From alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com Sat Mar 3 10:20:52 2018 From: alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply0991 at mindworkshop.com) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 10:20:52 -0500 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: Click here to UNSUBSCRIBE . ( http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter ) Contents: 1. *?Graphic Workshop****Professional* 8 Revision 6 (new this weekend) 2. *?Screen Saver Construction Set *8 Revision 2(second notification) 3. Do You See the *G**raphics* in this Message? 4. ?Replying to this Message and List Removal * Murder, treachery, dark forces, lust, madness, witchcraft and really, really bad behavior. ** (..and that's just chapter one. Click on the book.) * Graphic Workshop Professional 8 Revision 6 (new this week) Graphic Workshop Professional 8 has been updated. This release: * Addresses some security issues in the JPEG library used by Graphic Workshop and several of its ancillary applications. It's our understanding that the previous version of the JPEG library used by Graphic Workshop could have allowed a maliciously-crafted JPEG graphic to execute arbitrary code on a host computer. The world includes some really scary people. Graphic Workshop itself and the library called by its ancillary applications to read and write JPG files have been rebuilt using the latest - and wholly secure - JPEG functionality. We'd like to urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release ASAP. Don't close this message 'til you've clicked on the appropriate button below. * We've also updated the ancillary JPEG reader to be aware of the presence of EXIF metadata in the JPEG files it reads and adjust the orientation of the resulting pictures if they were taken with a camera held in something other than the traditional landscape position. While Graphic Workshop itself has handled this function for years, now the applications that come bundled with it - such as Presentation Wizard UltraLight, e-Paint UltraLight and Montage - do so as well. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Upgrades If you have previously registered or upgraded to Graphic Workshop Professional 7, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. * NOTE:* If you're currently running Graphic Workshop Professional 6 or Graphic Workshop Professional 7, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to the current release to address the JPEG archive vulnerability described above. Users of Graphic Workshop Professional 7 can upgrade to version 8 for half price. While the half-price upgrade path from the version 6 software has expired, our upgrade e-commerce page will accept half-price upgrades from users of Graphic Workshop Professional 6 for the next two weeks. If you see a message therein to the effect that upgrades are only available for version 7 and 8, you can safely ignore it. Click on the huge blue button below. Screen Saver Construction Set 8 Revision 2(second notification) Screen Saver Construction Set 8 has been updated. This release: * Adds a Scrapbook. Quickly add your page objects - buttons, pictures, animations, frames and such - to the Screen Saver Construction Set Scrapbook so they can subsequently be browsed and reused in later presentations. If you build or maintain multiple Screen Saver Construction Set documents, this thing saves several light-years of mouse activity. There's a complete discussion of the new Scrapbook feature in the Reference document for Screen Saver Construction Set's manual, stealthily entitled "Scrapbook." * Updates the JPEG reader to address several security vulnerabilities. This is a potentially serious threat, and we strongly urge all users of Screen Saver Construction Set to update to this release immediately. * Updates the JPEG reader to adjust the orientation of images taken with a camera that was something other than horizontal at the time, and which added EXIF data to the JPEGs in question to indicate their correct orientation. * Updates the document runtime. * Updates the installer script generator. * Address several issues with the Page editor. We're loath to call them "bugs," because, really, who likes bugs... * Improves the graphic import filter logic to deal with more weird and mutated graphic file types. Yes, they're out there, and they know where you live. * Adds assistance buttons to the initial registration key windows. Click on the question marks if you discover yourself to be lost. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Upgrades If you have previously registered or upgraded to Screen Saver Construction Set 7, you can upgrade to Screen Saver Construction Set 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Click on the huge blue button below. Do You See the Graphics in this Message? (second notification) We've heard from several subscribers to the Alchemy Mindworks update mailing list about how much more readable these postings would be if they included pictures. A few small icons would be cool, perhaps some clickable buttons... Needless to say, there were pictures in this one when it was uploaded to the list server. If you're not seeing the graphics, chances are your mail reader is blocking them. Some web-based mail clients and software mail applications do so by default, either to conserve bandwidth or under the assumption that some graphic objects can be potential security threats. We hasten to add that the PNG graphics in these postings aren't among them. If you're not seeing the pictures, please visit http://blog.mindworkshop.com/alchemy-mindworks/graphics-in-update-list/ for the whole lurid tale, and a set of mouse-friendly instructions for resolving this issue. In other circumstances we'd have used a cool graphic button for the foregoing link, but if you need it, you wouldn't have been able to see it. 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 or click on the Unsubscribe button: Removal requests will be processed instantly. If you have questions about this list or any Alchemy Mindworks products, please contact us at http://www.mindworkshop.com/email-alchemy.html or click on the button below: You can also contact us by telephone at (705) 789-5238, and by snail-mail at Alchemy Mindworks, L10 C8 Brunel, Huntsville, ON P1H 2J3, CANADA. Copyright (c) 1998 - 2018 Alchemy Mindworks. All rights reserved. Use no hooks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bplejhegmninngig.png Type: image/png Size: 73296 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: oljghajbkcdgmcll.png Type: image/png Size: 51081 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mkacbighpglnpmom.png Type: image/png Size: 4468 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: epiahnnpolijeldn.png Type: image/png Size: 6950 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: halljlalkpefedbo.png Type: image/png Size: 6008 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: fkploidnfapkpice.png Type: image/png Size: 85 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pmlgaednllgcjihc.png Type: image/png Size: 4054 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: faobbeblbpehmfeo.png Type: image/png Size: 2776 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: eilepicfpfeeifhj.png Type: image/png Size: 3518 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: kimpollpihjeacjd.png Type: image/png Size: 6549 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: kmbfmpmfldnjadbi.png Type: image/png Size: 6742 bytes Desc: not available URL: