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                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Contents:</font></h3>
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                  <li><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              size="+2"> Graphic Workshop Professional 9</font>
                          </font></b></font></b><font face="Helvetica,
                      Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"><font size="-2">(new this weekend)</font></font></font></li>
                  <li><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          size="+2"> Alpha Paint + Icon Editor 9 </font>
                        <br>
                      </font></b></li>
                  <li><font size="+2"><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                          sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                            sans-serif"> </font></font></b></font><b><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Announcing
                          The Ultimate Screen Clock </font>9</font></b><font
                      size="+2"><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                          sans-serif"> </font></b></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          size="-2" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">(second
                            notification)</font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Announcing
                        PNG MNG Construction Set 9</font></b><font
                      size="+2"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"> </font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        size="-2" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">(additional
                          notification)</font></font></font></li>
                  <li><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Announcing
                        GIF Construction Set Professional 9</font></b><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font><font
                        size="-2" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">(additional
                          notification)</font></font></font></li>
                  <li><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font></b><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Replying to
                      this Message, List Removal and Details</font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
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                          href="http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/lizardland.html"><img
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                        <blockquote><b><font size="+1" face="Helvetica,
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                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  size="+2"><font size="+1"><font
                                      size="+3">Not all green things are
                                      good for the planet.<br>
                                      <font size="+1"><br>
                                      </font><font size="+2">Trust us.</font></font><br>
                                    <br>
                                  </font></font> </font></font><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"
                              color="#333333">Click on the book.</font></b></blockquote>
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                <h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Graphic
                    Workshop Professional 9 Revision 3 <br>
                    <font size="-1">(new this weekend)</font><br>
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                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This
                    release adds a number of oft-requested features to
                    Graphic Workshop, now rendered possible by its
                    improved internal architecture. It also slaps down a
                    few bugs that crept into the initial upgrade.<br>
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                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Among other
                    things, it:</font></p>
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                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds a
                      shortcut in the View window to copy the current
                      image to the Windows <b>clipboard</b> </font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">— hold
                            down the Shift key on your keyboard and
                            click on the i button in the tool bar.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                            bug in the GWS Camera <b>screen capture</b>
                            that could prevent it from creating Graphic
                            Workshop thumbnails under some builds of
                            Windows.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                            gradient bug in the <b>Textures</b> window.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                            problem with the <b>Text tool</b> in the
                            Graphic Workshop icon editor.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Increases
                            the maximum font size for the <b>Text tool</b>
                            in the icon editor.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds a
                            shortcut to the View window to <b>save your
                              current image</b> back to its parent disk
                            file </font></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">—
                                  hold down the Shift key on your
                                  keyboard and click on the Save as
                                  button in the tool bar.<br>
                                  <br>
                                </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
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                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                                    all the <b>image import</b>
                                    libraries for Graphic Workshop's
                                    ancillary applications to improve
                                    their performance and to deal with
                                    more weird-beard PNG and JPG files.
                                    They're out there, lurking...<br>
                                    <br>
                                  </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Allows
                                    those buttons in Graphic Workshop's
                                    main application window tool bar
                                    that actually process images <b>drag-and</b><b>-drop</b>
                                    aware. You can now select one or
                                    more files in a browser window and
                                    drag them to the buttons for
                                    Convert, Effects, Transform, View,
                                    Delete... and several others... to
                                    process them, rather than clicking.
                                    More to the point, you can drag
                                    files from other applications, such
                                    as Windows Explorer, to the buttons
                                    in question to process them as well.
                                    The metaphors just never end...<br>
                                    <br>
                                  </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds
                                    <b>keyboard</b><b> shortcuts</b> for
                                    many of the functions in Graphic
                                    Workshop's main application window.
