[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
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Contents:
1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 3 * (new this weekend)
2. *Announcing Animation Workshop 15* (second notification)
3. *Announcing The Ultimate Screen Clock 15 * (additional )
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Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 3
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>
*Graphic Workshop Professional 15* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *JPEG:* The Graphic Workshop Turbo JPEG library has been updated to
version 3.0.1 to address a security issue. 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.
* *MOZ JPEG:* The Graphic Workshop MOZ JPEG plugin has been updated to
version 4.1.4, and Graphic Workshop's internal interface for it has
been expanded to make it a lot quicker when it's called by the
Graphic Workshop supercompressor.
If you use the MOZ JPEG plugin to create the smallest possible JPEG
documents, be sure to install this update.
* *Favor Turbo JPEG: *The Favor Turbo JPEG option in the JPG, PNG and
WebP tab of Graphic Workshop's Setup window will allow Graphic
Workshop to use the shockingly quick Turbo JPEG library to read JPEG
documents even if you've selected another JPEG Processor to write
them. This is exceedingly cool if you've installed the
aforementioned MOZ JPEG plugin to create really small JPEG files,
but want to view JPEGs without delay.
* *Turbo Fast DCT:* While a complete explanation of this parameter
could put bricks to sleep, the Turbo JPG Fast DCT option in Graphic
Workshop's Setup could hitherto have been ignored by the Turbo JPEG
library in some circumstances. This has been nailed. For most
applications of Graphic Workshop, this option should be disabled.
You'll find it in the JPG, PNG and WebP tab... along with an
explanation to put bricks to sleep, should you read the Help for it.
* *Mercury**Matrix:* A number of simple two-row matrix styles have
been added to the Matrix window. Look toward the end of the matrix
list for Wallpaper.
* *Write File Comments: *A bug in the file comment write logic that
appeared under some configurations of Windows is history.
* *Animation Workshop UltraLight: *A number of issues with the
Animation Workshop UltraLight rendering engine's object removal
logic have been addressed.
Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 15.
If you haven't done so previously, we recommend that you install the
Alchemy Mindworks trusted certificate
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/alchemy-mindworks/installing-the-alchemy-mindworks-certificate/>
and disable the Smart Screen blue window of doom
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/windows/disabling-windows-smart-screen-for-downloads/>
prior to downloading Alchemy Mindworks software.
Download <http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 14 on or after May 1, 2023, you're welcome to a *no-cost
upgrade* to Graphic Workshop Professional 15.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop
Professional 14 prior to May 1, 2023, we invite you to upgrade to
Graphic Workshop Professional 15 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Graphic Workshop Professional 15, 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. The people in the example matrix graphic
in this section don't exist — their pictures were created by an AI at
This-Person-Does-not-Exist.com.
Announcing Animation Workshop 15
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/animwork.html>
Animation Workshop 15 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 15, you'll
find...
* *Speed:* A quicker and more efficient architecture to make the most
of the latest releases of Windows.
* *Animated PNG:* Animation Workshop will now import animated PNG
animations... even the really weird ones.*
*
* *WebP Security:* Animation Workshop's WebP 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.
* *Rendering Engine:* A number of issues with the Animation Workshop
rendering engine's object removal logic have been addressed.
* *Themes:* An issue in the theme interface common to most Alchemy
Mindworks software that could leak resources and occasionally crash
the applications in question has been mercilessly stomped.
* *Animations on Background:* Animation Workshop will now
automatically enable its On Background option for imported
animations when it thinks they require this option. You can disabuse
it of doing so in Setup. See the discussion of Object Removal in the
Animation Workshop manual for more about this.
* *Click to Close:* Animation Workshop's View window can now be closed
by clicking outside it. This behavior can be disabled in Setup if
you find you don't like it.
* *Performance: *Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that
software developers never really stop meddling with.
* *Documentation:* Updates the documentation.
If you haven't done so previously, we recommend that you install the
Alchemy Mindworks trusted certificate
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/alchemy-mindworks/installing-the-alchemy-mindworks-certificate/>
and disable the Smart Screen blue window of doom
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/windows/disabling-windows-smart-screen-for-downloads/>
prior to downloading Alchemy Mindworks software.
Click on the blue button to download Animation Workshop 15.
DownloadNow <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animwork.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop
14 on or after June 1, 2023, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to
Animation Workshop 15.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop
14 prior to June 1, 2023, we invite you to upgrade to Animation Workshop
15 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Animation Workshop 15, 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.
