[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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        Contents:

 1. * Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 16 * (new this weekend)
 2. *Alpha Paint 12 Revision 4* (second notification)
 3. * PNG MNG Construction Set 12 Revision 6*(second notification)
 4. * The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 Revision 4 *(additional notification)
 5. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*


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    Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 16


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



Graphic Workshop Professional 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *Print Workshop:* The Print Workshopwindow can now be accessed
    directly from Graphic Workshop's View mode — select Print Workshop
    from the View window's File menu. Unlike the basic Print function,
    Print Workshop will allow you to print your graphics to the exact
    size you need them, complete with optional crop and alignment marks.

  * *Search:* An issue with the Search function that disabled several of
    its processes under some configurations of Windows has been stomped.

  * *Photography Workshop:* A problem that prevented graphics with alpha
    transparency from displaying correctly in the tile list of the
    Photography Workshop window has been addressed.

  * *Presentation Wizard UltraLight:* An issue that caused the Paint
    function of Presentation Wizard UltraLight to create invalid
    temporary files under some configurations of Windows — and in so
    doing disabling or crashing whichever paint application it called —
    has been mercilessly stomped, and will never trouble anyone again.

  * *Calendar Wizard UltraLight:*The aforementioned Paint problem
    hitherto afflicted Calendar Wizard UltraLight as well. It has been
    disabused of its boorish behavior.

  * *Animation Workshop UltraLight: *A problem that could crash
    Animation Workshop UltraLight under some configurations of Windows
    when certain  PNG graphics were imported has been nailed. The
    previously mentioned Paint issue has also been dealt with in
    Animation Workshop UltraLight

  * *BGA:* A bug which prevented Graphic Workshop from reading BGA
    graphics correctly under some configurations of Windows has been
    addressed.

  * *CDR:* A bug that prevented CDR thumbnails from being read correctly
    under some configurations of Windows is no more.

  * *Web Checker:* A cosmetic issue in the Web Checker ancillary
    application that caused its Address field combo to be displayed
    oddly has been dispatched.

  * *Resource Leak: *A subtle but truly reprehensible resource leak in
    Graphic Workshop no longer inhabits this world.

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 4


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


Alpha Paint 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *Memory Leak:* A decidedly pernicious memory leak in Alpha Paint's
    folder interface under some configurations of Windows has been
    stomped. Left to its own devices, it could crash the application.

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

  * *WebP:* The WebP library interface has been improved. In addition,
    the current library version number can now be found in the Credits
    list of Alpha Paint's About window. The current release is 1.2.2.

  * *Drawing Engine:* A number of minor inconsistencies Alpha Paint's
    drawing engine have been addressed.

  * *Default Beep: *The confirmation sound that Alpha Paint plays has
    found itself tasked with signalling the conclusion of a number of
    processes in Alpha Paint. It has come to our attention that the
    Windows sound that it references by default can be really annoying
    in other contexts, and a substantial number of Windows 10 and 11
    users disable it... which also silences Alpha Paint.

    Should you find yourself thus afflicted, you can now copy any short
    WAV file sound to the Alchemy Mindworks configuration data folder —
    see the Configuration document in Alpha Paint's manual for
    assistance in locating it — and name said file Notify.wav to have it
    serve as Alpha Paint's default noise.

  * *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.


    PNG MNG Construction Set 12 Revision 6


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


PNG MNG Construction Set 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *Paint:* An issue that caused the Paint function of PNG MNG
    Construction Set to create invalid temporary files under some
    configurations of Windows — and in so doing disabling or crashing
    whichever paint application it called — has been mercilessly
    stomped, and will never trouble anyone again.

Click on the blue button to download PNG MNG Construction Set 12.

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


      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.


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


The background of the banner graphic above, a detail from a picture by 
Jimi Backhouse, is used under license from freeimages.com. The ink well 
icon for PNG MNG Construction Set was created by Eugen Buzuk of 
icondrawer.com, and is used under license.


    The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 Revision 4


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


The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 has been updated.

In this release:

  * *Memory Leak:* A decidedly pernicious memory leak in The Ultimate
    Screen Clock's folder interface under some configurations of Windows
    has been stomped. Left to its own devices, it could crash the
    application.

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

  * <http://gra.mindworkshop.com/1072-002.png>*Pipes:* This release of
    The Ultimate Screen Clock includes the Pipes digital clock style.
    Formed of immense stainless steel pipe fittings, its digits very
    nearly shake the earth every time they change.

    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.

    The Pipes clock style set also includes an animated transition clock
    in which its digits disassemble and then reassemble themselves every
    time they change. You really need to see this one at work.

    Unlike most releases of The Ultimate Screen Clock, all the styles
    for the Pipes clock are included in the downloadable installers for
    The Ultimate Screen Clock. You don't need to download and install
    the additional styles library for this one.

  * *WebP:* The WebP library interface has been improved. In addition,
    the current library version number can now be found in the Credits
    list of The Ultimate Screen Clock's About window. The current
    release is 1.2.2.

  * *Select Clock Style:* The Select Clock Style windows in The Ultimate
    Screen Clock have been updated with logic to disable the main clock
    window while they're open, improving their performance. We hasten to
    note that the clock will resume its correct time display as soon as
    you close a Select Clock Style window.

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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