[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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        Contents:

 1. * Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 4 *(additional
    notification)*
    *
 2. * Announcing Alpha Paint 12 *
 3. * Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 12 ***(second notification)
 4. * GIF Construction Set Professional 12 Revision 2***(second
    notification)
 5. * Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*


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    Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 2



Graphic Workshop Professional 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to the known universe's most popular image 
management application, improved its performance, included some fresh 
ancillary software and generally refined it to better get along with 
Windows 10 and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs admirably 
under earlier builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if 
you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to Graphic Workshop Professional
12, you'll find...

In this release:

  * *Web Gallery:* A number of issues in the Web Gallery web page
    builder have been addressed. We've also added a few refinements to
    the user interface. See the discussion of Web Gallery in the
    Reference document of Graphic Workshop's manual

  * *e-Paint UltraLight:* The BMP library called by several of Graphic
    Workshop's ancillary functions hitherto didn't read or write BMP
    documents correctly under some configurations of Windows. This
    prevented Graphic Workshop from calling e-Paint UltraLight as an
    alternate paint application. This has been resolved.

  * *Windows 11:* Some installations of Windows 11 appear to be missing
    a runtime library required by several of Graphic Workshop's
    ancillary applications, preventing them from starting. This too has
    been resolved.

 From the initial release:

  * *Quick 64-bit Architecture:* Graphic Workshop is now available in
    both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit editions. The 64-bit
    software is fast, gets along more favorably with Windows and pretty
    much never runsinto memory issues. We hasten to note that
    registering or updating to Graphic Workshop Professional 12 will
    avail you of a registration key that works with either edition... or
    both, if you're feeling adventurous.

  * *Windows 11 Compatible:* The version 11 software has been showing
    some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing
    and/or running therein. Graphic Workshop Professional 12 rocks under
    Windows 11.

  * ***Animate Objects:* Create animated photo-dodecahedrons and
    photo-cubes – like the one to your right – with a few clicks. These
    animations are suitable for use with web pages, social media and for
    attracting attention to your e-mails. Select Image → Animate Objects.

  * *Animation Conversion:* Convert – and more to point – batch convert
    and process videos and animations. See the discussion of Animations
    in the Graphic Workshop Reference document.

  * *Audio:* Convert among Graphic Workshop's supported audio formats.

  * ***MP3:* Graphic Workshop now supports full MP3 reading and writing.

  * *Ogg Vorbis:* Graphic Workshop now supports full Ogg Vorbis reading
    and writing – Ogg Vorbis being a sophisticated MP3 alternative.

  * *Web Gallery:* Graphic Workshop's Web Gallery window has been
    completely re-written. Create sophisticated web pages for your
    photographs with clickable thumbnails, paging and index and way
    more... even if you've never been within a light-year of HTML
    coding. Select some pictures, and then select Image → Catalog → Web
    Gallery.

  * ***JPEG Security:* Graphic Workshop's Turbo JPEG and IJG JPEG
    libraries have been updated to the latest releases to address some
    security issues.

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

  * *WebP:* Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for Graphic
    Workshop to address several potential security issues and to improve
    its image quality.

  * *Archive Manager:* The Archive Manager application will now extract
    files from archive formats other than ZIP. The 32-bit edition
    supports RAR, and the 64-bit edition supports pretty much every
    archive format in the known universe.

  * *Archive Manager Open With:* The Archive Manager right-click menu
    now includes access to Windows' Open With list, as it appears in
    File Explorer.

  * *Screen Capture:* The 64-bit edition of the GWS Camera screen
    capture now correctly handles capturing screens that have been
    adjusted with Windows' "make everything bigger" option.

  * *Digital Camera RAW Plugin:* The Digital Camera plugin has been
    updated to include a number of additional cameras.

  * *Windows Open With:* In addition to Graphic Workshop's configurable
    Open With function, accessible through the browser right-click
    window. the Open With item now offers access to Windows' Open With
    list, as it appears in File Explorer.

  * *Calendar Wizard UltraLight:* Create printable wall calendars with
    your photographs in this simplified edition of our popular Calendar
    Wizard application.

  * *Memory Leak:* A memory leak that beset the Paint functions of
    Graphic Workshop has been addressed.

  * *Montage:* A bug that could crash Montage on occasion has been stomped.

  * *ART Plugin:* An issue with the ART format plugin that could cause
    it to report spurious errors from time to time under some
    configurations of Windows has been addressed.


The *Graphic 
Workshop*<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwsprint.html>*Printed Reference* 
has been revised for the version 12 software, and it includes sections 
for all the new functionality. It's available through Amazon — there's a 
link to it at the Graphic Workshop web page, and you can access it 
through the Get The Graphic Workshop Printed Reference item of Graphic 
Workshop's Help menu. Alternately, just click on the book to your right.