The background of the banner graphic above is used under license from
Shutterstock.
Announcing The Ultimate Screen Clock 15
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/clock.html>
The Ultimate Screen Clock 15 has been released.
We've added new functionality to The Ultimate Screen Clock, 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 The Ultimate Screen Clock 15,
you'll find..
* ***WebP:* The WebP library has been updated to improve its performance.
*
*
* *Smartwatch Analog:Analog Smartwatch:* The analog Smartwatch clock
style won’t check your blood pressure, notify you of new friends at
your Facebook account, text your stock broker or improve your sleep
patterns. This said, it never needs recharging and it won’t wear the
hair away on your wrist.
The analog Smartwatch comes in two sizes and five colors, and it
isn’t made of ethically-sourced rhodium. Adventurous users may want
to use The Ultimate Screen Clock's style override option to
experiment with different colors for its hands.
* *Smartwatch Digital**Digital Smartwatch:* The digital Smartwatch
offers all the leading-edge features of its analog sibling, above,
with a large digital display and no detectable hands.
It’s hundreds of dollars cheaper than a conventional smartwatch, and
rarely appears pretentious or vulgar.
The Digital Smartwatch style also comes in two sizes and five
colors. No one knows what the control on the right side of its case
actually does, so pretty much like a real smartwatch.
* *Octagon**Octagon:* The must-have accessory for any serious pirate
ship, trans-galactic yacht or trendy fish restaurant, the Octagon
clock style sings of the grey-green mantle of the endless seas
before the days of GPS, satellite telephones and ravening
environmental activists from upstate New York gluing themselves to
the forecastle.
Octagon comes in two sizes. A cutlass and a shoulder parrot are
optional.
* *Mercury <http://gra.mindworkshop.com/1135-006.webp>Mercury**:* It’s
the messenger of the gods, the only known metallic element to melt
at room temperature and the planet in our solar system where
sunblock is never optional.
More to the point, it’s a shockingly cool clock style.
Bright, fluid and transcendent, Mercury is available in three sizes
and four colors, with and without digital dissolve. The thumbnail
above hardly does it justice, but if you click on it, you'll see a
far better representation of its epic coolness.
* *Global Clocks**Global Clocks:* The Ultimate Screen Clock's Global
Clocks window will display 24 analog clock faces, one for each time
zone on Earth. It will look more or less like the window to your
right, if substantially larger – we hasten to add that you can
change the clock style it displays its many time zones with.
It can also be configured to display 27 time zones, including the
half-hour zones used in Newfoundland, India and Australia.
To access the Global Clocks window, right-click in The Ultimate
Screen Clock and select Global Clocks from the menu that appears.
The clock style used by the Global Clocks window can be configured
through the Styles sub-menu of The Ultimate Screen Clock.
* *Startup Window: *Users who need The Ultimate Screen Clock to open
one of its ancillary functions when it starts up can now configure
it to do so in its Setup window. Use the Startup Window field.
You could, for example, have the Global Clocks window appear, if you
wanted to be apprised of the time around the world.
Once you close a window opened by the Startup Window option, The
Ultimate Screen Clock will behave normally.
Hold down the left Ctrl key on your keyboard when you start The
Ultimate Screen Clock to bypass this setting.
* *Performance: *Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that
software developers never really stop meddling with.
* *Documentation:* Updates the documentation.
If you haven't done so previously, we recommend that you install the
Alchemy Mindworks trusted certificate
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/alchemy-mindworks/installing-the-alchemy-mindworks-certificate/>
and disable the Smart Screen blue window of doom
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/windows/disabling-windows-smart-screen-for-downloads/>
prior to downloading Alchemy Mindworks software.
Click on the blue button to download The Ultimate Screen Clock 15.
Download <http://www.mindworkshop.com/clock.html>
Note that in addition to installing The Ultimate Screen Clock, you'll
probably also want to install The Ultimate Screen Clock *Extra Styles
library*, which will augment it with wealth of additional clock styles,
including some of the ones mentioned herein. The Extra Styles library is
also accessible through the above big blue button.
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for The Ultimate
Screen Clock 14 May 1, 2023, you're welcome to a *no-cost upgrade* to
The Ultimate Screen Clock 15.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for The Ultimate
Screen Clock 14 prior to May1, 2022, we invite you to upgrade to The
Ultimate Screen Clock 15 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run The Ultimate Screen Clock 15, 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/clkkey.html> directly by clicking on the
foregoing link.
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Horbovyy, licensed through Alamy Ltd.
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