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Contents:
1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 5 * (additionalnotification)
2. *Alpha Paint 15 Revision 2* (new this weekend)
3. *PNG MNG Construction Set 15 Revision 2 *(second notification)
4. *GIF Construction Set Professional 15 Revision
2***(additionalnotification)
5. *New Reviews at Storm Gods*(additionalnotification)
6. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*
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Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 5
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>
*Graphic Workshop Professional 15* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *Information Window:* The Graphic Workshop document
informationwindow has been updated to make it easier to read, and to
allow for longer comments.
* *MP3:* The Graphic Workshop MP3 writer has been addressed to nail a
problem that could cause it to write invalid metadata under some
configurations of Windows.
* *Paint: *The Paint and Paint and Save as items in the browser
right-click menus have been disabled for file types that can't be
painted, such as video and sound files.
* *Destination:* The Destination window has been redesigned to improve
its performance, and to move the audio file types to their own column.
* *Filters:* A number of issues with the View mode Filters window have
been addressed..
* *Preview: *A cosmetic issue in the middle-click preview window of
Filters has been fixed.
* *Performance:* Several performance improvements have been
implemented throughout the application.
Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 15.
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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
14, we invite you to upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 15 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>
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Alpha Paint 15 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/alphap.html>
*Alpha Paint 15* has been updated.
*In this release:
*
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause Alpha
Paintto terminate unexpectedly has been addressed.
* *Cloud Textures:* The fractal cloud texture generator that appears
in Alpha Paint Fill window has been updated to address a buffer
overrun that could crash the software calling it.
* *Fractal Textures: *The fractal texture generator that appears in
Alpha Paint's Fill window has been updated to improve its aspect
ratio management, such that non-square textures look more natural.
* *WebP:* The Alpha PaintWebP 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 Alpha Paintto update to this release.
* *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.
* *Drawing Engine:* Improves the performance of Alpha Paint's drawing
engine.
* *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 Alpha Paint 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/alphap.html#download>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Alpha Paint 14, we
invite you to upgrade to Alpha Paint 15 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>
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PNG MNG Construction Set 15 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html>
*PNG MNG Construction Set* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *Adjust View To Fit: *Really extensive animations that are too large
to fit on your desktop are now resized in memory when they're viewed
by default. This behavior can be disabled by unselecting Adjust
Oversize View Windows in Setup.
It has come to our attention that some users of PNG MNG Construction
Set have found an unusual application for it. They render animations
of machine parts to watch how they behave. Some of these renderings
are created at very high resolutions, hence this feature.
* *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 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 1.6.40.*
*
* *JPEG:* The PNG MNG 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 PNG MNG Construction Set to update
to this release.
* *WebP:* The PNG MNG Construction Set WebP 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 PNG MNG Construction Set to update
to this release.
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause PNG MNG
Construction Set to 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.
* *Supercompressor: *A bug in the PNG MNG Construction Set
Supercompressor that could see it create invalid animation files in
some circumstances 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 PNG MNG 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 <http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG
Construction Set 14, we invite you to upgrade to PNG MNG Construction
Set 15 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>
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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 15 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gifcon.html>
*GIF Construction Set Professional* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *Adjust View To Fit: *Really extensive animations that are too large
to fit on your desktop are now resized in memory when they're viewed
by default. This behavior can be disabled by unselecting Adjust
Oversize View Windows in Setup.
It has come to our attention that some users of GIF Construction Set
have found an unusual application for it. They render animations of
machine parts to watch how they behave. Some of these renderings are
created at very high resolutions, hence this feature.
* *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 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 GIF Construction SetJPEG 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 GIF Construction Setto update to
this release.
* *WebP:* The GIF 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 GIF Construction Setto update to
this release.
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause GIF
Construction Set to 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.
* *Supercompressor: *A bug in the GIF Construction Set Supercompressor
that could see it create invalid animation files in some
circumstances 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 GIF Construction Set 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/gifcon.html>
Upgrades
If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction
Set Professional 14, we invite you to upgrade to GIF Construction Set
Professional 15 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>
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Fabibel, is used under license from freeimages.com.
New Reviews at Storm Gods
<https://www.stormgods.com/recent-posts/>
A number of fresh entries have been**posted at Storm Gods.
Storm Gods —product reviews by the staff of Alchemy Mindworks —features
objective reviews of the things we've bought.
It might betray a significant collective character flaw, but we buy a
lot of stuff. For the most part, we research our purchases carefully.
Storm Gods will share our choices and our experiences with them.
Unlike product review pages with larger staff and actual production
budgets, Storm Gods is based exclusively on items we would have bought
anyway. No compensation was provided to us by their manufacturers —not
that we'd necessarily have objected if they'd tried —and as such, all
the reviews at Storm Gods are wholly unbiased.
Alchemy Mindworks has no affiliation with any of the manufacturers
mentioned at Storm Gods —in most cases, we never even filled in the
warranty cards.
We invite you to visit us at Storm Gods. Be sure to check out the wood
shelter review — it's epic.
Storm Gods <https://www.stormgods.com/recent-posts/>
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