[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
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Contents:
1. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 7
2. Announcing GIF Construction Set Professional 7 (Second Notification)
3. Announcing Graphic Workshop Professional 7 (Additional Notification)
4. Replying to this Message and List Removal
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1. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 7
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PNG MNG Construction Set 7 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, 8 and 10.
While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in PNG MNG
Construction Set 7 are "under the hood," users of the latest release
will notice that it's noticeably quicker, especially for functions that
call for significant system resources, such as assembling complex
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 6.
- Adds Titles and Credits. Equip your animations and digital video with
professional movie titles and credits. Easy to use, quick to build and
requiring no detectable knowledge of what a "key grip" actually does,
the Titles and Credits window will turn your animations into movies
with a few mouse clicks. You'll find it in the Chunk menu.
- Modifies the registration logic to work around Windows 10's recent
updates, which have been randomly de-registering software when they
sneak silently onto your computer. The sudden appearance of the "this
key is already registered" message should be a distant memory.
We'll be grateful for any feedback users of PNG MNG Construction Set
can offer us about this issue - we plan to roll it out to the other
version seven software starting next week.
- Improves the plugin interface, which will allow plugins to load
in less time and operate faster.
- Fixes a number of minor issues in the plugins themselves.
- Applies numerous minor updates and fixes to Animation Wizard.
- Improves the timing accuracy of the View window.
- Updates lots of user-interface issues throughout the application.
- Improves the general sneakiness of Supercompressor.
- PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 7 uses an altered installation
structure that's way more resistant to being broken by
malfunctioning and overly-paranoid third-party security software.
We're reasonably certain that the "Can't create specified file"
error is history.
- Updates UpToDate.
- 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 7 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 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you’re welcome to a free upgrade to PNG
MNG Construction Set 7.
If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction
Set 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction
Set 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license.
When you first run PNG MNG Construction Set 7, it will check to see if
you have a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 6 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 7'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 7.
If you have registered one or more 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 7 installers for your
plugins.
All the animation plugins are at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html
IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 6 or
PNG MNG Construction Set 6 and you plan to uninstall GIF Construction
Set 6 or PNG MNG Construction Set 6 to replace them with the new
version 7 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 6 plugins,
and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 6 and PNG MNG Construction Set 6.
If you have a number of animation plugins installed on your system,
you'll probably find them quicker to uninstall through the Windows
Control Panel's Programs and Features applet.
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2. Announcing GIF Construction Set Professional 7 (Second Notification)
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GIF Construction Set Professional 7 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, 8 and 10.
While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in GIF Construction
Set Professional 7 are "under the hood," users of the latest release
will notice that it's noticeably quicker, especially for functions that
call for significant system resources, such as assembling complex
animations.
The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to
GIF Construction Set Professional that were impractical or genuinely
impossible under version 6.
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WHAT'S NEW
The changes in version 7 include:
- Adds Titles and Credits. Equip your animations and digital video with
professional movie titles and credits. Easy to use, quick to build and
requiring no detectable knowledge of what a "key grip" actually does,
the Titles and Credits window will turn your animations into movies
with a few mouse clicks. You'll find it in the Block menu.
- Improves the plugin interface, which will allow plugins to load
in less time and operate faster.
- Fixes a number of minor issues in the plugins themselves.
- Applies numerous minor updates and fixes to Animation Wizard.
- Improves the timing accuracy of the View window.
- Updates lots of user-interface issues throughout the application.
- Improves the general sneakiness of Supercompressor.
- GIF Construction Set Professional 7 uses an altered installation
structure that's way more resistant to being broken by
malfunctioning and overly-paranoid third-party security software.
We're reasonably certain that the "Can't create specified file"
error is history.
- Updates UpToDate.
- Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software
developers never really stop meddling with.
- Updates the documentation.
You can download GIF Construction Set Professional 7 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 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you’re welcome to a free
upgrade to GIF Construction Set Professional 7.
If you registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set
Professional 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to GIF
Construction Set Professional 7 for half the cost of a new single-user
license.
When you first run GIF Construction Set Professional 7, it will check to
see if you have a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 6
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 7'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 7.
If you have registered one or more plugins for a previous release of
GIF Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still
valid. You'll just need to download the version 7 installers for your
plugins.
All the animation plugins are at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html
IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 6 or
PNG MNG Construction Set 6 and you plan to uninstall GIF Construction
Set 6 or PNG MNG Construction Set 6 to replace them with the new
version 7 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 6 plugins,
and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 6 and PNG MNG Construction Set 6.
If you have a number of animation plugins installed on your system,
you'll probably find them quicker to uninstall through the Windows
Control Panel's Programs and Features applet.
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3. Announcing Graphic Workshop Professional 7 (Additional Notification)
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Graphic Workshop Professional 7 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, 8 and 10.
While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in Graphic Workshop
Professional 7 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 6.
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WHAT'S NEW
The changes in version 7 include:
- Graphic Workshop now includes Scrapbook, a stand-alone clipboard
manager that will automatically store items pasted to the Windows
clipboard from any application, and allow you to browse and recall
them when you want to use them again.
- Adds an Adjust window to let you quickly... and interactively...
fine-tune your photographs. Right-click on any picture and select
Adjust from the menu that appears.
- Graphic Workshop Professional 7 uses an altered installation
structure that's way more resistant to being broken by
malfunctioning and overly-paranoid third-party security software.
We're reasonably certain that the "Can't create specified file"
error is history.
- The GIF Construction Set UltraLight animation software that installs
with Graphic Workshop Professional 7 has been completely rewritten,
and is now a simplified version of our GIF Construction Set
Professional application.
- The View mode Filters window will now optimize itself to use most of
your desktop area, allowing for much larger sample panes. This
behavior can be disabled in Setup, should you prefer the classic
Filters interface.
- The Save As window now includes the Graphic Workshop format selection
tiles, for quicker file saves.
- Adds a history stack to the View window. Hold down the Shift key and
right-click to step back through your zoom and view events. See the
View section of the Reference document of the Manual for a compete
discussion of this feature.
- Graphic Workshop Professional 7 now includes a stand-alone Archive
Manager to create, manage, extract and modify ZIP archives... really,
really quickly.
- Fixes a bug in the EMF reader that could cause some metafiles to appear
distorted.
- Fixes a bug in the View window that prevented alpha-enabled images
from displaying transparency correctly after the Filter window was
invoked and Undo was activated.
- Fixes a bug in the Watermark function N macro that caused it to expand
incorrectly under some builds of Windows.
- Updates the View mode Configuration window with additional options.
- Addresses several issues with the Photography Workshop window.
- Fixes a bug that could crash Graphic Workshop if documents were
written to formats supported by plugins.
- Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software
developers never really stop meddling with.
- Updates the documentation.
You can Graphic Workshop Professional 7 from:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download
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UPGRADES
If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you’re welcome to a no-cost
upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 7.
If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to Graphic
Workshop Professional 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license.
When you first run Graphic Workshop Professional 7, it will check to see
if you have a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 6 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 7's menu bar.
The Graphic Workshop Professional no-cost upgrade key offer ends on
November 30, 2016.
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
All the format plugins for Graphic Workshop Professional have been
upgraded to run with Graphic Workshop Professional 7.
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 7 installer for this
plugin.
All the Graphic Workshop plugins are at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwsplugins.html
IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under Graphic Workshop 6 and
you plan to uninstall Graphic Workshop 6 to replace it with the new
Graphic Workshop Professional 7, please be sure uninstall all your
version 6 plugins, and then uninstall Graphic Workshop 6.
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