From alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com Sat Mar 9 10:37:11 2019 From: alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 10:37:11 -0500 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks 886 Message-ID: Click here to UNSUBSCRIBE . ( http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter ) Contents: 1. ***Graphic Workshop Professional 9 Revision 8 **(new this weekend)* 2. **?RAW Digital Camera and Smart Phone Plugin Revision 4** 3. *?Announcing Voice Manager 9 **(second notification) * 4. ***PNG MNG Construction Set 9 Revision 2 *(additional notification) 5. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details * ***This year, enjoy a spring break with teeth. (Really big, viciously sharp teeth.) Click on the book.*** Graphic Workshop Professional 9 Revision 8? (new this weekend) Graphic Workshop Professional 9 has been updated. This release: * Fixes a bug in the *Favorites* window that could prevent it from creating new Favorites galleries under some configurations of Windows. It was admittedly, an obscure bug, but we chortled when it finally became demised. * Further improves the performance of the new *View window* update logic. * Fixes an embarrassing typo in the View mode closing save file prompt. From last weekend's release: * Rewrites the *View mode screen update logic*. It's now shockingly quick. It also has an Optimum Size mode that will display your pictures to completely fill the view window, rather than selecting the nearest integral zoom factor. We hasten to add that you can select Optimum Size as the default zoom level in Setup, and you can use the View mode Configure window to set your middle mouse button or mouse wheel to toggle between Optimum Size and 100% zoom. Because of the warped structure of the universe, we're fairly certain that there exists at least one computer... somewhere... that won't entirely get along with the improved screen update functionality. As such, you'll see a message the first time you open a picture in View to the effect that it can be reverted to the original banded screen update functionality. Unselect the Show Me This Message Again option to avoid seeing it in the future. * Rewrites the *thumbnail *read functionality to make Graphic Workshop's browser windows populate in less time... 'specially under Windows 10, which is? bit lackadaisical about such things. * Fixes a truly pernicious bug in the *View mode Filter window* and the batch mode and right-click Filter windows which could leak resources and crash things. We urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this version and nail this insidious little beast before it nails you. * Fixes pretty much the same pernicious bug in the *Textures and Fractals window*. * Adds the ability to remove permanent thumbnails from items in the *Search* window. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the thumbnail button. * Changes the behavior of the *Add Permanent Thumbnails* function of the Search window ? hold down the Alt key and click on the Thumbnail button. The previous behavior, which used the Shift key, could enable the face detection feature of the thumbnail generator if you didn't release the Shift key quickly enough. * Updates the documentation. * 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. RAW Digital Camera and Smartphone Plugin Revision 4 for Graphic Workshop Professional 9 The RAW Digital Camera Plugin for Graphic Workshop Professional 9 has been updated to address several security issues and format variations. It currently processes pictures from 1,016 popular digital cameras and phones, including iPhones and the 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. 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. 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. Announcing Voice Manager 9 (second notification) The Yamaha DX7, TX7, reface DX and the Korg Volca FM synthesizers are amazingly cool... among other things because their voices can be programmed to make them sound like pretty much anything you can imagine. In the event that you're not feeling very imaginative, there's also a voice-sharing community from which to download buckets of fresh sounds for them. Alchemy Mindworks' Voice Manager will keep track of banks of synthesizer voices, allowing them to be saved as permanent disk files. It also embodies an intuitive voice editor, and numerous other tools to make these instruments totally rock. If you play keyboards, we invite you to check out Voice Manager. ("Reface DX" is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation, as are "DX7" and "TX7." Alchemy Mindworks has no business affiliation with Yamaha Corporation. The names reface DX, DX7, TX7 and Yamaha are used herein for descriptive purposes only. "Volca FM" is a trademark of Korg Inc. Alchemy Mindworks has no business affiliation with Korg Inc. The names Volca FM and Korg are used herein for descriptive purposes only.) PNG MNG Construction Set 9 Revision 2 (additional 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. Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details 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. 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