[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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        Contents:

 1. * Graphic Workshop Professional 11 Revision 11 *(additional
    notification)
 2. * Font Wrangler 11 Revision 2 *
 3. * e-Paint 11 Revision 3 *(second notification)
 4. * Alchemy Mindworks Web Site*
 5. * Wyccad is in the World*
 6. * Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*

******
*Wyccad is in the World, a**vailable in newly-revised
Amazon print and e-book editions.
**
Click on the book, or see item 5, below.*
	<http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/wyccad.html>


    Graphic Workshop Professional 10 Revision 11
    (additional notification)



Graphic Workshop Professional 11 has been updated to address a few 
additional issues. In this release:

  * *Watermark:* A timing issue in the browser-based Watermark window
    that could cause typing to appear very slowly in its Edit field
    under some configurations of Windows has been resolved.

  * *Neon Filter:* The Neon filter in Graphic Workshop's View mode
    Filter window now handles mega-pixel images more uniformly.

  * *Filter Interface:* A bug in the Filters window user interface that
    could prevent the preview-image scroll from working — or just lock
    the window entirely, depending on your Windows configuration — has
    been stomped.

 From the previous release:

  * *JPEG Security:* A potential security issue in Graphic Workshop's
    JPEG library interface has been identified and addressed.

  * *Oil Painting Filter:* A memory leak in the Oil Painting filter that
    tended to crash Graphic Workshop when large digital camera images
    were transformed into motel art therein has been fixed.

  * *FIT Format:* A bug in the FIT file reader that failed to free some
    system resources when FIT files were read has been stomped.

  * *Find in Browser:* The Find in Browser window can now be closed by
    clicking outside it.

  * *Thumbnail Pre-cache:* The Graphic Workshop thumbnail pre-cache
    logic attempts to guess which thumbnails you're going to screen over
    next, when Graphic Workshop first boots up, and load them before
    they're needed to allow for smoother scrolling. The logic that
    drives the pre-cache has been enhanced to make it more intuitive...
    or more likely to guess correctly.

    In addition, you can now adjust the delay time between pre-cached
    thumbnail fetches to fine-tune the pre-cache functionality to your
    computer. See the discussion of Thumbnail Pre-caching in the
    Reference document of Graphic Workshop's manual.

  * *Filter Thumbnails:* A resource issue that could crash Graphic
    Workshop's Filter window if its previous-iteration thumbnails were
    clicked on has been addressed.

  * *Average:*The Average filter in Graphic Workshop's Filters window
    hitherto could ignore the setting of its Wide Aperture option under
    some configurations of Windows. It now pays attention all the time.

  * *Filter Preview:* The Filter window preview was disposed to refusing
    to update correctly under some configurations of Windows. This has
    been nailed.

  * *Alpha Filters:* Some combinations of Filters in Graphic Workshop's
    Filter window could cause final graphics to be displayed entirely in
    shades of red and black if alpha transparency was involved. This has
    been fixed.

  * *e-Paint UltraLight:* The Filter interface for e-Paint UltraLight
    has been updated to address a number of crashes.

  * *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 experienced Graphic Workshop Professional 11 as yet, 
please see its initial release announcement 
<http://doc.mindworkshop.com/976.html> for a list of all its new and 
enhanced functionality.

Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 11.


    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
Professional 10, we invite you to *upgrade to **Graphic Workshop 
Professional 11* for half the single-user license price.

Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.

    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>




    Font Wrangler 11 Revision 2



Font Wrangler 11 has been updated. In this release:

  * *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to address a number of
    image quality issues and to enhance its security.

  * *JPEG Security: *The JPEG reader has been updated to the newest
    library release to address several potential vulnerabilities. This
    one's really essential.

    We'd like to urge all users of Font Wrangler to update to this
    release as quickly as possible.

  * *Speed:* Various user interface elements in Font Wrangler — most
    notably the rightmost pane in its application Window — were
    adversely affected by a recent change to Windows 10, making them
    extremely slow. They're back in overdrive.

  * *Edge Support:* Font Wrangler will now find the Microsoft Edge web
    browser to display its documentation.

