[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
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Contents:
1. *Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 7 * (second notification)
2. *Presentation Wizard 15 Revision 2*
3. *The Ultimate Screen Clock 15 Revision 2 *(additional notification)
4. *The Alchemy Mindworks Trusted Certificate for Windows 11*
5. *Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details*
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Graphic Workshop Professional 15 Revision 7
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>
*Graphic Workshop Professional 15* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *JPEG:* The Graphic WorkshopJPEG library has been updated to version
3.0.2 to address a security issue. We'd like to take this
opportunity to urge all users of Graphic Workshopto update to this
release.
* *PNG Security:* TheGraphic WorkshopPNG 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 Workshopto update to this release.
The current version of the PNG library is now available in the About
→ Credits window. It's currently 1.6.41.*
*
* *Matrix:* A bug in the Graphic Workshop Matrix window that could
cause it to use low-resolution images and create very fuzzy matrices
as a result under some configurations of Windows has been
mercilessly, and entirely, stomped.
This was a very sneaky and invidious bug.
* *Registration Key Window:* To assist users of Alchemy Mindworks'
software who encounter issues with the Registration Key window, it
now includes helpful audio prompts. It talks. You'll see a message
to this effect when you open it to update Graphic Workshop.
We hasten to add that if you don't find the spoken prompts as cool
as we did, you can disable them in the initial prompt window, or in
Graphic Workshop'sRegistration Key window by clicking on Silence.
Disabling the spoken prompts in any Alchemy Mindworks application
will disable them for all our software, for the rest of time... or
until you explicitly turn them back on by clicking on Sound in the
Registration Key window.
* *View Mode Filters:* The Open and Save logic for the View mode
Filters window has been updated to address a number of Windows
issues. Depending on your configuration of Windows, it hitherto
could have refused to recognize filter types with spaces in their names.
The resolution for this issue was to replace all the spaces in the
Open and Save file extensions with underscores. If you have any
saved filters, you might need to either manually rename their file
extensions or select All Files in the Filter Open window to find them.
The Open logic has also been updated to address an issue wherein
newly opened filters didn't always update their respective controls
correctly.
* *AVI:* Several issues in Graphic Workshop's AVI file handling that
could cause it to misbehave when it was reading or writing very
large AVI documents have been addressed. The documentation for AVI
in the list of formats has been updated as well.
* *Presentation Wizard UltraLight:* An issue that could cause the
client area of the Presentation Wizard UltraLight page view and
editing windows to be calculated incorrectly under some
configutaions of Windows has been addressed.
* *Calendar Wizard UltraLight: *Nails a bug that caused the
traditional Alchemy Mindworks soft buttons in Calendar Wizard's
windows to be displayed as hard-edged Windows buttons. Admittedly,
this was unlikely to bring about the immediate demise of
civilization as we know it, but now it's history.
* *Performance:* Several more performance improvements have been
implemented throughout the application.
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
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>
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.
Presentation Wizard 15 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/prspro.html>
*Presentation Wizard 15* has been updated.
*In this release:*
* *JPEG:* The Presentation WizardJPEG library has been updated to
version 3.0.2 to address a security issue. We'd like to take this
opportunity to urge all users of Presentation Wizardto update to
this release.
*PNG Security:* ThePresentation WizardPNG 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.
The current version of the PNG library is now available in the About
→ Credits window. It's currently 1.6.41.
* *Registration Key Window:* To assist users of Alchemy Mindworks'
software who encounter issues with the Registration Key window, it
now includes helpful audio prompts. It talks. You'll see a message
to this effect when you open it to update Presentation Wizard.
We hasten to add that if you don't find the spoken prompts as cool
as we did, you can disable them in the initial prompt window, or in
Presentation Wizard'sRegistration Key window by clicking on Silence.
Disabling the spoken prompts in any Alchemy Mindworks application
will disable them for all our software, for the rest of time... or
until you explicitly turn them back on by clicking on Sound in the
Registration Key window.
* *Page Editor:* A bug in the page editor that could see all the
objects on a page spontaneously disappear for no apparent reason
under some configurations of Windows has been dispatched.
* *Save Document:* An issue with the Presentation file save logic that
could corrupt the page object lists of documents under some
configurations of Windows... resulting in some very weirdly
misplaced objects thereafter... is history.
* *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, we invite you to upgrade to Presentation Wizard 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>
The bear was created by Eugen Buzuk of icondrawer.com, and is used under
license.
The Ultimate Screen Clock 15 Revision 2
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/clock.html>
*The Ultimate Screen Clock 15* has been updated.
*In this release:
*
* *Zepher clock style:Zephyr Style:* Complex, intriguing,
extra-dimensional and almost certainly neo-something, the Zephyr
style is so named because it suggests a gentle breeze of
enlightenment... and because we’ve long wanted a style name that
began with Z.
Zebra is still a work in progress.
The Zephyr style comes in three colors, two levels of dark and
sinister and in alternate digital dissolve versions to keep your
attention TIG welded to your monitor. The example clock shown above
doesn’t begin to fully express its coolness — trust us.
* *PNG Security:* The Ultimate Screen Clock's 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 The Ultimate Screen Clock 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 The Ultimate Screen Clock'sJPEG 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 The Ultimate Screen Clockto update
to this release.
* *WebP:* The The Ultimate Screen Clock'sWebP 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 The Ultimate Screen Clockto update
to this release.
* *Registration Key Window:* To assist users of Alchemy Mindworks'
software who encounter issues with the Registration Key window, it
now includes helpful audio prompts. It talks. You'll see a message
to this effect when you open it to update The Ultimate Screen Clock.
We hasten to add that if you don't find the spoken prompts as cool
as we did, you can disable them in the initial prompt window, or at
any time The Ultimate Screen Clock'sRegistration Key window by
clicking on Silence.
Disabling the spoken prompts in any Alchemy Mindworks application
will disable them for all our software, for the rest of time... or
until you explicitly turn them back on by clicking on Sound in the
Registration Key window.
* *Memory Leak:* A resource memory issue that could cause The Ultimate
Screen Clockto terminate unexpectedly has been addressed.
* *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 the digital dissolve versions of Zephyr. 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, you're welcome to a *half-price upgrade* to The
Ultimate Screen Clock 15.
Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.
Upgrade <http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html>
The deck watch graphic at the beginning of this section is by Volodymyr
Horbovyy, licensed through Alamy Ltd.
Alchemy Mindworks Trusted Certificate
<http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy1.html>
Installing the Alchemy Mindworks Trusted Certificate will allow you to
enjoy downloading and installing our software products absent the
intrusion of scary messages from Windows.
It will also make sure that the installers downloaded from our web page
are secure, intact and safe to use.
The instructions for installing the Alchemy Mindworks trusted
certificate
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/alchemy-mindworks/installing-the-alchemy-mindworks-certificate/>
have now been updated to include a detailed discussion of doing so under
Windows 11.
If you haven't installed the certificate previously, we urge you to
click on the foregoing link.
While you're busy ridding your computer of some of Windows' more
nettlesome popups, we invite you to disable its Smart Screen blue window
of doom
<https://blog.mindworkshop.com/windows/disabling-windows-smart-screen-for-downloads/>
as well, another questionable security feature that's probably beset you
with concern of late.
There are few things you can do with a computer that are more satisfying
than spanking Windows.
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
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*IMPORTANT:* Prior to downloading Alchemy Mindworks software, we
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