                                    Open its menus to see them all.<br>
                                    <br>
                                  </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
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                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Implements
                                    a number of bug fixes and
                                    performance enhancements in <b>e-Paint
                                      UltraLight</b> that came to light
                                    while we were borrowing
                                    functionality from it to build Alpha
                                    Paint and Graphic Workshop's icon
                                    editor.<br>
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                <p align="center"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif">__________________________________________________________</font><br>
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                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      size="+1"><b>From The Initial Posting</b></font><br>
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                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Graphic
                    Workshop Professional 9 has been released. We've
                    further refined its architecture to make it more
                    memory-efficient, and to better utilize the
                    resources available under Windows 10. (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.)</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Among the
                    new features and enhancements to Graphic Workshop
                    Professional 9, you'll find that it:</font></p>
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                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds a <b>
                        Print Photographs</b> function. Print your
                      pictures two, four, nine or sixteen to a page in
                      eye-watering high resolution — with margins and
                      cut lines to trim them out so they look like
                      traditional paper photos. Load your color printer
                      with glossy paper to complete the effect. Sharing
                      a stack of paper photographs with your friends and
                      family is <i>way</i> less scary than handing
                      around an $800-dollar smartphone.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-004.png"
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                        width="242" hspace="10" height="136">Adds a <b>
                        Print Posters</b> function. Have your best
                      photographs </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif">—</font> <font face="Helvetica,
                        Arial, sans-serif">or any other graphics you
                        like look of </font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">— printed
                          over multiple pages. Cut along the included
                          guides, stick the resulting tiles together and
                          you can create posters of pretty much any size
                          you like... at least until you run out of
                          paper and sticky tape.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds a <b>
                            Print Cube</b> function. Yes, we did a lot
                          with printers this time. Select six pictures
                          and Graphic Workshop will print them such that
                          they can be cut out and folded into a
                          three-dimensional photo-cube, complete with
                          glue tabs. Assembling one of these things
                          entails about five minutes of arts and crafts,
                          but they look really cool.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-005.png"
                            alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                            width="113" hspace="10" height="132">Adds a
                          <b> Print Dodecahedron</b> function. Contrary
                          to that which is believed in some circles, a
                          dodecahedron is twelve-sided three-dimensional
                          solid, not an experimental particle
                          accelerator in Switzerland powered by extinct
                          flightless birds. Select twelve photographs
                          and Graphic Workshop will print them out such
                          that they can be cut and folded into a
                          twelve-sided desk ornament / yuletide tree
                          decoration / reduced attention-span cat toy.
                          In fairness, this one takes a few minutes
                          longer to assemble than the aforementioned
                          photo-cube, but it's cooler still.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds <b>Icon
                            Editor</b> UltraLight. A simplified version
                          of the Windows icon editor feature of our
                          Alpha Paint application, Icon Editor
                          UltraLight will create and modify icons with
                          full alpha transparency, and a rich selection
                          of tools. Enhance your Windows desktop with
                          your own icons, build favicons for your web
                          page and generally own the universe... or at
                          least, its clickable shortcuts.<br>
                          <br>
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                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-006.png"
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                            width="212" hspace="10" height="147">Enhances
                          the copyright of your photography </font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">—</font></font>
                          adds the option of <b>watermarking</b> your
                          photographs with <b>graphics</b> as well as
                          text through the batch mode and View window 
                          Watermark functions. The graphic watermark
                          functionality supports alpha transparency, so
                          you can arrange for fancy text and logos,
                          translucent watermarks and innumerable other
                          effects.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds a
                              prompt to the <b>View</b> window to alert
                              you to <b> unsaved changes</b> made
                              through the Filters function... so you
                              don't right-click your flawlessly-refined
                              pictures into oblivion by mistake. Note
                              that this prompt can be disabled through
                              the View mode Configuration window if you
                              prefer to live dangerously.<br>
                              <br>
                            </font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Renames
                              the <b>Picture</b> menu in the View and
                              Crop windows to <b>File</b>, for those of
                              us with fingers that naturally Alt-F S and
                              Alt-F A to Save and Save As.</font></font></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font></font></font><br>
                    <br>
                  </li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-007.png"
                            alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                            width="200" hspace="10" height="156">Adds a
                          <b> Pipes texture</b> to the Textures and
                          Fractals window. Pipes generates intricate,
                          complex tangles of industrial plumbing with a
                          variety of color and style options. The
                          resulting graphics are wholly tile-able </font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">—
                                they can be used as Windows wallpaper,
                                web page backgrounds and other repeating
