5.

     

     You can download PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 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 Professional 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you’re welcome to a free 
     upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction 
     Set Professional 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to PNG MNG 
     Construction Set Professional 5 for half the cost of a new single-user 
     license.

     When you first run PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5, it will 
     check to see if you have a registration for PNG MNG 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 PNG MNG 
     Construction Set Professional 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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     2. GIF Construction Set Professional 5 Revision 3 (Second Notification)
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     GIF Construction Set Professional 5 has been updated. This release:


     - Adds thumbnails to the File menu history, so you can remind yourself 
       what your animations looked like before you open them. See the 
       discussion of Opening and Saving Files in the Reference document of 
       the GIF Construction Set Manual for assistance with configuring this 
       feature... or disabling it, should you ultimately decide that it's a 
       tool of unclean spirits or liberal politicians.
       

     - Improves a number of aspects of the aforementioned File menu history
       feature.


     - Addresses a number of performance issues in Animation Wizard to make 
       it quicker and to improve its color management, which will result in
       more attractive finished animations in many cases.


     - Fixes a very subtle and potentially nasty resource leak in the 
       Animation Wizard's folder tree, which could crash GIF Construction 
       Set and potentially destabilize Windows.

       IMPORTANT: If you're still using GIF Construction Set 4, we urge you 
       to consider upgrading to GIF Construction Set Professional 5. Doing
       so will resolve the aforementioned resource leak, and prevent it 
       from biting you somewhere impolite when you least expect it.


     - Fixes a bug in the PNG import library that could crash the Animation
       Wizard window and several File Open windows if a grey-scale PNG file 
       were selected.


     - Fixes a number of issues that appeared during the upgrade to
       version 5.

     
     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, 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     



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     3. 10 Breathtaking Tweets about Graphic Workshop
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     Yes, it probably does depend a lot on what takes your breath away...

     If you're among the tens of thousands of Graphic Workshop users who 
     don't follow us on Twitter - we're in no way offended by this - you'll 
     likely have missed the ongoing tweets that deal with often-overlooked 
     features of the known universe's most popular image management 
     software.

     Graphic Workshop's ability to do practically everything that can be 
     done to pictures makes it relatively easy to use it every day for 
     years and still miss a few of its better tricks.

     Here are ten more of the finest features you never knew it had, fresh 
     from the Alchemy Mindworks Twitter account:


     - Avail your photos of texture with the Canvas filter. 

     - Now includes e-Paint UltraLight - like Photoshop without the 
       financing. 

     - Transmute anything into light & color with the Neon filter. 

     - Refine your photos with Photography Workshop. 

     - Be a star with the Shape Mask filter... or a sun, or a cube... 

     - Transform PDFs into graphics with the Postscript plugin. 

     - See the world through a downpour with Water Drops filter. 

     - When reality just doesn't cut it, try some fractals from the 
       Texture and Fractals feature.

     - Build instant distributable photo montages with Montage UltraLight. 

     - Manage duplicated files with the Keep Both option of the Overwrite 
       Files prompt. 


     You can download a copy of Graphic Workshop from:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download

     If you're still using Graphic Workshop Professional 4, we invite you
     to enjoy all the new functionality, enhanced performance and cool 
     things to click on - for half the new-user registration price. Please 
     see: 

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/upgrade.html

     See http://www.twitter.com/alchemymindwork to follow us on Twitter.



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