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Contents:
1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 14 Revision 2 *(new this weekend)
2. *Announcing e-Paint 14*(second notification)
3. *Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 14*(additional notification)
4. *GIF Construction Set Professional 14 Revision 2 *(additional
notification)**
5. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*
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Graphic Workshop Professional 14 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>
*Graphic Workshop Professional 14* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *One Drive:* The navigation panes of the 64-bit edition of Graphic
Workshop now include an item to directly access OneDrive. Reach for
the cloud.
* *MOV:* Several issues with Graphic Workshop's MOV functionality have
been addressed.
* *Pixels:* An obscure problem with our new optimized pixel-management
logic could cause sixteen-color graphics to have some of their
adjacent pixels interchanged. We frown on this — it's been fixed.
* *More Pixels:* The performance of the optimized low-level pixel
management logic in Graphic Workshop and its ancillary applications
has been further enhanced.
* *WebP: *The WebP interface has been improved.
*From the initial release:*
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
14, you'll find:
* <http://doc.mindworkshop.com/animatetransitions.html>*Animate
Transitions:* Create sophisticated animations and videos from your
favorite photographs. The example to your right doesn't get within a
light-year of the capabilities of this technology — click on it to
experience a much higher-resolution video, complete with a sound track.
Select Animate Objects from the Image menu of Graphic Workshop, and
then Animate Transitions from the sub-menu that appears. Add some of
your own pictures to the Animate Transitions window, click on
Preview and be amazed.
* *Speed:* The low-level pixel logic for Graphic Workshop and its
ancillary applications has been re-written in optimized machine
language. Since most of what Graphic Workshop does involves managing
pixels, it has become substantially quicker.
* *JPEG Security:* The Graphic Workshop JPEG library has been updated
to the latest release to address several potential security and
performance issues. We'd like to take this opportunity to urge all
users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release, 'coz the
universe has a lot of really bad people in it.
* *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.
* *TIFF:* Graphic Workshop's TIFF functionality has been updated to
support a much wider palette of TIFF files, and to address a number
of performance issues. While TIFF may in fact be something of a
revenant of the distant past, TIFF graphics don't think so, and they
still turn up.
* *Impact:* The new Impact filter in Graphic Workshop's View mode
Filter window will refine and nuance your photographs... or it will
rip a hole in space-time and make your pictures visible from low
Earth orbit. With awesome power comes awesome responsibility.
* *Animation:* A memory leak in the Graphic Workshop animation and
video logic that could shut down Graphic Workshop under some
configurations of Windows is now history.
* *Identify Mystery Files:* The batch mode of Graphic Workshop's
Identify Mystery Files window has been improved to correctly deal
with documents having no file extensions, and to speed up its
deliberations.
* *More Identify Mystery Files:* All Graphic Workshop's batch
processes will now apprise you of source documents having incorrect
extensions, and automatically rename them for you.
* *Filters:* A number of Graphic Workshop's image filters that rely on
lookup tables have been improved to remove inappropriate dark pixels
under some configurations of Windows.
* *Font Wrangler UltraLight: *Preview, install and remove fonts with
the font management tool that should have come with Windows.
* *Overrides:* An issue with the format override logic in the View
mode Save As window that caused the wrong format override window to
open under some configurations of Windows is history.
* *Shards: *The View mode Shards filter logic has been enhanced to
handle image edges more convincingly.
* *Textures:* A number of image instabilities in the Textures and
Fractals window have been addressed.
* *Colors:* The color selection window that appears whenever Graphic
Workshop prompts you to select a color has been enhanced with an
expanded palette of more contemporary colors — scroll to the bottom
of the list to see them. In addition, you can now re-arrange the
color list by dragging and dropping its items.
* *Video: *Conversion from animations to digital video under Graphic
Workshop will now preserve the original animation running time.
* *Social Media:* Two new background options have been added to the
Graphic Workshop Social Media window. A memory leak in Social media
has been stomped.
* *Browser Windows:* An issue that could cause Graphic Workshop's
browser windows to be positioned such that their scroll bars were
inaccessible under some configurations of Windows has been addressed.
* *AVI:* Several issues with the AVI Override window have been
addressed, and the AVI writer now correctly manages the length of
sound objects in documents converted to AVI.