                                media. While we'd be the first to agree
                                that it would take cleverer minds than
                                ours to find a genuinely practical use
                                for Pipes, this is easily one of the </font>most
                              diverting features we've added to Graphic
                              Workshop in years.<br>
                              <br>
                            </font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                              the <b>File Open</b> window that appears
                              in Montage UltraLight, among others, to
                              display pictures with alpha transparency
                              correctly in its preview pane.<br>
                              <br>
                            </font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds
                              more color options to the <b>Channels</b>
                              filter in the View mode Filters window.<br>
                              <br>
                            </font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes
                              a memory leak in the View mode<b> Undo</b>.<br>
                            </font></font><br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                          bug in the<b> multiple-color gradient selector</b>
                          that appears at various places around Graphic
                          Workshop itself and its ancillary
                          applications, such as Montage UltraLight. This
                          was a particularly insidious little menace,
                          which could crash its parent application if
                          the Manage Library window were opened, under
                          some builds of Windows.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Enhances
                          the sneakiness of the <b>validation logic</b>
                          to further reduce the likelihood of Graphic
                          Workshop un-registering itself and thereafter
                          deciding that its key is already in use
                          because Windows 10 has silently updated
                          something. Hopefully this one nails the
                          problem until the end of time.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Addresses
                      a number of GDI and performance issues that
                      software developers never really stop meddling
                      with.<br>
                            <br>
                    </font> </li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      the documentation.</font></li>
                </ul>
                <p> </p>
                <blockquote> </blockquote>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The <b>Graphic
                      Workshop</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwsprint.html"><img
src="cid:part11.435771E5.5E3082C0@mindworkshop.com" alt="" class=""
                        vspace="10" align="right" width="74" hspace="10"
                        height="104" border="0"></a></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b> Printed
                      Reference</b> has been revised for the version</font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> 9 software, and
                    it includes sections for all the new functionality.
                    It's available thro</font><font face="Helvetica,
                    Arial, sans-serif">u</font><font face="Helvetica,
                    Arial, sans-serif">gh Amazon -- there's a link to it
                    at the Graphic Workshop web page, and you can access
                    it through the Get The Graphic Workshop Printed
                    Reference item of Graphic Workshop's Help menu.</font><br>
                  <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All the <b>
                      Graphic Workshop plugins</b> have been upgraded to
                    install in the version 9 software. Note that if
                    you're currently using an earlier version of Graphic
                    Workshop and its attendant plugins:</font></p>
                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Be sure
                      to uninstall the version 8 plugins before you
                      install Graphic Workshop Professional 9. Failing
                      this, Graphic Workshop Professional 9 should
                      prompt you to do so automatically the first time
                      you run it.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">You'll
                      need to download and install the new plugin
                      installers to run under Graphic Workshop
                      Professional 9.</font></li>
                </ul>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you're
                    using a registered copy of the Graphic Workshop RAW
                    Digital Camera and Smartphone plugin for an earlier
                    release of Graphic Workshop, note that your existing
                    registration key will work with the version 9 plugin
                  </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">—</font></font></font></font></font></font>
                    you won't have to buy it again.</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">As in years
                    past, when you run Graphic Workshop Professional 9
                    for the first time, it will look for a previous
                    installation of Graphic Workshop Professional 8 and
                    optionally <b>copy your existing configuration</b>,
                    so you won't have to set everything up by hand. Even
                    your open browser windows will be preserved.<br>
                  </font></p>
                <br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
                  blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional
                  9.</font>
                <blockquote> <br>
                  <blockquote> </blockquote>
                  <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                        href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download"><img
src="cid:part13.E5825C72.8A51554E@mindworkshop.com" alt="" class=""
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></a></font></p>
                  <blockquote> </blockquote>
                </blockquote>
                <br>
                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Upgrades</font></h3>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                    registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic
                    Workshop Professional 8 on or after April 1, 2018,
                    you're welcome to a <b>no-cost upgrade</b> to
                    Graphic Workshop Professional 9. <br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                      registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic
                      Workshop Professional 8 prior to April 1, 2018, we
                      invite you to upgrade to </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Graphic
                        Workshop Professional 9 for <b>half the current
                          new-user price</b>.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The first
                        time you run Graphic Workshop Professional 9, it
                        will determine which upgrade option applies to
                        your license.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
                  blue button below to visit the upgrade page.</font> <br>
                <br>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                        href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html"><img
src="cid:part15.74C2589A.21AED1E2@mindworkshop.com" alt="" class=""
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></a></font></p>
                </blockquote>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  You can access the <a
                    href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwskey.html">no-cost
                    upgrade page</a> directly by clicking on the
                  foregoing link.</font><br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <p> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="cid:part18.2C7B08D5.0DF00332@mindworkshop.com"