All the *Graphic Workshop plugins* have been upgraded to install in the 
version 12 software. Note that if you're currently using an earlier 
version of Graphic Workshop and its attendant plugins:

  * Be sure to uninstall the version 11 plugins before you install
    Graphic Workshop Professional 12. Failing this, Graphic Workshop
    Professional 12 should prompt you to do so automatically the first
    time you run it.

  * You'll need to download and install the new plugin installers to run
    under Graphic Workshop Professional 12.

  * The plugin installers will install plugins for both the 32- and
    64-bit editions of Graphic Workshop as applicable — you don't have
    to download separate 32- and 64-bit plugins.

If you're using a registered installation of the Graphic Workshop RAW 
Digital Camera and Smartphone plugin for an earlier release of Graphic 
Workshop, note that your existing registration key will work with the 
version 12 plugin — you won't have to buy it again.


As in years past, when you run Graphic Workshop Professional 12 for the 
first time, it will look for a previous installation of Graphic Workshop 
Professional 11 and optionally *copy your existing configuration*, so 
you won't have to set everything up by hand. Even your open browser 
windows will be preserved.


Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 12.


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


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
Professional 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a *no-cost 
upgrade* to Graphic Workshop Professional 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
Professional 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to 
Graphic Workshop Professional 12 for *half the current new-user price*.

The first time you run Graphic Workshop Professional 12, it will 
determine which upgrade option applies to your license.

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

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


You can access the no-cost upgrade page 
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwskey.html> directly by clicking on the 
foregoing link.


    Announcing Alpha Paint 12



Alpha Paint 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to Alpha Paint, improved its performance 
and generally refined it to better get along with Windows 10 and 11. (We 
hasten to add that it still performs admirably under earlier builds of 
Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to Alpha Paint 12, you'll find...

  * ***Quick 64-bit Architecture:* Alpha Paint is now available in both
    traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit editions. The 64-bit
    software is fast, gets along more favorably with Windows and pretty
    much never runs into memory issues. We hasten to note that
    registering or updating to Alpha Paint 12 will avail you of a
    registration key that works with either edition... or both, if
    you're feeling adventurous.

  * *Windows 11 Compatible:* The version 11 software has been showing
    some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing
    and/or running therein. Alpha Paint 12 rocks under Windows 11.*

    *
  * *Drawing Engine:* Improves the performance of Alpha Paint's drawing
    engine.

  * *WebP:* Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for Alpha
    Paint to address several potential security issues and to improve
    its image quality.

  * *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 Alpha Paint 12.

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


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Alpha Paint 11 on 
or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to Alpha 
Paint 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Alpha Paint 11 
prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to Alpha Paint 12 for 
*half the current new-user price*.

The first time you run Alpha Paint 12, it will determine which upgrade 
option applies to your license.

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


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


You can access the no-cost upgrade page 
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/alphapkey.html> directly by clicking on the 
foregoing link.


    Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 12



PNG MNG Construction Set 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to PNG MNG Construction Set, improved its 
performance and generally refined it to better get along with Windows 10 
and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs admirably under earlier 
builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to PNG MNG Construction Set 12, 
you'll find...

  * ***Quick 64-bit Architecture:* PNG MNG Construction Set Professional
    is now available in both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit
    editions. The 64-bit software is fast, gets along more favorably
    with Windows and pretty much never runs into memory issues. We
    hasten to note that registering or updating to PNG MNG Construction
    Set Professional 12 will avail you of a registration key that works
    with either edition... or both, if you're feeling adventurous.

  * *Windows 11 Compatible:* The version 11 software has been showing
    some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing
    and/or running therein. PNG MNG Construction Set 12 rocks under
    Windows 11.*

    *
  * *Web Gallery:* PNG MNG Construction Set's new Web Gallery will
    create sophisticated web pages for your animations with clickable
    thumbnails, paging and index and way more... even if you've never
    been within a light-year of HTML coding. Select Edit → Web Gallery.

  * *****Animation Plugins:* PNG MNG Construction Set's plugins have
    been revised and updated, with enhanced documentation, Open and Save
    buttons for many of the plugins and improved performance. The 3D
    Effects plugin set now includes a plugin to create animated
    photo-dodecahedrons, like the one to your right.

  * *JPEG Security:* PNG MNG Construction Set's Turbo JPEG and IJG JPEG
    libraries have been updated to the latest releases to address some
    security issues.

    We'd like to urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set Professional
    to update to this release as quickly as possible.

