From alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com Sat Jun 27 09:40:29 2020 From: alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:40:29 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <647585ef-37b5-f6a8-c263-ff9cd8052a36@mindworkshop.com> ***This is an automatic posting ?from the Alchemy Mindworks Update Mailing List * Click here to UNSUBSCRIBE . ( http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter ) View this message in your web browser . ?Contents: 1. ***Graphic Workshop Professional Revision 8* (additional notification) 2. *PNG MNG Construction Set 10 Revision 5 * 3. *?Animation Workshop 10 Revision 4 *(second notification)** 4. *?Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details** * *Witchcraft isn't just for Halloween... and when it's 20 below and your car won't start. * *Click on the book.** * Graphic Workshop Professional 10 Revision 8 (additional notification) Graphic Workshop Professional 10 has been updated. Among its new and updated features are: * *Graphic Libraries:* The libraries that open and save graphic files for Graphic Workshop's ancillary applications, such as Camera, e-Paint UltraLight, GIF Construction Set UltraLight, have been reviewed, line by line, until several programmers begged for a few days of differential calculus instead. They're now substantially more secure, and as such more resistant to malformed graphic files that have been crafted to install malware on your computer. They're also quicker and have smaller memory footprints. We urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to the current release and nail these vulnerabilities before they nail you. * *Ancillary Application Security:*In our continuing determination to ensure that Graphic Workshop presents no opportunities for cybercretins to exploit, we've done a line-by-line review of its source code of all its ancillary applications, such as Camera, e-Paint UltraLight, GIF Construction Set UltraLight, to find any potential buffer overruns. Several turned up. Now they're history. * *JPE Association:* Adds a link to the list of associated file types to support JPE files, an alternate extension for JPG. * *Textures and Fractals:* Adds the Threads texture, a wildly ebullient procedural fractal that simulates complex surfaces as sequences of random twisted lines. You really need to see this puppy at work to truly appreciate how alternate-universe it can get. The example animation shown here, comprised of several example Threads textures, represents but a fraction of its capabilities. * *Animated GIF: *Addresses a number of performance and security issues in the animated GIF reader. It also fixes the status bar graph, so it behaves itself when an animated GIF document reads. * *e-Paint Tool Box: *Addresses a cosmetic bug in the e-Paint UltraLight tool box window, under some configurations of Windows. * *Crop menu:* Updates the Setup window to include an option to enable and disable the right-click menu in the Crop window. * *Performance:* Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * *Documentation:* Updates the documentation. If you haven't installed Graphic Workshop Professional 10 yet, you might want to review a more extensive list of its new functionality and enhancements . Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 10. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 9, we invite you to *upgrade to **Graphic Workshop Professional 10* for half the single-user license price. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page. PNG MNG Construction Set 10 Revision 5 If you build or maintain web pages and you're still using GIF animations, prepare to experience the state of the art. PNG MNG Construction Set 10 has been updated. Among its new and enhanced features are: * *Graphic Libraries:* The libraries that open and save graphic files for PNG MNG Construction Set have been reviewed, line by line, until several programmers begged for a few days of differential calculus instead. They're now substantially more secure, and as such more resistant to malformed graphic files that have been crafted to install malware on your computer. They're also quicker and have smaller memory footprints. We urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Setto update to the current release and nail these vulnerabilities before they nail you. * *Animation Workshop:* The file selection panes of Animation Workshop now reference the Windows thumbnail cache to build their thumbnail graphics. Animation Workshop's user interface is way quicker. * *Plugins:* Nails a potential memory leak in the plugin interface. * *Photostack:* Addresses a problem that could cause image chunks to appear at incorrect locations when a Photostack animation was created under some configurations of Windows. * *Performance: *Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * *Documentation:* Updates the documentation. Click on the blue button to download PNG MNG Construction Set 10. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 9, we invite you to *upgrade to **PNG MNG Construction Set 10* for half the single-user license price. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page. Animation Workshop 10 Revision 4 (second notification) Animation Workshop 10 has been updated. Among its new and enhanced features are: * *Application Security:*In our continuing determination to ensure that Animation Workshop presents no opportunities for cybercretins to exploit, we've done a line-by-line review of its source code to find any potential buffer overruns. Several turned up. Now they're history. * *Graphic Libraries:* The libraries that open and save graphic files for Animation Workshop have been reviewed, line by line, until several programmers begged for a few days of differential calculus instead. They're now substantially more secure, and as such more resistant to malformed graphic files that have been crafted to install malware on your computer. They're also quicker and have smaller memory footprints. We urge all users of Animation Workshop to update to the current release and nail these vulnerabilities before they nail you. * *Help: *Fixes a number of misdirected links in the Help buttons around the application. * *Rendering Engine: *Improves the animation rendering engine, dealing with a few inconsistencies of object placement. * *Performance: *Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * *Documentation:* Updates the documentation. Click on the blue button to download Animation Workshop 10. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 9, we invite you to *upgrade to **Animation Workshop 10* for half the single-user license price. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page. 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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