From alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com Sat Jun 3 10:17:00 2017 From: alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com (Alchemy Mindworks) Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:17:00 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20170603101700.039c1550@localhost> _______________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST UNSUBSCRIBE: http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter _______________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. PNG MNG Construction Set 7 Revision 6 2. Screen Saver Construction Set 7 Revision 4 (Second Notification) 3. Presentation Wizard 7 Revision 3 (Second Notification) 4. 10 Sublime Tweets about Graphic Workshop Professional 7 (Additional Notification) 5. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ Lawyers - the other white meat. http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/lizardland.html _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 1. PNG MNG Construction Set 7 Revision 6 _______________________________________________________________________ PNG MNG Construction Set 7 has been updated. This release: - Adds Convert to RGB with Alpha to the Chunk / Convert submenu. PNG MNG Construction Set will now convert images and animations having lower color depths to full 32-bit alpha, with transparency preserved. This feature is exceedingly handy for converting the PNG and MNG weird-beard transparency structures to graphics and animations that other, less worldly applications can import and display correctly. For everyone who's asked how to accomplish this, it's waiting for you. - Updates the MNG viewer to improve its playback timing accuracy and address a few cosmetic issues for marginal source material. - Fixes a problem with the Preview window in Animation Wizard. - 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 ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you have previously registered or upgraded to PNG MNG Construction Set 6, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Please visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Screen Saver Construction Set 7 Revision 4 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Screen Saver Construction Set 7 has been updated. This release: - Adds Windows' internal support for MP3 sound files. You can use MP3s anywhere in a Screen Saver Construction Set document where WAV files work. Note that the Files of Type field near the bottom of the Open window for Insert Sound now includes an entry for MP3. - Addresses a number of user interface issues. - Addresses a number of issues in the Print function, including some page metrics and a problem with the Print window that previously prevented it from successfully finding the default printer under some builds of Windows. - Addresses a number of issues in the Applet editor. - Updates the document runtime to implement a number of performance improvements. - Speeds up the object display logic. - Addresses several problems in the Favorites window. - Addresses a potential security issue. - Updates the validation logic to deal with several additional... if happily obscure... Windows 10 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 Screen Saver Construction Set 7 to download and install this update... doubly so if you're running Windows 10. You can download Screen Saver Construction Set 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/scspro.html ........................................................................ 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 visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Presentation Wizard 7 Revision 3 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Presentation Wizard 7 has been updated. This release: - Addresses a problem that prevented Photo Album Wizard from opening under some builds of Windows. - Addresses a number of issues in the Applet editor. From last week: - Adds Windows' internal support for MP3 sound files. You can use MP3s anywhere in a Presentation Wizard document where WAV files work. Note that the Files of Type field near the bottom of the Open window for Insert Sound now includes an entry for MP3. - Addresses a number of user interface issues. - Addresses a number of issues in the Print function, including some page metrics and a problem with the Print window that previously prevented it from successfully finding the default printer under some builds of Windows. - Updates the document runtime to implement a number of performance improvements. - Speeds up the object display logic. - Addresses several problems in the Favorites window. - Addresses a potential security issue. - Updates the validation logic to deal with several additional... if happily obscure... Windows 10 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 Presentation Wizard 7 to download and install this update... doubly so if you're running Windows 10. You can download Presentation Wizard 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/prspro.html ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you have previously registered or upgraded to Presentation Wizard 6, you can upgrade to Presentation Wizard 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Please visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. 10 Sublime Tweets about Graphic Workshop Professional 7 (Additional Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ 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 Professional 7'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: - Get full-on alien with the Glass Block filter. - Create an infinity of surfaces with Textures and Fractals. - Be a star with the Shape filter! (or a pentagram, or a triangle...) - View and edit the secret EXIF metadata in your digital photos. - The Photo Caption window - a thousand words plus yours. - Convert your photos into self-displaying, distributable Windows applications. - The Adjust window - refine your photos interactively. - Create the smallest possible JPEGs with Supercompressor and the MOZ JPEG plugin. - Crop mode - batch-crop up to 65,000 photos in a single operation. - Matt and Frame... and fractal textures. Surround your photos with unreality. You can download a copy of Graphic Workshop Professional 7 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download ........................................................................ If you're still using Graphic Workshop 6, 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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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