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        Contents:

 1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 14 Revision 10 * (second notification)
 2. *Screen Saver Construction Set 14 Revision 2*
 3. *Font Wrangler 14 Revision 2 *(additional notification)
 4. *Really Important (Trust Us)*
 5. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*



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    Graphic Workshop Professional 14 Revision 10


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


*Graphic Workshop Professional 14* has been updated.

*In this release:

*

  * ***Thumbnails:* A decidedly pernicious issue in Graphic Workshop's
    thumbnail management logic has been addressed. Left to its own
    devices, it could destabilize and crash Graphic Workshop if somewhat
    large graphics were thumbnailed... under some builds of Windows..

    This one's fairly serious, and we'd like to take this opportunity to
    urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release no
    later than half an hour ago.

  * *Build to Clipboard and View:* Many of the features in Graphic
    Workshop's browser right-click menu can build their modified
    graphics to the Windows clipboard, as well as to disk files, from
    whence they can be pasted into other applications.

    Those that don't have integral View functions can now build graphics
    to a Graphic Workshop View window, for additional processing.

    Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and click on OK to build to
    the clipboard. Hold down the Alt key and click on OK to build to
    View where it's applicable.

    This feature is available for the Adjust, Caption, Effects, Matt and
    Frame, Photography Workshop, Transform and Watermark functions. See
    the sections in Graphic Workshop's Reference document pertaining to
    these windows for more information.

  * *Preview Images:* A number of the user interface windows in Graphic
    Workshop that display preview images — most notably Get Information,
    Delete, Rename and Move and Copy — can now look to Graphic
    Workshop's THN thumbnail files if no other quick source of
    thumbnails is to hand. This speeds up these functions, and largely
    banishes the thumbnail not available symbol.

  * *Font Wrangler UltraLight: *A bug that prevented the entire sample
    text being displayed in the Font Sample window under some builds of
    Windows has been stomped.

  * *Favorites:* A bug in the Graphic Workshop Favorites window that
    could cause it to crash if more than one thumbnail was selected has
    been disabused of its bad behavior.

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, we invite you to upgrade to Graphic Workshop 
Professional 14 for *half the current new-user price*.

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

    Upgrade <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.


    Screen Saver Construction Set 14 Revision 2


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


*Screen Saver Construction Set 14* has been updated.

*In this release:*

  * *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to the latest release to
    address several security and performance issues.

    The current version of the WebP library is available in the About →
    Credits window. It's currently 1.3.0.

  * *Runtime:* The Screen Saver Construction Set runtime has been
    updated to address a number of performance and security issues.

  * *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 Screen Saver Construction Set 14.

    Download now <http://www.mindworkshop.com/scspro.html>


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver 
Construction Set 12, we invite you to upgrade to Screen Saver 
Construction Set 14 for *half the current new-user price*.

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


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



    Font Wrangler 14 Revision 2


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


*Font Wrangler 14* has been updated.

*In this release:*

  * *WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to the latest release to
    address several security and performance issues.

    The current version of the WebP library is available in the About →
    Credits window. It's currently 1.3.0.

  * *Credits:* The Font Wrangler Font Sample window now includes a
    Credits button to view any documents included with fonts distributed
    as ZIP archives.

  * *Sample Text:* A bug that prevented the entire sample text being
    displayed in the Font Sample window under some builds of Windows has
    been stomped.

  * *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 Font Wrangler 14.

    Download now <http://www.mindworkshop.com/fontrang.html>


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler12, 
we invite you to upgrade to Font Wrangler 14 for *half the current 
new-user price*. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade 
page. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.


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


The graphic Metal Type from Letterpress 4 by Typofi is used under 
license from freeimages.com.


    Presentation Wizard 14 Revision 3


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


*Presentation Wizard 14* has been updated.

*In this release:

*

  * *WebP Security:* The Presentation Wizard WebP library hasbeen
    updated to the latest release to address several potential security
    and performance issues.

    The current version of the WebP library is available in the About →
    Credits window. It's currently 1.3.0.

  * *Runtime:* The Presentation Wizard runtime has been updated to
    address a number of performance and security issues.

  * *Save As:* A potential issue with the Presentation Wizard Save As
    window has been addressed. This issue could theoretically have
    crashed Presentation Wizard — we strongly urge all users of
    Presentation Wizard to upgrade to this release as quickly as possible.

  * *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 Presentation Wizard 14.

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


      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation 
Wizard12, we invite you to upgrade to Presentation Wizard 14 for *half 
the current new-user price*. Click on the blue button below to visit the 
upgrade page. Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.


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


The bear was created by Eugen Buzuk of icondrawer.com, and is used under 
license.


    Really Important (Trust Us)


<http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy1.html>


Software that's distributed over the Internet is traditionally "signed" 
using a "code signing certificate." A code signing certificate allows an 
authority ostensibly worthy of trust to vouch for whoever is 
distributing the software in question.

At least, that's how it's supposed to work.

In reality, signing distributed software with a code signing certificate 
doesn't do a lot beyond suppressing the scary messages that some web 
browsers and / or Windows might display when you download or install 
software. Absent a signing certificate, you might see a message to the 
effect that the publisher of the software in question could not be verified.

Alchemy Mindworks has signed its software with a code signing 
certificate for the past several decades, as we didn't want to unsettle 
users of our products with ominous popups.

Code signing certificates were never inexpensive, but in the summer of 
2023 they quadrupled in price... for no detectable reason.*

*The best that can be said of code signing is that it offers users of 
signed software a degree of assurance that what they're installing 
really came from the publisher who purports to have created it. If 
you're downloading Alchemy Mindworks software from the Alchemy Mindworks 
web site, you can enjoy a substantially greater level of confidence that 
this is so than a digital certificate would have afforded you.

Nobody gets to upload software to our servers except for us.

In the interest of keeping our costs — and hence our prices — at their 
lowest possible levels, we've decided to forego signing our downloadable 
software going forward. Depending on your choice of web browsers, you 
might see a warning to the effect that the publisher of our software is 
unknown or couldn't be verified.

You can safely ignore this warning. If you downloaded our software from 
our server, know that it was uploaded by us, and it's entirely safe to 
install and run.

Should you have any concerns about our software, the security thereof or 
the issue of code signing, we invite you to contact us 
<https://www.mindworkshop.com/email-alchemy.html>. We'll be pleased to 
explain this situation in as much detail as you require, and the message 
you receive will be signed by a living, breathing Alchemy Mindworks 
staff member — not a certificate.




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