[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
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Contents:
1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 4 * (additional notification)
2. *Announcing Screen Saver Construction Set 15*
3. *Announcing Presentation Wizard 15***(second notification)
4. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*
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closing of the year... and no socks.**
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Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 4
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>
*Graphic Workshop Professional 15* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause Graphic
Workshopto terminate unexpectedly has been addressed.
* *Cloud Textures:* The fractal cloud texture generator that appears
in Graphic Workshop's Fractals and textures window, and in several
ancillary applications, has been updated to address a buffer overrun
that could crash the software calling it.
* *Fractal Textures: *The fractal texture generator that appears in
Graphic Workshop's Fractals and textures window, and in several
ancillary applications, has been updated to improve its aspect ratio
management, such that non-square textures look more natural.
* *Crop:* The Crop Properties window now includes a History field, to
remember and instantly recall your crop settings. Note that if you
don't find this as helpful as we did, it can be disabled by
unselecting Enable History Lists in Setup.
* *Transform:* A number of cosmetic user interface issues have been
addressed in the Transform window.
* *EXIF Editor: *Pretty much the same cosmetic user interface issues
have been addressed in the EXIF Editor window.
* *File Tip Sizes: *Graphic Workshop's file tips —the yellow windows
that appear if you hover your mouse cursor over a thumbnail in one
of Graphic Workshop's browser windows —now include the file
dimensions and color depths for the graphics they pertain to.In the
event that you're running Graphic Workshop on a slow or very busy
computer and you find that this feature causes the file tip windows
to appear with an unacceptable delay, you can disable this feature
by unselecting Show File Tip Sizes in Setup.
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.
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Announcing Screen Saver Construction Set 15
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/scspro.html>
*Screen Saver Construction Set 15* has been released.
We've added new functionality to Screen Saver Construction Set, 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 Screen Saver Construction Set
15, you'll find...
* *PNG Security:* The Screen Saver 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 Screen Saver 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 1.6.40.*
*
* *JPEG:* The Screen Saver Construction Set 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 Screen Saver Construction
Setto update to this release.
* *WebP:* The Screen Saver Construction SetWebP library has been
updated to version 1.3.2 to address a security issue. We'd like to
take this opportunity to urge all users of Screen Saver Construction
Setto update to this release.
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause Screen Saver
Construction Setto terminate unexpectedly has 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.
* *WIX Installer:* A bug in the version field of the installer
creation logic has been addressed.
* *Private Documents:* Screen Saver Construction Set optionally can
create its documents without storing creator information. Enable the
Save Without Creator Information option in Setup.
* *Drawing Engine:* A number of metrics and details have been improved
in the Presentation drawing engines for Screen Saver Construction Set.
* *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 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 now <http://www.mindworkshop.com/scspro.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver
Construction Set 14 on or after August 1, 2023, you're welcome to a
*no-cost upgrade* to Screen Saver Construction Set 15.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Screen Saver
Construction Set 14 prior to August 1, 2023, we invite you to upgrade to
Screen Saver Construction Set 15 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Screen Saver Construction Set 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/scskey.html> directly by clicking on the
foregoing link.
Announcing Presentation Wizard 15
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/prspro.html>
*Presentation Wizard 15* has been released.
We've added new functionality to Presentation 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 Presentation Wizard 15,
you'll find...
* *Speed:* A quicker and more efficient architecture to make the most
of the latest releases of Windows.
* *PNG Security:* The Presentation 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 Presentation 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 1.6.40.*
*
* *JPEG:* The Presentation Wizard 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 Presentation Wizardto update to
this release.
* *WebP:* The Presentation WizardWebP library has been updated to
version 1.3.2 to address a security issue. We'd like to take this
opportunity to urge all users of Presentation Wizardto update to
this release.
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause Presentation
Wizardto terminate unexpectedly has 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.
* *WIX Installer:* A bug in the version field of the installer
creation logic has been addressed.
* *Private Documents:* Presentation Wizard optionally can create its
documents without storing creator information. Enable the Save
Without Creator Information option in Setup.
* *Drawing Engine:* A number of metrics and details have been improved
in the Presentation drawing engines for Presentation 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 Presentation Wizard 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/prspro.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation
Wizard 14 on or after August 1, 2023, you're welcome to a *no-cost
upgrade* to Presentation Wizard 15.
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation
Wizard 14 prior to August 1, 2023, we invite you to upgrade to
Presentation Wizard 15 for *half the current new-user price*.
The first time you run Presentation Wizard 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/prskey.html> directly by clicking on the
foregoing link.
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