                            alt="" class="" width="640" height="4"><br>
                        </font></font></font></font> </p>
                <br>
                <h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Alpha
                    Paint + Icon Editor 9 Revision 4 <br>
                  </font></h2>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This release
                  addresses a number of issues in the initial version,
                  including:</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                  sans-serif"><img
                    src="cid:part19.4683DA57.5696A5F7@mindworkshop.com"
                    alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right" width="48"
                    hspace="10" height="48"></font>
                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                      bug in the Text tool.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Increases
                        the maximum font size available to the Text
                        tool. You can increase this further if you like
                        really honking big text </font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">— <font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">see
                              the discussion thereof <font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">in
                                the section of the Refe<font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">rence
                                  document that deals with the <font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A</font>ext
                                  tool.</font></font></font></font></font>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                      </font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                      face="Helvetica, Arial,
                                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
                                        Arial, sans-serif">Updates the <b>image
                                          import</b> libraries for to
                                        improve their performance and to
                                        deal with more weird-beard PNG
                                        files. They're out there,
                                        lurking...<br>
                                        <br>
                                      </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>
                      </font> </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">... and
                      several further nettlesome concerns.<br>
                    </font></li>
                </ul>
                <p align="center"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif">__________________________________________________________</font><br>
                </p>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  <b>From the first release posting:</b><br>
                  <br>
                </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Alpha
                  Paint is a sophisticated Windows paint application to
                  draw and manage graphics with full alpha transparency.
                  It will create:<br>
                </font>
                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Professional
                      web page images</font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Eye-catching
                      effects for social media</font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Killer
                      graphics for PowerPoint presentations</font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Titles
                      for videos</font></li>
                </ul>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">...and pretty
                  much anything else that requires leading-edge art and
                  transparency.<br>
                  <br>
                  In addition, it can create and edit Windows icons.<br>
                </font><br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                    href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/alphap.html"><img
                      src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-009.png"
                      alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                      width="246" hspace="10" height="205" border="0"></a></font><font
                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Alpha Paint is
                  intuitive, easy to use and it won't require that you
                  get involved with complicated mathematics,
                  higher-order spatial dimensions or a manual that
                  requires more than one human lifetime to read. <br>
                  <br>
                  Anyone with sufficient eye-hand coordination to
                  successfully operate a web browser should be able to
                  master Alpha Paint in under an hour.<br>
                  <br>
                  We invite you to download an evaluation copy of Alpha
                  Paint and try it out. Click on the huge blue button.<br>
                  <br>
                </font>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><a href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/alphap.html"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part13.E5825C72.8A51554E@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" width="239" height="46"
                          border="0"></font></a></p>
                </blockquote>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  If you'd like to share your experience with Alpha
                  Paint, or if you have any suggestions or you encounter
                  a problem with the initial release, please click on
                  this next huge blue button.<br>
                </font><br>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                        href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/email-alchemy.html"><img
src="cid:part24.8B40C873.3C53E3F3@mindworkshop.com" alt="" class=""
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></a></font></p>
                </blockquote>
                <br>
                <br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part18.2C7B08D5.0DF00332@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" width="640" height="4"></font></font></font></font><br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Announcing
                    The Ultimate Screen Clock 9 </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font size="-1"><br>
                      (second notification)</font></font></h2>
                <h2> </h2>
                <h2> </h2>
                <h2><img
                    src="cid:part27.1D1B702C.786CEB81@mindworkshop.com"
                    alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right" width="48"
                    hspace="10" height="48"></h2>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The
                    Ultimate Screen Clock 9 has been released. We've
                    further refined its architecture to make it more
                    memory-efficient, and to better utilize the
                    resources available under Windows 10. (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.)</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Among the
                    new features and enhancements to </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                    Screen Clock 9</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif">, you'll find that it:</font><br>
                </p>
                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/867-001.png"
                        alt="" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""
                        vspace="10" align="right" width="200"
                        hspace="10" height="146">Adds the indescribable
                      <b>Nightwing</b> analog clock style. There's a
                      picture of it to your right, but you really need
                      to see this intricate steampunk alternate-reality
                      mechanical nightmare on your desktop to fully
                      appreciate it. Nightwing comes in two sizes, with
                      your choice of hand colors. Be very afraid.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds a <b>Transitions</b>
                      mode to the screen saver background selections.
