From alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com Sat Oct 29 08:41:00 2016 From: alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com (Alchemy Mindworks) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:41:00 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20161029084100.02941280@localhost> _______________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST UNSUBSCRIBE: http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter _______________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. Announcing Screen Saver Construction Set 7 2. Announcing Presentation Wizard 7 (Second Notification) 3. e-Paint 7 Revision 2 (Second Notification) 4. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 2 (Additional Notification) 5. Customers in the UK Channel Islands 6. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ Fully-downloadable carnage and mayhem for under $3. http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/lizardland.html _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Announcing Screen Saver Construction Set 7 _______________________________________________________________________ Screen Saver Construction Set 7 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of Screen Saver 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 Screen Saver 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 documents. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to Screen Saver Construction Set that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 6. - Build screen saver advertisements - this release adds support for On Close objects. Users of your screen savers will be able to visit your web page when their screen savers close. See the section of the Screen Saver Construction Set documentation that deals with On Close objects for more about how this works...it's cool. - Fixes several problems with the Installer script generator that could cause it to build incomplete or incorrect installers under some circumstances. - Addresses an issue in the screen saver run time that could cause some page objects to blink or flash when they were first displayed, depending on your build of Windows and your display hardware and driver. - Fixes a memory leak in the page object management logic. - Addresses a number of issues with the Favorites window. - 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. - Updates lots of user-interface issues throughout the application. - Screen Saver Construction Set 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 Screen Saver Construction Set 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/scspro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver Construction Set 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to Screen Saver Construction Set 7. If you registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver Construction Set 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to Screen Saver Construction Set 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run Screen Saver Construction Set 7, it will check to see if you have a registration for Screen Saver 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 Screen Saver Construction Set 7's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/scskey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Announcing Presentation Wizard 7 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Presentation Wizard 7 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of Presentation Wizard 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 Presentation Wizard 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 documents. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to Presentation Wizard that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 6. - Fixes several problems with the Installer script generator that could cause it to build incomplete or incorrect installers under some circumstances. - Addresses a number of issues with the Favorites window. - 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. - Updates lots of user-interface issues throughout the application. - Presentation Wizard 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 Presentation Wizard 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/prspro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation Wizard 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to Presentation Wizard 7. If you registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation Wizard 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to Presentation Wizard 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run Presentation Wizard 7, it will check to see if you have a registration for Presentation Wizard 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 Presentation Wizard 7's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/prskey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html _______________________________________________________________________ 3. e-Paint 7 Revision 2 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ e-Paint 7 has been updated. This release: - Addresses a number of issues that crept into the first release of e-Paint 7... as software is wont to do. - Fixes a bug in the Line tool that could see some of the non-flat line cap styles get clipped it large line sizes in some circumstances. - Fixes a wholly unrelated bug in the Line tool that could cause selected non-flat line cap styles to appear at the wrong end of the line, depending on the angle of the line being drawn. - Addresses several issues with the Association Wizard. - 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. - Updates UpToDate. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. - Updates the documentation. We'd like to urge all the users of e-Paint 7 to download and install this update... doubly so if you're running Windows 10. You can download e-Paint 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/paint.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to e-Paint 7. If you registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to e-Paint 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run e-Paint 7, it will check to see if you have a registration for e-Paint 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 e-Paint 7'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 _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 2 (Additional Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Graphic Workshop Professional 7 has been updated. This release: - Addresses a number of issues that crept into the first release of Graphic Workshop Professional 7... as software is wont to do. - 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. - Updates UpToDate. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. - Updates the documentation. We'd like to urge all the users of Graphic Workshop Professional 7 to download and install this update... doubly so if you're running Windows 10. You can Graphic Workshop Professional 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download ........................................................................ 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 ........................................................................ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Customers in the UK Channel Islands _______________________________________________________________________ It has come to our attention that those of our customers who reside on one of the UK channel islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark or Herm - don't have to pay VAT for Alchemy Mindworks software... or anything else. We're not sure how you arranged this, but very cool! If you have a Channel Islands UK credit card billing address, please enter the name of the island you reside on in the Town or City field of the Alchemy Mindworks e-commerce page and Channel Island in the Province or State field. No VAT or VAT service charges will appear in your order total. We hasten to add that the order form's logic looks for specific names in determining whether its users are entitled to this exemption. Spelling counts. _______________________________________________________________________ 6. 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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