* *Virtual Thumbnails:* Graphic Workshop's virtual thumbnail engine
will now access the Windows thumbnail database for its images,
making the virtual thumbnail mode shockingly quick.
* *Rotate Filter: *The Graphic Workshop View mode Rotate filter's
Preserve Original Size option now handles background colors correctly.
* *File Names: *Graphic Workshop now defaults to looking for exact
matches for file extensions. In previous editions, Windows'
ambiguity in dealing with extensions like .JPE and .JPEG could
persuade Graphic Workshop to duplicate some browser items, or not
show them at all.
The *Graphic Workshop*Click on this book
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwsprint.html>*Printed Reference* has been
revised for the version 14 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
version 14. Note that if you're currently using an earlier version of
Graphic Workshop and its attendant plugins:
* Be sure to uninstall the version 12 plugins before you install
Graphic Workshop Professional 14. Failing this, Graphic Workshop
Professional 14 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 14.
* 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 14 plugin — you won't have to buy it again.
As in years past, when you run Graphic Workshop Professional 14 for the
first time, it will look for a previous installation of Graphic Workshop
Professional 12 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.
Note that if you installed both the 32- and 64-bit editions of Graphic
Workshop Professional 12 on the same computer, the automatic uninstall
will only remove one of them. You'll need to remove its sibling by hand.
Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 14.
Download <http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 12 on or after June 1, 2022, you're welcome to a *no-cost
upgrade* to Graphic Workshop Professional 14.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 12 prior to June 1, 2022, we invite you to upgrade to
Graphic Workshop Professional 14 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Graphic Workshop Professional 14, it will
determine which upgrade option applies to your license.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
Upgrade <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.
The graphic of the woman with a digital camera is by Kurhan and is used
under license from StockFresh.
Announcing e-Paint 14
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/paint.html>
e-Paint 14 has been released.
We've added new functionality to e-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 e-Paint 14, you'll find...
* *Blend Modes:* e-Paint now supports blend modes for many of its
drawing tools. In addition to simply pasting and drawing with color,
you can add, average, get vivid, become dark and go extreme. See the
discussion of Blend Modes in the Reference document of the e-Paint
manual.
* *Speed:* The low-level pixel logic for e-Paint has been re-written
in optimized machine language. Since most of what e-Paint does
involves managing pixels, it has become substantially quicker.
* *JPEG Security:* The e-Paint JPEG library has been updated to the
latest release to address several potential security and performance
issues. We'd like to take this opportunity to urge all users of
e-Paint to update to this release, 'coz the universe has a lot of
really bad people in it.
* *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.
* *Impact:* The new Impact filter in e-Paint Filter window will refine
and nuance your photographs... or it will rip a hole in space-time
and make your pictures visible from low Earth orbit. With awesome
power comes awesome responsibility.
* *Textures:* A number of image instabilities in the CGI Textures
window have been addressed.*
*
* *Colors:* The color selection window that appears whenever e-Paint
prompts you to select a color has been enhanced with an expanded
palette of more contemporary colors — scroll to the bottom of the
list to see them. In addition, you can now re-arrange the color list
by dragging and dropping its items.
* *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 14.
Download now <http://www.mindworkshop.com/paint.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 12 on or
after June 1, 2022, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to e-Paint 14.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 12 prior
to June 1, 2022, we invite you to upgrade to e-Paint 14 for *half the
current new-user price*.
The first time you run e-Paint 14, it will determine which upgrade
option applies to your license.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
Upgrade <http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>
You can access the no-cost upgrade page
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/pntkey.html> directly by clicking on the
foregoing link.
The banner graphic above, a detail from Girl with Tattoos, is by Sarah
Wissink, and is used under license from freeimages.com.
Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 14
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html>
PNG MNG Construction Set 14 has been released.
We've added new functionality to PNG MNG 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 PNG MNG Construction Set 14,
you'll find...
* *Speed:* The low-level pixel logic for PNG MNG Construction Set and
its plugins has been re-written in optimized machine language. Since
most of what PNG MNG Construction Set does involves managing pixels,
it has become substantially quicker.*
*
* *JPEG Security:* The PNG MNG Construction Set JPEG library has been
updated to the latest release to address several potential security
and performance issues. We'd like to take this opportunity to urge
all users of PNG MNG Construction Set to update to this release,
'coz the universe has a lot of really bad people in it.*
*
* *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.