  * *Image Libraries:* Updates the image libraries for Font Wrangler to
    address a potential memory leak.

  * *User Interface: *The user interface windows of Font Wrangler have
    been enhanced. A number of features of the application are more
    intuitive and easier to understand. Everything looks tight and
    leading-edge.

  * *Code Review:* We've completed a line-by-line review of the
    underlying source code of Font Wrangler. This has resulted in a
    smaller, faster application... and we dispatched a number of
    stealthy bugs, memory leaks and security issues.

  * *Administrator Prompt:* Depending on your Windows configuration,
    Font Wrangler may be prevented from installing and removing fonts
    when it's run as a normal user. Running it as Administrator
    addresses this issue, and the Font Wrangler documentation explains
    how to make this happen. Font Wrangler now includes a prompt window
    to alert you to this issue when Font Wrangler thinks its
    installation functions might be blocked.

  * *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 Font Wrangler 11.

    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/fontrang.html>


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler 10, 
we invite you to *upgrade to Font Wrangler 11* for half the single-user 
license price.


    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>




    e-Paint 11 Revision 3
    (second notification)



e-Paint 11 has been updated. In this release:

  * *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to address a number of
    image quality issues and to enhance its security.

  * *JPEG Security: *The JPEG reader has been updated to the newest
    library release to address several potential vulnerabilities. This
    one's really essential.

    We'd like to urge all users of e-Paint to update to this release as
    quickly as possible.

  * *Neon Filter:* The Neon filter in e-Paint's View mode Filter window
    now handles mega-pixel images more uniformly.

  * *Filter Interface:* A bug in the Filters window user interface that
    could prevent the preview-image scroll from working — or just lock
    the window entirely, depending on your Windows configuration — has
    been stomped.

  * *Filter Thumbnails:* A resource issue that could crash e-Paint's
    Filter window if its previous-iteration thumbnails were clicked on
    has been addressed.

  * *Average:*The Average filter in e-Paint's Filters window hitherto
    could ignore the setting of its Wide Aperture option under some
    configurations of Windows. It now pays attention all the time.

  * *Filter Preview:* The Filter window preview was disposed to refusing
    to update correctly under some configurations of Windows. This has
    been nailed.

  * *Alpha Filters:* Some combinations of Filters in e-Paint's Filter
    window could cause final graphics to be displayed entirely in shades
    of red and black if alpha transparency was involved. This has been
    fixed.

  * *Oil Painting Filter:* A memory leak in the Oil Painting filter that
    tended to crash e-Paint when large digital camera images were
    transformed into motel art therein has been fixed.

  * *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 e-Paint 11.

    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/paint.html>


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 10, we 
invite you to *upgrade to e-Paint 11* for half the single-user license 
price.


    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>




    Alchemy Mindworks Web Site



The Alchemy Mindworks web site has been updated to serve all its pages 
using the secure HTTPS protocol, rather than HTTP.

HTTPS means that everything you do at our web site will be secure, and 
even really evil people won't be able to intercept it. Admittedly, we're 
pretty sure that really evil people have better things to do with their 
time.

Perhaps more to the point, you won't see a scary "not secure" message in 
the address field of your web browser when you visit our site.

We hasten to add that through some truly cunning and inspired HTML 
configuration and coding, any access to our sites through the old HTTP 
links will be immediately and transparently redirected to our secure 
pages. You don't have to change any bookmarks or links.

Also, it has come to our attention that changes in recent updates to 
Google Chrome have prevented it from downloading software installers 
from our site — and quite a few others, as we understand it. We've 
resolved this issue for the Alchemy Mindworks downloadable software.

In the event that you encounter any issues with the new site, please 
contact us <https://www.mindworkshop.com/email-alchemy.html> and tell us 
what happened.


    <https://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy1.html>



    Wyccad is in the World



<http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/wyccad.html> Steven William Rimmer's 
timeless novel of murder, madness, treachery and witchcraft has been 
revised and released in a new Amazon trade-size edition.

It's also available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle tablet.

Not all witches wear pointy hats and ride brooms... and they're the ones 
you really want to watch out for.

Please click on the blue button, below.


    <http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/wyccad.html>



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