[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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 1. * Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 11 * (new this weekend)
 2. * Alpha Paint 12 Revision 3 *(second notification)
 3. *The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 Revision 3 *(second notification)
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    Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 11


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


Graphic Workshop Professional 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *PNG:* The PNG reader in Graphic Workshop and its ancillary
    applications has been updated to correctly handle interlaced PNG
    graphics with slightly funky code structures... of which there
    appear to be a substantial number. This is not a security issue, but
    it will prevent the occasional PNG from looking like a sand painting.

    The PNG reader has also experienced a noticeable speed improvement.

  * *Rename:* The Graphic Workshop Rename window now includes a
    thumbnail of the graphic you've right-clicked on or the first
    graphic in a selected batch to visually confirm what you're about to
    change the name of.

  * *Print:* The Graphic Workshop Print window now includes a thumbnail
    of the graphic you've right-clicked on or the first graphic in a
    selected batch to visually confirm what you're about to render as
    hard copy.

  * *MP3*: A bug that caused the status display to misbehave when MP3
    documents were written by Graphic Workshop has been disabused of its
    bad attitude.

  * *Audio:* A bug in the audio visualization logic, that created
    waveform plots of sound documents, has been addressed.

  * *Icon Editor: *The Graphic Workshop Icon Editor UltraLight
    application has has a number of issues addressed. Its Eyedropper
    tool now correctly works with the first row of pixels in a graphic.
    Ctrl-A now reliably selects an entire document. An issue that caused
    the alpha masks of transformed image fragments to display
    incorrectly in some cases is history. A bug that crashed the Resize
    window has been stomped. A Windows problem that caused a number of
    unpredictable behaviors when objects were drawn or dragged to the
    outermost column or row of pixels in a graphic under some
    configurations of Windows has been dealt with.

  * *Filters:* The Filters window in Graphic Workshop and e-Paint
    UltraLight has been updated to address a number of cosmetic problems.

  * *Gradient:* The Gradient section window that turns up in various
    places in Graphic Workshop and its ancillary applications has been
    updated to address a problem that prevented the center coordinates
    of a gradient from being set to negative values under some
    configurations of Windows.

  * *e-Paint UltraLight: *A bug in the tool palette window of e-Paint
    UltraLight that caused only the right half of examples brushes to be
    displayed has been addressed.

If you haven't experienced Graphic Workshop Professional 12 as yet, 
please see its initial release announcement 
<http://doc.mindworkshop.com/1028.html> for a list of all its new and 
enhanced functionality.

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, we invite you to *upgrade to **Graphic Workshop 
Professional 12* for half the single-user license price.

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

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


The graphic of the woman with a digital camera is by Kurhan and is used 
under license from StockFresh.


    Alpha Paint 12 Revision 3


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


Alpha Paint 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *Eyedropper Tool:* A bug that prevented the Eyedropper tool from
    referencing pixels in the first horizontal line of some graphics has
    been addressed.

  * *Ctrl-A:* Ctrl-A now correctly selects an entire graphic.

  * *Spray Can Tool:* The tool palette now displays a preview image for
    the Spray Can tool.

  * *Transform:* A bug that could cause Alpha Paint's alpha masks to
    display incorrectly after using one of the Transform functions has
    been stomped.

  * *Resize:* A bug that could crash Alpha Paint after invoking the
    Resize function under some configurations of Windows is history.

  * *Drawing Domain:* A Windows problem that caused a number of
    unpredictable behaviors when objects were drawn or dragged to the
    outermost column or row of pixels in a graphic under some
    configurations of Windows has been dealt with.

  * *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, we 
invite you to *upgrade to **Alpha Paint 12* for half the single-user 
license price.


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


The banner graphic above, a detail from a picture by xoox xooxman, is 
used under license from freeimages.com.


    The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 Revision 3


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


The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *Select Clock Style:* An issue has turned up in the Select Clock
    Style window in which scrolling past the Font clock item could
    destabilize or crash The Ultimate Screen Clock under some
    configurations of Windows. It has been dispatched to an alternate
    universe.

 From the previous release:

  * *JPEG Security:* The Ultimate Screen Clock's Turbo JPEG library has
    been updated to the latest releases to address some security and
    image quality issues.

    We'd like to urge all users of The Ultimate Screen Clock to update
    to this release as quickly as possible.

    Keeping The Ultimate Screen Clock's JPEG readers up to date and
    secure being a substantial bulwark against the barbarian hoards, you
    can now check the TurboJPEG library's version in The Ultimate Screen
    Clock right-click → About → Credits window, right at the bottom of
    the scroll list. The current one is 2.1.3.

  * <http://gra.mindworkshop.com/1056-002.png>*Netherworld:* This
    release of The Ultimate Screen Clock includes the digital and analog
    Netherworld clock styles, which are seriously dark and goth and
    infernal and the stuff of legend. They come in multiple sizes and
    colors — the digital Netherworld styles are available with and
    without a bezel and with an optional spooky digital dissolve.

    The example above arguably fails to do it justice — click on it for
    a larger clock. We should also point out that this graphic is an
    animation, not actual software. It's decidedly unlikely that it's
    displaying the correct time.

    We hasten to add that most of the variations for the Netherworld
    style are available in the extra styles library for The Ultimate
    Screen Clock. Be sure to download and install it for the total
    Netherworld experience.

  * *Select Clock Style:* The Select Clock Style windows in The Ultimate
    Screen Clock have been updated to make them shockingly quick.

  * *Small Analog Styles:* A bug that caused a number of the smaller
    analog clock styles to be displayed with damaged graphics has been
    ruthlessly stomped.

  * *Rendering Engine:* The clock rendering engine has been updated to
    improve the appearance of outlined straight hands.


Click on the blue button to download The Ultimate Screen Clock 12.

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


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for The Ultimate 
Screen Clock 11, we invite you to *upgrade to **The Ultimate Screen 
Clock 12* for half the single-user license price.


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


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Horbovyy, licensed through Alamy Ltd


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