* *Social Media:* Two new background options have been added to the
PNG MNG Construction Set Social Media window. A memory leak in
Social media has been stomped.
* *Plugins: *The PNG MNG Construction Set animation plugins have been
updated and a number of performance and quality issues have been
addressed.
* *Colors:* The color selection window that appears whenever PNG MNG
Construction Set prompts you to select a color has been enhanced
with an expanded palette of more contemporary colors — scroll to the
bottom of the list to see them. In addition, you can now re-arrange
the color list by dragging and dropping its items.
* *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 14.
Download <http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG
Construction Set 12 on or after June 1, 2022, you're welcome to a
*no-cost upgrade* to PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 14.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG
Construction Set Professional 12 prior to June 1, 2022, we invite you to
upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 14 for *half the
current new-user price*.
The first time you run PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 14, it will
determine which upgrade option applies to your license.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
Upgrade <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 14.
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 14 installers for your plugins.
All the animation plugins are at:
Plugins <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html>
*
*
*
IMPORTANT:* If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 12
or PNG MNG Construction Set 12 and you plan to uninstall GIF
Construction Set 12 or PNG MNG Construction Set 12 to replace them with
the new version 14 software, please be sure uninstall all your version
12 plugins, and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 12 and PNG MNG
Construction Set 12.
PNG MNG Construction Set 14 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 14 installers. Please see the the plugin help
page <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-qa.html#0032> for assistance.
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.
GIF Construction Set Professional 14 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gifcon.html>
Last week's release of GIF Construction Set Professional 12 had a few
first-edition issues, which have now been addressed:
* *Pixels:* An obscure problem with our new optimized pixel-management
logic could cause sixteen-color graphics to have some of their
adjacent pixels interchanged. We frown on this — it's been fixed.
* *WebP: *The WebP interface has been improved.
Note that the pixel-management logic problem also affected GIF
Construction Set's animation plugins. If you installed the version 14
plugins last weekend, we urge you to download and install the updated
ones now. See the Plugins button, below.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From last week's announcement:*
GIF Construction Set Professional 14 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 14, you'll find...
* *Speed:* The low-level pixel logic for GIF Construction Set and its
plugins has been re-written in optimized machine language. Since
most of what GIF Construction Set does involves managing pixels, it
has become substantially quicker.*
*
* *JPEG Security:* The GIF Construction Set JPEG library has been
updated to the latest release to address several potential security
and performance issues. We'd like to take this opportunity to urge
all users of GIF Construction Set to update to this release, 'coz
the universe has a lot of really bad people in it.*
*
* *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.
* *Social Media:* Two new background options have been added to the
GIF Construction Set Social Media window. A memory leak in Social
media has been stomped.
* *Plugins: *The GIF Construction Set animation plugins have been
updated and a number of performance and quality issues have been
addressed.
* *Colors:* The color selection window that appears whenever GIF
Construction Set prompts you to select a color has been enhanced
with an expanded palette of more contemporary colors — scroll to the
bottom of the list to see them. In addition, you can now re-arrange
the color list by dragging and dropping its items.
* *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 14.
Download <http://www.mindworkshop.com/gifcon.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction
Set Professional 12 on or after June 1, 2022, you're welcome to a
*no-cost upgrade* to GIF Construction Set Professional 14.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction
Set Professional 12 prior to June 1, 2022, we invite you to upgrade to
GIF Construction Set Professional 14 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run GIF Construction Set Professional 14, it will
determine which upgrade option applies to your license.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
Upgrade <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 14.
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 14 installers for your plugins.
All the animation plugins are at:
Plugins <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html>
*
*
*
IMPORTANT:* If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 12
or PNG MNG Construction Set 12 and you plan to uninstall GIF
Construction Set 12 or PNG MNG Construction Set 12 to replace them with
the new version 14 software, please be sure uninstall all your version
12 plugins, and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 12 and PNG MNG
Construction Set 12.
GIF Construction Set 14 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 14 installers. Please see the the plugin help
page <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-qa.html#0032> for assistance.
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