From alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com Sat May 2 08:51:00 2015 From: alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com (Alchemy Mindworks) Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 08:51:00 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20150502085100.051b3a48@localhost> _______________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST UNSUBSCRIBE: http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter _______________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. Presentation Wizard 5 Revision 5 2. PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 Revision 6 (Second Notification) 3. Graphic Workshop Professional 5 Revision 7 (Additional Notification) 4. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ Hands up everyone who thinks they'll stop with mammoths. http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/lizardland.html _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Presentation Wizard 5 Revision 5 _______________________________________________________________________ Presentation Wizard 5 has been updated. This release: - Adds a Back option to the Button, Timer and Applet objects. Back buttons will allow your users to step back through the pages of your presentations as they would with a web browser, even if they didn't access them in the order in which they appear in your document. In practice, the Back function has a lot of other possible uses. It will allow you to create Help or About pages that return to whatever page called them, for example. Using a Timer object set to Back will allow you to create a page that closes and returns to the calling page automatically after a specified time. We were at a bit of a loss to come up with a practical application for this, but it was cool to watch. The Back function can be accessed from an ANIMAL applet through the JumpToPage function if you provide it with -1 as its page number argument. - Fixes a problem which prevented the Open and Save As windows in Presentation Wizard from correctly setting the keyboard focus in the file name field. Users who like to open one of these windows and type blindly into them have found this a bit irksome... and this included a few of us. - Fine-tuned the runtime in a number of areas to make the executable documents created by Presentation Wizard more memory-efficient, and hence a bit quicker. - Improved a number of elements in the right-click menus. - Addresses a potential security issue. We seriously urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set to update to this release. - Addresses several user interface issues throughout the application. - Updates the documentation. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. Please visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/prspro.html#download to download Presentation Wizard 5. ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you're still using Presentation Wizard 4, we invite you to upgrade to the current software and enjoy all the new and enhanced functionality it offers. As of this writing, upgrades to Presentation Wizard 5 are still available for half the single-user registration cost - $14.99. Please visit http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 Revision 6 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 has been updated. This release: - Adds a Watermark feature. If you're creating web pages for a client, you can watermark your animations to discourage your designs from going for a walk before you get paid. See the Watermark item in the Chunk menu. - Addresses a number of issues in the Text Overlay feature. - Addresses a potential security issue. We seriously urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set to update to this release. - Improves the image management logic of Animation Wizard to enhance its performance. - Addresses some memory management issues in the Overlay and Underlay logic to make these features quicker on slow or unusually busy systems. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. - Updates the documentation. You can download PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 5 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you're still using PNG MNG Construction Set 4, we invite you to upgrade to the current software and enjoy all the new and enhanced functionality it offers. As of this writing, upgrades to PNG MNG Construction Set 5 are still available for half the single-user registration cost - $12.49. Please visit http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Graphic Workshop Professional 5 Revision 7 (Additional Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Graphic Workshop Professional 5 has been updated. This release: - Adds a recent folder pane to the Move and Copy window, so you can quickly return to your frequently used destinations without having to manually navigate to them. We hasten to add that you can change the number of recent folders in Setup, or disable this feature entirely if you decide that you'd rather keep your mouse guessing. See the discussion of the Move and Copy function in the Reference document of Graphic Workshop's manual for more about this option. - Adds a recent folder pane to the Destination window, which does pretty much the same stuff as the one in the Move and Copy window, above. It's discussed in the section of the Reference document that deals with Destination. - Adds an Explorer-like quick rename function to Graphic Workshop's browser windows. In addition to the renaming tools in the tool bar and the right-click menu, you can click and hold on the text area of a browser item to open an edit field and type in a new file name. - Improves the Position Only filter, with more options and nicer graphics. - Adds a Prepress filter, to surround your pictures with the arcane regalia of commercial printing. For the most part, it's useful if you feel your pictures would benefit from an industrial post-modern vibe. - Creates Windows desktop shortcuts for some of Graphic Workshop's ancillary applications, such as e-Paint UltraLight, Camera screen capture and Montage. - Fixes a cosmetic bug in the Search mode's file destination window. - Fixes a cosmetic bug in the File Open function of Montage. - Fixes a bug in the Matt and Frame function that could cause some frames to be incompletely filled with fractal textures. - Fixes a truly epic bug in e-Paint UltraLight that mangled most of its drawing tools under some builds of Windows. That was embarrassing. - Addresses a potential security issue. We seriously urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. - Updates the documentation. Please visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download to download Graphic Workshop Professional 5. ........................................................................ If you're still using Graphic Workshop 4, we invite you to upgrade to the current software and enjoy all the new and enhanced functionality it offers. As of this writing, upgrades to Graphic Workshop 5 are still available for half the single-user registration cost - $22.49. Please visit http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ This message has been sent from an unmonitored address - please do not reply to it. 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