From alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com Sat Feb 23 10:29:12 2019 From: alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 10:29:12 -0500 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: Click here to UNSUBSCRIBE . ( http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter ) Contents: 1. ***Alpha Paint + Icon Editor Revision 6* 2. *?Graphic Workshop Professional 9 Revision 6 *(additional notification) 3. *PNG MNG Construction Set 9 Revision 2 *(second notification) 4. *?GIF Construction Set Professional 9 Revision 2*(additional notification)** 5. ***Announcing Dragonsbane by Steven William Rimmer *(additional notification) 6. *?Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details * *** Everything you could possibly want in a castle. Except an exit. Click on the book.*** Alpha Paint + Icon Editor 9 Revision 6 Alpha Paint 9 has been updated. This release: * Fixes a bug in the file save logic? that could cause it to spuriously prompt for a file name. * Improves the user interface of the *interactive resizing* tool, and tightens up the resize logic. * Updates the *PNG readers and writers* address some security issues. We strongly urge all users of the software to update to this version to close these potential security holes. * Addresses several more of minor issues in the settings pane. * Improves the drawing engine's performance. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Graphic Workshop Professional 9 Revision 6(additional notification) Graphic Workshop Professional 9 has been updated. This release: * There's always one more bug... but this one seems to be in Windows. Under some builds of Windows, previous releases of Graphic Workshop would open their Search windows if you tried to edit a folder name and in so doing hit the backspace key. The current update has been disabused of this behavior. From the previous release: * Addresses a number of issues with the Save and Open *Browser Tabs* functionality. This update also improves the speed with which large groups of browser tabs can be opened. * Updates the *PNG readers and writers* in Graphic Workshop and its ancillary applications to address some security issues. We strongly urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this version to close these potential security holes. * Improves the *Crop* optimized view mode image quality. * Improves the *thumbnail* memory management, which will allow for faster thumbnail displays, especially on systems with limited resources or lots of other software running. * Fixes a bug in the file save logic of *Icon Editor UltraLight* that could cause it to spuriously prompt for a file name. * Fixes a potential crash in the *GWS Camera* screen capture. * Addresses a number of user interface issues in *Presentation Wizard UltraLight*... and updates its example document. * Improves the color matching logic in *GIF Construction Set UltraLight's* Animation Wizard. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 8, we invite you to upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 9 for *half the current new-user price*. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page. PNG MNG Construction Set 9 Revision 2 (second notification) PNG MNG Construction Set 9 has been updated. This release: * Adds several additional *Throbber* styles. Select Throbbers from the Edit menu if you've thus far overlooked this feature. Throbbers are the animations that appear when an on-line medium is waiting for something to happen. PNG MNG Construction Set creates some truly unique ones... examples of which appear here. * Addresses a number of minor issues in the *Throbbers* window. * Fixes a number of... dare we say bugs... from the initial version 9 release. * Updates the *batch processor* to improve its performance and fix a memory leak... albeit a somewhat theoretical one. * Stomps a color management problem in the *Transitions* window ? it now creates somewhat better animations when it's confronted with source images having a wide palette of colors. * Updates the *PNG readers and writers* in PNG MNG Construction Set address some security issues. We strongly urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set to update to this version to close these potential security holes. * 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 PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 8, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 9 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Click on the huge blue button below. GIF Construction Set Professional 9 Revision 2 (additional notification) GIF Construction Set Professional 9 has been updated. This release: * Adds several additional *Throbber* styles. Select Throbbers from the Edit menu if you've thus far overlooked this feature. Throbbers are the animations that appear when an on-line medium is waiting for something to happen. GIF Construction Set creates some truly unique ones... examples of which appear here. * Addresses a number of minor issues in the *Throbbers* window. * Fixes a number of... dare we say bugs... from the initial version 9 release. * Updates the *batch processor* to improve its performance and fix a memory leak... albeit a somewhat theoretical one. * Stomps a color management problem in the *Transitions* window ? it now creates somewhat better animations when it's confronted with source images having a wide palette of colors. * Updates the *PNG readers and writers* in GIF Construction Set address some security issues. We strongly urge all users of GIF Construction Set to update to this version to close these potential security holes. * 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 GIF Construction Set Professional 8, you can upgrade to?GIF Construction Set Professional 9 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Click on the huge blue button below. Announcing Dragonsbane by Steven William Rimmer? (additional notification) We'd like to thank everyone who's e-mailed over the past few years to ask when there would be a new novel by Steven William Rimmer. It's here, and it's available in e-book and paperback editions through Amazon. Please click on the big blue button, below, to find out more about it. We've been instructed to mention that there are no actual dragons therein, in that dragons, while mythical and cool, don't really exist. Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details This message has been sent from an unmonitored address - please do not reply to it. 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