From alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com Sat Dec 16 10:13:45 2017 From: alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com (Alchemy Mindworks) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:13:45 -0500 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20171216101345.024db8f0@localhost> _______________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST UNSUBSCRIBE: http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter _______________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. Announcing Font Wrangler 8 2. Announcing Screen Saver Construction Set 8 (Second Notification) 3. Graphic Workshop Professional 8 Revision 3 (Additional Notification) 4. Are You Running Graphic Workshop 6, GIF Construction Set 6, PNG MNG Construction Set 6 or The Ultimate Screen Clock 6? 5. Replying to this Message and List Removal _______________________________________________________________________ This book contains NO CHRISTMAS MUSIC - we absolutely promise. http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/darkmatter.html _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Announcing Font Wrangler 8 _______________________________________________________________________ Font Wrangler 8 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of Font Wrangler 8 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 Font Wrangler 8 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 managing large libraries of fonts. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to Font Wrangler 8 that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 7. ........................................................................ WHAT'S NEW The changes in version 8 include: - Improves the solid color selection buttons throughout the application with a quick palette selection window - just hold down the Shift key on your keyboard when you click to select a color to see it. There's a complete discussion of this window and how it interacts with the primary Colors window in the section of the Reference document that deals with Color Selection. - Font Wrangler 8 will optionally import most of the configuration items of an existing Font Wrangler 7 installation, if there's one on your system, eliminating the need to restore your preferences by hand. It will also remove your earlier software for you if you like. - Hardens the library interface underlying Font Wrangler 8 to make it more resistant to tampering. Sadly, the tampering in question appears to originate with some third-party security applications... which our lawyers would really prefer we didn't name. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. - Updates the documentation. We'd like to take this opportunity to express our sincere regrets for the minor bump in the price of Font Wrangler 8. In our defense, it's been about a decade and a half since it last changed. Bookkeepers may not be the most irresistible force in the universe, but they are the most relentless. You can download Font Wrangler 8 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/fontrang.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler 7 on or after April 1, 2017, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to Font Wrangler 8. If you registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler 7 prior to April 1, 2017, you can upgrade to Font Wrangler 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run Font Wrangler 8, it will check to see if you have a registration for Font Wrangler 7 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 8's menu bar. You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/fntkey.html and the upgrade order page at: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Announcing Screen Saver Construction Set 8 (Second Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Screen Saver Construction Set 8 has been released. We've refined the internal architecture of Screen Saver Construction Set 8 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 8 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 building extensive screen savers. The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to Screen Saver Construction Set 8 that were impractical or genuinely impossible under version 7. ........................................................................ WHAT'S NEW The changes in version 8 include: - Improves the solid color selection buttons throughout the application with a quick palette selection window - just hold down the Shift key on your keyboard when you click to select a color to see it. There's a complete discussion of this window and how it interacts with the primary Colors window in the section of the Reference document that deals with Color Selection. - Updates the runtime to make it quicker and more memory efficient. - Adds some new functionality to the ANIMAL language. - Screen Saver Construction Set 8 will optionally import most of the configuration items of an existing Screen Saver Construction Set 7 installation, if there's one on your system, eliminating the need to restore your preferences by hand. It will also remove your earlier software for you if you like. - Hardens the library interface underlying Screen Saver Construction Set 8 to make it more resistant to tampering. Sadly, the tampering in question appears to originate with some third-party security applications... which our lawyers would really prefer we didn't name. - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. - Updates the documentation. We'd like to take this opportunity to express our sincere regrets for the minor bump in the price of Screen Saver Construction Set 8. In our defense, it's been about a decade and a half since it last changed. Bookkeepers may not be the most irresistible force in the universe, but they are the most relentless. You can download Screen Saver Construction Set 8 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/scspro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver Construction Set 7 on or after April 1, 2017, you?re welcome to a free upgrade to Screen Saver Construction Set 8. If you registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver Construction Set 7 prior to April 1, 2017, you can upgrade to Screen Saver Construction Set 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run Screen Saver Construction Set 8, it will check to see if you have a registration for Screen Saver Construction Set 7 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 8'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 _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Graphic Workshop Professional 8 Revision 3 (Additional Notification) _______________________________________________________________________ Graphic Workshop Professional 8 has been updated. This release: - Addresses a few more issues that crept into the initial release of Graphic Workshop Professional 8. - Improves the solid color selection buttons throughout the application with a quick palette selection window - just hold down the Shift key on your keyboard when you click to select a color to see it. There's a complete discussion of this window and how it interacts with the primary Colors window in the section of the Reference document that deals with Color Selection. - Addresses an issue which prevented the Abort button in the Progress window from being recognized when Graphic Workshop was processing large numbers of high-resolution JPG files under some builds and configurations of Windows (if there was a penguin within 1500 meters of your house, possibly.) - Fixes a bug in e-Paint UltraLight that caused the floating tool and settings palette windows to become unselected during drawing in some circumstances - see the above reference to the proximity of a penguin. - Improves the JPG reader. - Updates several functions in the GWS Camera screen capture application. - Updates Archive Manager. - Addresses a potential security issue. We urge all users of Graphic Workshop Professional 8 to install this upgrade, and any users of earlier versions to consider upgrading as quickly as possible. You can download Graphic Workshop Professional 8 from: http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download ........................................................................ UPGRADES If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 7, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. When you first run Graphic Workshop Professional 8, it will check to see if you have a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 7 on your system. If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you if an upgrade option is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our web page and order an upgrade. The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help > Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of Graphic Workshop Professional 8's menu bar. 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Are You Running Graphic Workshop 6, GIF Construction Set 6, PNG MNG Construction Set 6 or The Ultimate Screen Clock 6? _______________________________________________________________________ The half-price upgrade path from version 6 Alchemy Mindworks software will be closing in just over a week. At present, you can still upgrade your version 6 applications to their vastly cooler version 8 progeny for half price. Among other things, you'll enjoy: - Graphic Workshop's enhanced Filter window and Archive Manager. - GIF Construction Set and PNG MNG Construction Set's batch processor. - The Ultimate Screen Clock's amazing animated Tubes and Flip styles. Please visit: http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html to upgrade to version 8 and save some cash. _______________________________________________________________________ 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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