From alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com Sat Dec 24 10:43:25 2016 From: alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com (Alchemy Mindworks) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:43:25 -0500 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20161224104325.02e63810@localhost> _______________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST UNSUBSCRIBE: http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter _______________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. Text Effects #3 Plugin for GIF Construction Set 7 and PNG MNG Construction Set 7 Revision 2 2. Screen Saver Construction Set 7 Revision 2 (Second Notification) 3. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 3 (Additional Notification) 4. Upgrade from Version 5 (For a Limited Time Only) 5. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ We'd like to take this opportunity to wish all the users of our software and other products a happy, joyous and appropriately overindulgent holiday... whatever you call it in your house. Be with the ones you love, and thank them for not giving you socks. Wassail. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Text Effects #3 Plugin for GIF Construction Set 7 and PNG MNG Construction Set 7 Revision 2 _______________________________________________________________________ The Text Effects #3 Plugin has been updated. This release: - Improves the text metrics for non-standard TrueType fonts. - Fixes a bug that could crash the Plasma Arc effect if large fonts and lots of text was used. - Addresses several memory and resource leaks. - Generally speeds up the user interface. - Addresses a number of issues with the rendering engine. - Improves the usual GDI and performance things that programmers just can't resist noodling with. We recommend that all users of the version 7 Text Effects #3 plugin download and install this update. You can download the Text Effects #3 Plugin 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-tx3.html _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Screen Saver Construction Set 7 Revision 2 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Create epic Windows screen savers! Screen Saver Construction Set 7 has been updated. This release: - Addresses a number of issues that crept into the first release of Screen Saver Construction Set 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 several potential compatibility issues in the installer script function. - Updates the screen saver runtime. - Addresses a number of user interface issues. - Updates the graphic import logic. - Addresses several theoretical security issues. - Improves the validation logic for Windows 10 users. - 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 have previously registered or upgraded to Screen Saver Construction Set 6, you can upgrade to Screen Saver Construction Set 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Please see: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 3 (Additional Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Graphic Workshop Professional 7 has been updated. This release: - Fixes a bug in the new combined Save As window that could prevent the File Name field from getting the keyboard focus in some circumstances, under some builds of Windows, in some quantum universes. - Adds a thumbnail-based history list to the GWS Camera screen capture to provide its users with a visual record of what's been snagged, and a quick way to view and delete existing captures. - Adds a Recent files list to the Graphic Workshop browser right-click menu, to make it easy to re-use recently-opened documents. We hasten to add that this feature has a fair number of less-than-obvious options to improve its usefulness. We further hasten to add that if you don't want Graphic Workshop to remember which files you've opened, it can be disabled in Setup. See the section of the Reference Document that deals with Browser Windows. - For everyone who's asked for a keyboard shortcut for the Save function of Graphic Workshop's View mode... open the Configuration window from the Picture menu in View mode, enable Ctrl+Shift+S Shortcut For Save and your wish shall be granted. We regard this one as something of a power user option... assuming that "power user" is still a thing... and as such, it defaults to being disabled. Once set, it will be remembered between sessions. - Graphic Workshop's EXE self-displaying pictures have been updated to the latest Presentation Wizard runtime, which will make them quicker, and addresses a few memory and resource leaks that beset their ancestors. - Graphic Workshop's SCR convert to Windows screen savers have been updated to the latest Screen Saver Construction Set runtime, which also makes them quicker and addresses a few memory and resource leaks that beset their ancestors. It also enables Screen Saver Construction Set 7's resolution-independent screen savers. - Adds an option to GWS Camera to have the left Alt or Ctrl key capture your screen, and the right Alt or Ctrl key summon the Setup window. See the discussion of the Right Modifier Open Setup option. Note that this feature is disabled by default, so it doesn't confuse the unwary. - Addresses several theoretical security issues. - Improves the validation logic for Windows 10 users. - Addresses a number of user interface issues. - 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 As of this writing, if you're running Graphic Workshop 5 or 6, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Please visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Upgrade from Version 5 (For a Limited Time Only) _______________________________________________________________________ If you're still using one of the version 5 Alchemy Mindworks applications, we invite you to upgrade to the corresponding version 7 software for half the new single-user license cost. For example, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 7 for $22.49. Aside from adding new features and improved functionality to our software, the version 7 upgrades are compatible with Windows 10. Version 5 applications will not install or run under Windows 10. The half-price upgrade from version 5 will be available until December 30, 2016... after which it will be history. Please visit http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ This message has been sent from an unmonitored address - please do not reply to it. To remove your address from this mailing list or to change your address, please visit our web page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/update-list.html Removal requests will be processed instantly. ....................................................................... 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