From alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com Sat May 21 09:23:13 2022 From: alchemyreply1753 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply1753) Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 09:23:13 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <5dbc6bf9-e47c-afbd-ca57-8a33ec150d21@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 12 Revision 11 * (additional notification) 2. *Animation Workshop 12 revision 3* 3. *PNG MNG Construction Set 12 Revision 4 *(second notification) 4. *GIF Construction Set Professional 12 Revision 4 *(additional notification) 5. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details* *If you only read one novel this year, make it Dragonsbane!** ** (We could really use the cash.)** ** **Click on the book* Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 11 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 example brushes to be displayed has been addressed. If you haven't experienced Graphic Workshop Professional 12 as yet, please see its initial release announcement for a list of all its new and enhanced functionality. Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 12. 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. The graphic of the woman with a digital camera is by Kurhan and is used under license from StockFresh. Animation Workshop 12 Revision 3 Animation Workshop 12 has been updated. In this release: * *JPEG Security:* Animation Workshop'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 Animation Workshop to update to this release as quickly as possible. Keeping Animation Workshop'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 Animation Workshop's Credits window, right at the bottom of the scroll list. The current one is 2.1.3. * *Gradient:* The Gradient section window that turns up in various places in Animation 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. * *PNG:* The PNG reader in Animation Workshop 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. * *Preview:* An issue that caused the Animation object Preview window to display some peculiar cosmetic issues has been addressed. As this feature is intended to illustrate what your animations look like in the context of your completed animation, cosmetics are everything.. * *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 12. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 11, we invite you to *upgrade to **Animation Workshop 12* for half the single-user license price. The background of the banner graphic above is used under license from Shutterstock. PNG MNG Construction Set 12 Revision 4 PNG MNG Construction Set 12 has been updated. In this release: * *JPEG Security:* PNG MNG Construction Set'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 PNG MNG Construction Set to update to this release as quickly as possible. Keeping PNG MNG Construction Set'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 PNG MNG Construction Set's Credits window, right at the bottom of the scroll list. The current one is 2.1.3. * *Web Gallery:* The HTML created by Web Gallery has been tightened up to improve its metrics and fully comply with the best practices of web page design. * *User Interface:* Improves a number of user interface elements throughout the application. * *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 12. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 11, we invite you to *upgrade to **PNG MNG Construction Set 12* for half the single-user license price. The background of the banner graphic above, a detail from a picture by Jimi Backhouse, is used under license from freeimages.com. GIF Construction Set 12 Revision 4 GIF Construction Set 12 has been updated. In this release: * *JPEG Security:* GIF Construction Set'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 GIF Construction Set to update to this release as quickly as possible. Keeping GIF Construction Set'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 GIF Construction Set's Credits window, right at the bottom of the scroll list. The current one is 2.1.3. * *Web Gallery:* The HTML created by Web Gallery has been tightened up to improve its metrics and fully comply with the best practices of web page design. * *User Interface:* Improves a number of user interface elements throughout the application. * *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 12. Upgrades If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set 11, we invite you to *upgrade to **GIF Construction Set 12* for half the single-user license price. The background of the banner graphic above, a detail from a picture by Fabibel, is used under license from freeimages.com. 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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