  * *WebP:* Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for PNG MNG
    Construction Set to address several potential security issues and to
    improve its image quality.

  * *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 
Professional 12.

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


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG 
Construction Set 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a 
*no-cost upgrade* to PNG MNG Construction Set 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG 
Construction Set 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to 
PNG MNG Construction Set 12 for *half the current new-user price*.

The first time you run PNG MNG Construction Set 12, it will determine 
which upgrade option applies to your license.

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


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


You can access the no-cost upgrade page 
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngkey.html> directly by clicking on the 
foregoing link.


      Plugins

All the animation plugins for PNG MNG Construction Set have been 
upgraded to run with PNG MNG Construction Set 12.

If you have registered one or more plugins for a previous release of PNG 
MNG Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still valid. 
You'll just need to download the version 12 installers for your plugins.

All the animation plugins are at:

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


*
*

*
IMPORTANT:* If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 11 
or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 and you plan to uninstall PNG MNG 
Construction Set 11 or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 to replace them with 
the new version 12 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 
11 plugins, and then uninstall PNG MNG Construction Set 11 and PNG MNG 
Construction Set 11.

PNG MNG Construction Set 12 will offer to automatically remove your old 
plugins for you the first time it runs — go for it, as this will save 
you lots of clicking later on.

We've also created a quick way to reinstall your plugins once you've 
downloaded the version 12 installers. Please see the the plugin help 
page <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-qa.html#0032> for assistance.


    GIF Construction Set Professional 12 Revision 2



GIF Construction Set Professional 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to GIF Construction Set Professional, 
improved its performance and generally refined it to better get along 
with Windows 10 and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs 
admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows 
XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to GIF Construction Set 
Professional 12, you'll find...

In this release:

  * *Web Gallery: *Addresses a number of issues in the Web Gallery
    window that crept into the revision one software.

 From the initial release:

  * ***Quick 64-bit Architecture:* GIF Construction Set Professional is
    now available in both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit
    editions. The 64-bit software is fast, gets along more favorably
    with Windows and pretty much never runs into memory issues. We
    hasten to note that registering or updating to GIF Construction Set
    Professional 12 will avail you of a registration key that works with
    either edition... or both, if you're feeling adventurous.

  * *Windows 11 Compatible:* The version 11 software has been showing
    some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing
    and/or running therein. GIF Construction Set Professional 12 rocks
    under Windows 11.*

    *
  * *Web Gallery:* GIF Construction Set Professional's new Web Gallery
    will create sophisticated web pages for your animations with
    clickable thumbnails, paging and index and way more... even if
    you've never been within a light-year of HTML coding. Select Edit →
    Web Gallery.

  * *****Animation Plugins:* GIF Construction Set Professional's plugins
    have been revised and updated, with enhanced documentation, Open and
    Save buttons for many of the plugins and improved performance. The
    3D Effects plugin set now includes a plugin to create animated
    photo-dodecahedrons, like the one to your right.

  * *JPEG Security:* GIF Construction Set Professional's Turbo JPEG and
    IJG JPEG libraries have been updated to the latest releases to
    address some security issues.

    We'd like to urge all users of GIF Construction Set Professional to
    update to this release as quickly as possible.

  * *WebP:* Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for GIF
    Construction Set Professional to address several potential security
    issues and to improve its image quality.

  * *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 GIF Construction Set Professional 12.

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


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction 
Set Professional 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a 
*no-cost upgrade* to GIF Construction Set Professional 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction 
Set Professional 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to 
GIF Construction Set Professional 12 for *half the current new-user price*.

The first time you run GIF Construction Set Professional 12, it will 
determine which upgrade option applies to your license.

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


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


You can access the no-cost upgrade page 
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gcskey.html> directly by clicking on the 
foregoing link.


      Plugins

All the animation plugins for GIF Construction Set Professional have 
been upgraded to run with GIF Construction Set Professional 12.

If you have registered one or more plugins for a previous release of GIF 
Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still valid. 
You'll just need to download the version 12 installers for your plugins.

All the animation plugins are at:

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


*
*

*
IMPORTANT:* If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 11 
or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 and you plan to uninstall GIF 
Construction Set 11 or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 to replace them with 
the new version 12 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 
11 plugins, and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 11 and PNG MNG 
Construction Set 11.

GIF Construction Set 12 will offer to automatically remove your old 
plugins for you the first time it runs — go for it, as this will save 
you lots of clicking later on.

We've also created a quick way to reinstall your plugins once you've 
downloaded the version 12 installers. Please see the the plugin help 
page <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-qa.html#0032> for assistance.


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