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        Contents:

 1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 14 Revision 3 *(additional notification)
 2. *PNG MNG Construction Set 14 Revision 3 *(secondnotification)
 3. *GIF Construction Set Professional 14 Revision 3 *(additional
    notification)**
 4. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*

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    Graphic Workshop Professional 14 Revision 3

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

*Graphic Workshop Professional 14* has been updated.

*In this release:

*

  * *PNG Security:* The Graphic Workshop PNG 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.

    The current version of the PNG library is now available in the About
    → Credits window. It's currently 1.6.38.

  * *TIFF:* Graphic Workshop's TIFF reader has been refined, enhanced
    and made cooler still. It will now open a much larger palette of
    TIFF documents... even the really, really weird ones.

  * *Archive Manager:* An issue that could cause Graphic Workshop's
    Archive Manager to decide... incorrectly... that some .tar.gz
    archives were damaged has been addressed.

  * *Welcome Wizard:* A number of problems that appeared on occasion in
    Graphic Workshop's Welcome Wizard have been nailed, and the wizard
    will now prompt you before it begins invoking its magic.

  * *Secure EXIF Metadata:* Several problems that could cause the Secure
    EXIF item to be absent from Graphic Workshop's right-click menu
    under some configurations of Windows have been disabused of this
    behavior. Should you be unfamiliar with it, Secure EXIF will quickly
    and permanently remove the hidden metadata from JPG and PNG
    documents that could be used to determine exactly where you were
    when you took the pictures in question.

  * *More Secure EXIF Metadata:* Graphic Workshop's Secure EXIF logic is
    now available as a batch function. Select as many JPG and PNG
    documents as you like and then select Secure EXIF from the Graphic
    Workshop Image menu to remove their location data.

  * *Presentaton Wizard UltraLight:* Graphic Workshop's ancillary
    Presentation Wizard UltraLight application's runtime has been
    updated to use our shockingly fast low-level pixel management
    technology, speeding everything up.

  * *Thumbnail Alpha: *Graphic Workshop's thumbnail manager hitherto
    ignored the transparency of some images when it was creating
    thumbnails. This has been fixed.

  * *Preview Alpha:* Graphic Workshop's preview image logic was also
    omitting alpha transparency under some configurations of Windows,
    and this too is history.

  * *MP3:* Under some configurations of Windows, Graphic Workshop's
    browsers could display two thumbnails for each MP3 document therein.
    It's now down the traditional one thumbnail for file.

  * *System Information: *Under some configurations of Windows, Graphic
    Workshop's System Information window would omit your motherboard
    BIOS serial number. It's back.

  * *Get Information:*The Graphic Workshop Get Information window didn't
    always respond correctly to a held-down Shift key to disable its
    preview image. Now it does.

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 Calendar Wizard 12

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

Calendar Wizard 14 has been released.

We've added new functionality to Calendar Wizard, 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 Calendar Wizard 14, you'll 
find...

  * *PNG Security:* The Calendar Wizard PNG 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 Calendar Wizardto update to this release, 'coz the universe
    has a lot of really bad people in it.

    The current version of the PNG library is now available in the About
    → Credits window. It's currently 1.6.39.*

    *
  * *JPEG Security:* Calendar Wizard's Turbo JPEG library has been
    updated to the latest release to address some security issues.

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

  * *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.

  * *Speed:* The low-level pixel logic for Calendar Wizard has been
    re-written in optimized machine language. Since much of what
    Calendar Wizard does involves managing pixels, it has become
    substantially quicker.

  * *Welcome Wizard:* A number of problems that appeared on occasion in
    Calendar Wizard's Welcome Wizard have been nailed, and the wizard
    will now prompt you before it begins invoking its magic.

  * *System Information: *Under some configurations of Windows, Calendar
    Wizard's System Information window would omit your motherboard BIOS
    serial number. It's back.*

    *
  * *Drawing Engine:* A number of metrics and details have been improved
    in the calendar drawing engines for Calendar Wizard.

  * *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 Calendar Wizard 12.

    Download <http://www.mindworkshop.com/calwiz.html>

      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Calendar Wizard 12 
on or after August 1, 2022, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to 
Calendar Wizard 14.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Calendar Wizard 12 
prior to August 1, 2022, we invite you to upgrade to Calendar Wizard 14 
for *half the current new-user price*.

The first time you run Calendar Wizard 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/calkey.html> directly by clicking on the 
foregoing link.

The exotic car graphic is from the Corel Professional Photos Royalty 
Free CD-ROM Exotic Cars, and is used under license.

    PNG MNG Construction Set 14 Revision 3

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

PNG MNG Construction Set 14 has been updated.

*In this release:*

  * *PNG Security:* The PNG MNG Construction Set PNG 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 Setto update to this release, 'coz
    the universe has a lot of really bad people in it.

    The current version of the PNG library is now available in the About
    → Credits window. It's currently 1.6.38.*

    *
  * *Digital Video:* The PNG MNG Construction SetExport to Movie**has
    been enhanced to accurately preserve the delays and running time of
    the source animations it exports from. It also manages attached
    sound more accurately.*

    *
  * *Welcome Wizard:* A number of problems that appeared on occasion in
    PNG MNG Construction Set's Welcome Wizard have been nailed, and the
    wizard will now prompt you before it begins invoking its magic.

  * *System Information: *Under some configurations of Windows, PNG MNG
    Construction Set's System Information window would omit your
    motherboard BIOS serial number. It's back.

  * *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.

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 3

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

GIF Construction Set Professional 14 has been updated.

*In this release:*

  * *PNG Security:* The GIF Construction Set PNG 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.

    The current version of the PNG library is now available in the About
    → Credits window. It's currently 1.6.38.*

    *
  * *Digital Video:* The GIF Construction Set Export to Movie**has been
    enhanced to accurately preserve the delays and running time of the
    source animations it exports from. It also manages attached sound
    more accurately.*

    *
  * *Welcome Wizard:* A number of problems that appeared on occasion in
    GIF Construction Set's Welcome Wizard have been nailed, and the
    wizard will now prompt you before it begins invoking its magic.

  * *System Information: *Under some configurations of Windows, GIF
    Construction Set's System Information window would omit your
    motherboard BIOS serial number. It's back.

  * *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.

The background of the banner graphic above, a detail from a picture by 
Fabibel, is used under license from freeimages.com.

    Announcing Animation Workshop 14

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

Animation Workshop 14 has been released.

We've added new functionality to Animation Workshop, 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 Animation Workshop 14, you'll 
find...

  * *Speed:* The low-level pixel logic for Animation Workshop has been
    re-written in optimized machine language. Since most of what
    Animation Workshop does involves managing pixels, it has become
    substantially quicker.*

    **JPEG Security:* Animation Workshop's Turbo JPEG library has been
    updated to the latest release to address some security issues.

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

    WebP:***The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.*

    Rendering Engine:* Improves the performance of Animation Workshop's
    animation rendering engine.*

    Colors:* The color selection window that appears whenever Animation
    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.

  * *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 14.

    DownloadNow <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animwork.html>

      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 
12 on or after July 1, 2022, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to 
Animation Workshop 14.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 
12 prior to July 1, 2022, we invite you to upgrade to Animation Workshop 
14 for *half the current new-user price*.

The first time you run Animation Workshop 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/anmkey.html> directly by clicking on the 
foregoing link.

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