From alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com Sat Mar 16 10:32:06 2019 From: alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:32:06 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <9ab5aa92-d4dd-e1c8-83ba-50b57c0b6616@mindworkshop.com> Click here to UNSUBSCRIBE . ( http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter ) Contents: 1. *?The Ultimate Screen Clock 9 Revision 2* 2. *?Graphic Workshop Professional 9 Revision 8 **(second notification) * 3. **?RAW Digital Camera & Smart Phone Plugin Revision 4 *****(second notification) *** 4. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details * *** The evil empire wasn't really evil... it was just written that way. Click on the book.*** The Ultimate Screen Clock 9 Revision 2 The Ultimate Screen Clock 9 has been updated. This release: * Adds the *Radio* *clock style*, examples of which are illustrated here. The small graphics don't really do this one justice. Harkening back to a fanciful past ? which is way more fun than a dystopian present ? the Radio style is available in three sizes, with and without a bezel, and in animated versions in which its digits cycle, just like back when a personal computer was about the size of an Amazon warehouse. You might want to stand well back from your monitor if you select one of the Huge style options. Note that you'll need to download and install the extra styles library for The Ultimate Screen Clock to access all the Radio style options. * Updates the *Select Style window* to generate list graphics in the background, to minimize the delay as you initially scroll through the available clocks. The Select Style windows are a lot more responsive now, and way easier to use. There's a complete discussion of this functionality in the section of the Reference document that deals with selecting styles, and we hasten to mention that it can be disabled if you don't like it as much as we did. * Updates the *PNG readers and writers* in The Ultimate Screen Clock address some security issues. We strongly urge all users of The Ultimate Screen Clock to update to this version to close these potential security holes. * Addresses some potential timing issues in the*Net Time* functionality. * Improves the *clock rendering engine*. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Click on the blue button to download The Ultimate Screen Clock 9. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for The Ultimate Screen Clock 8, we invite you to upgrade to The Ultimate Screen Clock 9 for *half the current new-user price*. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page. 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. 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. 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