                      Transitions serves to keep The Ultimate Screen
                      Clock's screen savers from getting old by changing
                      their backgrounds every few minutes. You can
                      configure which backgrounds are included in its
                      rotation, and how long it should sleep between
                      switches.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/867-002.png"
                        alt="" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""
                        vspace="10" align="right" width="264"
                        hspace="10" height="73">Adds the evocative <b>Odometer</b>
                      digital clock style. While several examples of the
                      Odometer style are illustrated here, we hasten to
                      point out that in real life, this one's animated.
                      Its digits roll up, just like in a classic car
                      from a forgotten epoch when everything ran on
                      vacuum lines and gears. The Odometer style comes
                      in two sizes, seven colors, three degrees of <font
                        size="-1">retro</font>, with and without a
                      bezel. There are a lot of permutations of it </font><br>
                    <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">—
                                  many of them are available in the
                                  extra styles library.<br>
                                  <br>
                                </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/867-003.png" alt=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true" class=""
                                    vspace="10" align="right"
                                    width="208" hspace="10" height="208">Replaces
                                  the <b>Steampunk</b> screen saver
                                  background tiles with pipe textures
                                  generated by Graphic Workshop. Should
                                  you not have checked out this unique
                                  feature of Graphic Workshop, its pipe
                                  texture tiles are woven of complex
                                  industrial plumbing </font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                      face="Helvetica, Arial,
                                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
                                        Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                          face="Helvetica, Arial,
                                          sans-serif"><font
                                            face="Helvetica, Arial,
                                            sans-serif"><font
                                              face="Helvetica, Arial,
                                              sans-serif">— made to look
                                              like brass, in this case.
                                              Once again, the example
                                              illustrated here largely
                                              fails to do justice to the
                                              sprawling vista of all
                                              this hardware encompassing
                                              your entire desktop...
                                              with a clock floating over
                                              it, of course. <br>
                                              <br>
                                            </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      all the <b>image import</b> libraries to improve
                      their performance and to deal with more
                      weird-beard PNG and JPG files. They're out there,
                      lurking...<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adds the
                      <b>Base</b> clock style, a minimalist black and
                      white clock with no effects, enhancements or
                      aviatorial appendages, for users who just want to
                      know what time it is. For practical purposes, Base
                      is more or less the Reflection style with no
                      reflection.<font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                          sans-serif"><br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                              src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/867-004.png"
                              alt="" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""
                              vspace="10" align="right" width="282"
                              hspace="10" height="65">Adjusts the <b>memory
                              footprint</b> of </font></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                      Screen Clock</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                          sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                            sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                              sans-serif">.</font> This allows it to
                            better get along with Windows' memory
                            management logic, load a bit quicker and run
                            more effectively and reliably, especially if
                            it finds itself on a system that's a bit
                            short of memory.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/867-005.png"
                            alt="" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""
                            vspace="10" align="right" width="282"
                            hspace="10" height="65">Enhances the
                          sneakiness of the <b>validation logic</b> to
                          further reduce the likelihood of </font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction
                                    Set</font></font></font></font></font>
                          un-registering itself and thereafter deciding
                          that its key is already in use because Windows
                          10 has silently updated something. Hopefully
                          this one nails the problem until the end of
                          time.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Addresses
                      a number of GDI and performance issues that
                      software developers never really stop meddling
                      with.<br>
                            <br>
                    </font> </li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      the documentation.</font></li>
                </ul>
                <p> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">As in
                    years past, when you run </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                      Screen Clock</font> 9 for the first time, it will
                    look for a previous installation of </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                      Screen Clock</font> 8 and optionally <b>copy your
                      existing configuration</b>, so you won't have to
                    set everything up by hand. <br>
                  </font></p>
                <br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
                  blue button to download </font><font face="Helvetica,
                  Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif">The Ultimate Screen Clock</font> 9.</font>
                <br>
                <br>
                <blockquote> </blockquote>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><a href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/clock.html"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part13.E5825C72.8A51554E@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" moz-do-not-send="false"
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></font></a></p>
                </blockquote>
                <h3><br>
                </h3>
                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Upgrades</font></h3>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                    registered or upgraded a registration for </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                    Screen Clock</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"> 8 on or after April 1, 2018, you're
                    welcome to a <b>no-cost upgrade</b> to </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                    Screen Clock</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"> </font>9. <br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                      registered or upgraded a registration for </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                    Screen Clock</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"> </font> 8 prior to April 1, 2018,
