[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
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Contents:
1. * Announcing Pagan Daybook 9
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2. * RAW Digital Camera and Smartphone Plugin
Revision 3 for Graphic Workshop 9**(second notification)*
3. ***Font Wrangler 9 **(additional notification)*
4. * Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details *
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Announcing Pagan Daybook 9
Pagan Daybook 9 has been released. We've further refined its
architecture to make it more memory-efficient, and to better utilize
the resources available under Windows 10. (We hasten to add that it
still performs admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the
way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)
Among the new features and enhancements to Pagan Daybook 9, you'll
find that it:
* Adds a *Transitions* mode to the screen saver background
selections. Transitions serves to keep Pagan Daybook's screen
savers from getting old by changing their backgrounds every few
minutes. You can configure which backgrounds are included in its
rotation, and how long it should sleep between switches. See the
Select Screen Savers item of the right-click menu.
* Adds a selection of new screen saver background graphics,
including the graphics from The Ultimate Screen Clock. This
being the case, you'll find a few unexpected ones, such as the
redoubtable Steampunk random plumbing background. Use the ones
that work for you... just don't let yourself follow the
aforementioned plumbing.
* Updates all the*image import libraries* to improve their
performance and to deal with more weird-beard PNG and JPG files.
They're out there, lurking...
* Adjusts the *memory footprint* of Pagan Daybook. This allows it
to better get along with Windows' memory management logic, load
a bit quicker and run more effectively and reliably, especially
if it finds itself on a system that's a bit short of memory.
* Enhances the sneakiness of the *validation logic* to further
reduce the likelihood of Pagan Daybook un-registering itself and
thereafter deciding that its key is already in use because
Windows 10 has silently updated something. Hopefully this one
nails the problem until the end of time.
* Improves the*texture engine*. It's a ceaseless quest...
* Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software
developers never really stop meddling with.
* Updates the documentation.
As in years past, when you run Pagan Daybook 9 for the first time,
it will look for a previous installation of Pagan Daybook8 and
optionally *copy your existing configuration*, so you won't have to
set everything up by hand.
Click on the blue button to download Pagan Daybook9.
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/pagan.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Pagan Daybook
8 on or after May 1, 2018, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to
Pagan Daybook9.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Pagan Daybook
8 prior to May 1, 2018, we invite you to upgrade to Pagan Daybook9
for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Pagan Daybook9, it will determine which
upgrade option applies to your license.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>
You can access the no-cost upgrade page
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/pagkey.html> directly by clicking on
the foregoing link.
RAW Digital Camera and Smartphone Plugin Revision 3 for Graphic
Workshop Professional 9
(second notification)
The RAW Digital Camera Plugin for Graphic Workshop Professional 9
has been updated to improve its image handling for many of the
cameras it supports.
It currently processes pictures from 1,016 popular digital cameras
and phones, including iPhones and Samsung Galaxy.
If you haven't encountered this technology before, most digital
cameras that didn't arrive as a prize in a cereal box create JPEG
images by default, but they can be configured to store raw sensor
data. Correctly processed, pictures saved to RAW files look vastly
better than JPEGs, as they suffer no image degradation.
The "correctly processed" part is this plugin. The RAW Digital
Camera Plugin will let you view RAW image files exactly as your
camera created them, and store them in a non-lossy format, such as PNG.
If you own a digital camera or a supported phone - or if you're just
thinking about buying one - you and your immediate descendants will
thank you for downloading this plugin. See the download link, below,
for a complete list of the cameras the plugin supports.
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwsplugins.html#CRW>
You'll need to be running Graphic Workshop Professional 9 to install
this plugin. If you're running an earlier version of Graphic
Workshop, please click on the huge blue button below to upgrade to
Graphic Workshop Professional 9 and access this amazing plugin.
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>
In the event that you have a registration key for an earlier release
of the RAW Digital Camera Plugin, note that it will still work with
this version.
iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. Samsung Galaxy is a trademark of
Samsung Electronics. Alchemy Mindworks has no business relationship
with Apple Inc. or Samsung Electronics. These trade names are used
herein for reference only.
Font Wrangler 9 (additional notification)
Font Wrangler 9 has been released. We've further refined its
architecture to make it more memory-efficient, and to better utilize
the resources available under Windows 10. (We hasten to add that it
still performs admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the
way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)
Among the new features and enhancements to Font Wrangler9, you'll
find that it:
* Adds *ZIP archive support*.
If you like to download fonts from the innumerable font
repositories around the Internet, you'll probably have noticed
that most of them arrive in ZIP archives. While it's hardly
taxing to un-ZIP one or two of these things, doing so for dozens
or even hundreds of ZIPped fonts can be time-consuming and
potentially a bit confusing, as the file names used for fonts
usually lean toward being decidedly cryptic.
Font Wrangler will let you browse, view and install fonts from
within ZIP archives. You won't have to explicitly extract the
TTF or OTF files therein to your hard drive to access them.
* Updates all the *image import and export* libraries to improve
their performance.
* Updates the *font preview window* to maximize its vertical
dimension based on the size of your desktop. Unless you
configure it to use a really large point size or you preview
extremely weird fonts, you shouldn't have to scroll around to
see the entire font listing.
* Updates the default behavior of the *list right-click menus* to
operate on the font that has been clicked on, rather than those
that have been selected. Note that you can revert to the
previous behavior for the right-click menus in Setup, should you
prefer it.
* Adds a *tool bar* to the Font Wrangler application window, to
make accessing its primary functions easier and more intuitive.
* Adjusts the *memory footprint* of Font Wrangler 9. This allows
it to better get along with Windows' memory management logic,
load a bit quicker and run more effectively and reliably,
especially if it finds itself on a system that's a bit short of
memory.
* Enhances the sneakiness of the *validation logic* to further
reduce the likelihood of Font Wrangler 9un-registering itself
and thereafter deciding that its key is already in use because
Windows 10 has silently updated something. Hopefully this one
nails the problem until the end of time.
* Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software
developers never really stop meddling with.
* Updates the documentation.
As in years past, when you run Font Wrangler 9 for the first time,
it will look for a previous installation of Font Wrangler 8 and
optionally *copy your existing configuration*, so you won't have to
set everything up by hand.
Click on the blue button to download Font Wrangler 9.
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/fontrang.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler8
on or after May 1, 2018, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to
Font Wrangler9.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler8
prior to May 1, 2018, we invite you to upgrade to Font Wrangler9 for
*half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Font Wrangler9, it will determine which
upgrade option applies to your license.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>
You can access the no-cost upgrade page
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/fntkey.html> directly by clicking on
the foregoing link.
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