                      we invite you to upgrade to </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                    Screen Clock</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"> </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"> 9 for <b>half the current new-user
                          price</b>.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The first
                        time you run </font></font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ultimate
                    Screen Clock</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                          sans-serif"> </font>9, it will determine
                        which upgrade option applies to your license.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
                  blue button below to visit the upgrade page.</font> <br>
                <br>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                        href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html"><img
src="cid:part15.74C2589A.21AED1E2@mindworkshop.com" alt="" class=""
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></a></font></p>
                </blockquote>
                <p><br>
                  <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">You can
                    access the <a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/clkkey.html"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">no-cost upgrade page</a>
                    directly by clicking on the foregoing link.</font><br>
                </p>
                <br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                </font><br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part18.2C7B08D5.0DF00332@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" width="640" height="4"><br>
                      </font></font></font></font> <br>
                <h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Announcing
                    PNG MNG Construction Set 9 </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font size="-1"><br>
                      (additional notification)</font></font></h2>
                <h2> </h2>
                <h2> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="cid:part39.3CB59F6A.1D4AC8EB@mindworkshop.com"
                            alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                            width="48" hspace="10" height="48"></font></font></font></font></h2>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG
                    Construction Set 9 has been released. We've further
                    refined its architecture to make it more
                    memory-efficient, and to better utilize the
                    resources available under Windows 10. (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.)</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Among the
                    new features and enhancements to </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction
                      Set</font> 9, you'll find that it:</font></p>
                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-003.gif"
                        alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                        width="64" hspace="5" height="64">Exports MNG
                      animations as <b>in-line graphics</b>. This
                      allows animations to be embedded directly in the
                      HTML files of web pages, rather than referenced as
                      discrete GIF files. Pages so constructed load
                      faster, and are pretty much impervious to finding
                      that their animations have become lost or damaged.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      all the image import libraries to improve their
                      performance and to deal with more weird-beard PNG
                      and JPG files. They're out there, lurking...<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-001.gif"
                        alt="" vspace="10" align="right" width="48"
                        hspace="10" height="48">Adds a window to build
                      animated <b>throbbers</b> </font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">— examples
                          of which are shown here. Additional styles are
                          available in the Throbbers window. Throbbers
                          are the graphics that indicate there will be a
                          brief delay before something happens. We
                          hasten to add that we didn't make up that
                          name.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                          the logic for the application status bar so </font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG
                          </font>Construction Set doesn't go into vapor
                          lock during long processes.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-002.gif"
                            alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                            width="48" hspace="10" height="48"></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adjusts
                            the <b>memory footprint</b> of </font></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction
                              Set.</font> This allows it to better get
                            along with Windows' memory management logic,
                            load a bit quicker and run more effectively
                            and reliably, especially if it finds itself
                            on a system that's a bit short of memory.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Enhances
                          the sneakiness of the <b>validation logic</b>
                          to further reduce the likelihood of </font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction
                                    Set</font></font></font></font></font>
                          un-registering itself and thereafter deciding
                          that its key is already in use because Windows
                          10 has silently updated something. Hopefully
                          this one nails the problem until the end of
                          time.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                          the color management in Animation Wizard and
                          Combine. It's a ceaseless quest...<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                          the PNG MNG Construction Set document windows
                          to correctly display alpha-transparent
                          graphics.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                          the general level of aggressiveness in the
                          Supercompressor.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                          bug that prevented several of the plugins from
                          accessing the multi-color gradient library. <br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Addresses
                      a number of GDI and performance issues that
                      software developers never really stop meddling
                      with.<br>
                            <br>
                    </font> </li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      the documentation.</font></li>
                </ul>
                <p> </p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">As in years
                    past, when you run </font><font face="Helvetica,
                    Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction Set</font>
                    9 for the first time, it will look for a previous
                    installation of </font><font face="Helvetica,
                    Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction Set</font>
                    8 and optionally <b>copy your existing
                      configuration</b>, so you won't have to set
                    everything up by hand. <br>
                  </font></p>
                <br>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
                  blue button to download </font><font face="Helvetica,
                  Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction Set</font>
                  9.</font> <br>
                <br>
                <blockquote> </blockquote>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><a href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part13.E5825C72.8A51554E@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" moz-do-not-send="false"
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></font></a></p>
                </blockquote>
                <h3><br>
                </h3>
                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Upgrades</font></h3>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                    registered or upgraded a registration for </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction
                    Set 8 on or after April 1, 2018, you're welcome to a
                    <b>no-cost upgrade</b> to </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction </font>9.
                    <br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                      registered or upgraded a registration for </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction
                        Set </font> 8 prior to April 1, 2018, we invite
                      you to upgrade to </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction Set
                  </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> 9 for <b>half
                          the current new-user price</b>.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The first
                        time you run </font></font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Construction
                        </font>9, it will determine which upgrade option
                        applies to your license.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
                  blue button below to visit the upgrade page.</font> <br>
                <br>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
                        href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html"><img
src="cid:part15.74C2589A.21AED1E2@mindworkshop.com" alt="" class=""
                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></a></font></p>
                </blockquote>
                <p><br>
                  <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">You can
                    access the <a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/gcskey.html">no-cost
                      upgrade page</a> directly by clicking on the
                    foregoing link.<br>
                  </font><br>
                  <br>
                </p>
                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Plugins</font></h3>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All the
                    animation plugins for </font><font face="Helvetica,
                    Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction Set have
                    been upgraded to run with </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction
                    Set 9.<br>
                    <br>
                    If you have registered one or more plugins for a
                    previous release of </font><font face="Helvetica,
                    Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction Set, your
                    existing registration keys are still valid. You'll
                    just need to download the version 9 installers for
                    your plugins.<br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All the
                    animation plugins are at:</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  </font></p>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part48.31911551.C89255B7@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" vspace="0" align="left"
                          width="239" hspace="0" height="46" border="0"></font></a></p>
                </blockquote>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <br>
                            <br>
                    <br>
                    <b><br>
                    </b></font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>IMPORTANT:</b>
                    If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction
                    Set 8 or PNG MNG Construction Set 8 and you plan to
                    uninstall GIF Construction Set 8 or PNG MNG
                    Construction Set 8 to replace them with the new 
                    version 9 software, please be sure uninstall all
                    your version 8 plugins, and then uninstall GIF
                    Construction Set 8 and PNG MNG Construction Set
                    8.    <br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">PNG MNG </font>Construction
                    Set 9 will offer to automatically remove your old
                    plugins for you the first time it runs - go for it,
                    as this will save you lots of clicking later on.<br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We've also
                    created a quick way to reinstall your plugins once
                    you've downloaded the version 9 installers. Please
                    see the <a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-qa.html#0032">the
                      plugin help page</a></font> <font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">for assistance.</font><br>
                  <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font></p>
                <p><br>
                  <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="cid:part18.2C7B08D5.0DF00332@mindworkshop.com"
                            alt="" class="" width="640" height="4"><br>
                        </font></font></font></font> </p>
                <p><br>
                </p>
                <h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Announcing
                    GIF Construction Set Professional 9 <font size="-1">(additional
                      notification)</font><br>
                  </font></h2>
                <h2> </h2>
                <h2> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="cid:part39.3CB59F6A.1D4AC8EB@mindworkshop.com"
                            alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                            width="48" hspace="10" height="48"></font></font></font></font></h2>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                    Construction Set Professional 9 has been released.
                    We've further refined its architecture to make it
                    more memory-efficient, and to better utilize the
                    resources available under Windows 10. (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.)</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Among the
                    new features and enhancements to </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                      Construction Set</font> Professional 9, you'll
                    find that it:</font></p>
                <ul>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-003.gif"
                        alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                        width="64" hspace="5" height="64">Exports GIF
                      animations as <b>in-line graphics</b>. This
                      allows animations to be embedded directly in the
                      HTML files of web pages, rather than referenced as
                      discrete GIF files. Pages so constructed load
                      faster, and are pretty much impervious to finding
                      that their animations have become lost or damaged.<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      all the image import libraries to improve their
                      performance and to deal with more weird-beard PNG
                      and JPG files. They're out there, lurking...<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                        src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-001.gif"
                        alt="" vspace="10" align="right" width="48"
                        hspace="10" height="48">Adds a window to build
                      animated <b>throbbers</b> </font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">— examples
                          of which are shown here. Additional styles are
                          available in the Throbbers window. Throbbers
                          are the graphics that indicate there will be a
                          brief delay before something happens. We
                          hasten to add that we didn't make up that
                          name.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                          the logic for the application status bar so
                          GIF Construction Set doesn't go into vapor
                          lock during long processes.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                            src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/865-002.gif"
                            alt="" class="" vspace="10" align="right"
                            width="48" hspace="10" height="48"></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Adjusts
                            the <b>memory footprint</b> of </font></font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                              Construction Set.</font> This allows it to
                            better get along with Windows' memory
                            management logic, load a bit quicker and run
                            more effectively and reliably, especially if
                            it finds itself on a system that's a bit
                            short of memory.<br>
                            <br>
                          </font></font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Enhances
                          the sneakiness of the <b>validation logic</b>
                          to further reduce the likelihood of </font></font></font><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                            face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                              face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                  face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                                    Construction Set</font></font></font></font></font>
                          un-registering itself and thereafter deciding
                          that its key is already in use because Windows
                          10 has silently updated something. Hopefully
                          this one nails the problem until the end of
                          time.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                          the color management in Animation Wizard and
                          Combine. It's a ceaseless quest...<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Improves
                          the general level of aggressiveness in the
                          Supercompressor.<br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fixes a
                          bug that prevented several of the plugins from
                          accessing the multi-color gradient library. <br>
                          <br>
                        </font></font></font></li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Addresses
                      a number of GDI and performance issues that
                      software developers never really stop meddling
                      with.<br>
                            <br>
                    </font> </li>
                  <li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Updates
                      the documentation.</font></li>
                </ul>
                <p> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">As in
                    years past, when you run<font face="Helvetica,
                      Arial, sans-serif"> GIF</font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font>Construction
                      Set</font> 9 for the first time, it will look for
                    a previous installation of </font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF</font>
                      </font>Construction Set</font> 8 and optionally <b>copy
                      your existing configuration</b>, so you won't have
                    to set everything up by hand. <br>
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                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <br>
                  Click on the blue button to download GIF Construction
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                  <p><a
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                <h3><br>
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                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Upgrades</font></h3>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                    registered or upgraded a registration for GIF
                    Construction Set Professional 8 on or after April 1,
                    2018, you're welcome to a <b>no-cost upgrade</b> to
                  </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                      Construction Set </font> Professional 9. <br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you have
                      registered or upgraded a registration for </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                        Construction Set </font> Professional 8 prior
                      to April 1, 2018, we invite you to upgrade to </font></font><font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF Construction
                    Set </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                      sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                        sans-serif"> Professional 9 for <b>half the
                          current new-user price</b>.<br>
                      </font></font></font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The first
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                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                          face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                          Construction Set </font> Professional 9, it
                        will determine which upgrade option applies to
                        your license.<br>
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                <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Click on the
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                        href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html"><img
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                          width="239" height="46" border="0"></a></font></p>
                </blockquote>
                <p><br>
                  <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">You can
                    access the <a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/gcskey.html">no-cost
                      upgrade page</a> directly by clicking on the
                    foregoing link.<br>
                  </font><br>
                  <br>
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                <h3><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Plugins</font></h3>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All the
                    animation plugins for GIF Construction Set
                    Professional have been upgraded to run with GIF
                    Construction Set Professional 9.<br>
                    <br>
                    If you have registered one or more plugins for a
                    previous release of GIF Construction Set, your
                    existing registration keys are still valid. You'll
                    just need to download the version 9 installers for
                    your plugins.<br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All the
                    animation plugins are at:</font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
                  </font></p>
                <blockquote>
                  <p><a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins.html"><font
                        face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img
                          src="cid:part48.31911551.C89255B7@mindworkshop.com"
                          alt="" class="" vspace="0" align="left"
                          width="239" hspace="0" height="46" border="0"></font></a></p>
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                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <br>
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                    <br>
                    <b><br>
                    </b></font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>IMPORTANT:</b>
                    If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction
                    Set 8 or PNG MNG Construction Set 8 and you plan to
                    uninstall GIF Construction Set 8 or PNG MNG
                    Construction Set 8 to replace them with the new 
                    version 9 software, please be sure uninstall all
                    your version 8 plugins, and then uninstall GIF
                    Construction Set 8 and PNG MNG Construction Set
                    8.    <br>
                  </font></p>
                <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">GIF
                    Construction Set 9 will offer to automatically
                    remove your old plugins for you the first time it
                    runs - go for it, as this will save you lots of
                    clicking later on.<br>
                  </font></p>
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                    you've downloaded the version 9 installers. Please
                    see the <a
                      href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/animplugins-qa.html#0032">the
                      plugin help page</a></font> <font
                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">for assistance.</font><br>
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