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<h3>Contents:</h3>
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<li><font size="+1"><b> </b></font><font size="+1"><b><font
size="+1">Graphic Workshop Professional 9
Revision 7 </font></b></font><font size="+1"><b><font
size="+1"><font size="-1">(new this weekend)</font></font></b></font></li>
<li><font size="+1"><b> Announcing Voice Manager 9<br>
</b></font></li>
<li><font size="+1"><b> Alpha Paint + Icon Editor
Revision 6</b></font><font size="+1"><b> </b></font><font
size="-1">(additional notification)</font></li>
<li><font size="-1"><b><font size="+1"> </font></b></font><font
size="+1"><b>PNG MNG Construction Set 9 Revision 2
</b></font><font size="-1">(second notification)</font><font
size="-1"> </font></li>
<li><font size="+1"><b><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font
size="+1"> </font></font></font>Replying
to this Message, List Removal and Details </b></font><br>
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<h2>Graphic Workshop Professional 9 Revision 7<font
size="+2"><font size="+2"><font size="-2"> (new
this weekend)</font></font></font></h2>
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<p>Graphic Workshop Professional 9 has been updated.
This release:<br>
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<ul>
<li>Rewrites the <b>View mode screen update logic</b>.
It's now shockingly quick. It also has an Optimum
Size mode that will display your pictures to
completely fill the view window, rather than
selecting the nearest integral zoom factor. We
hasten to add that you can select Optimum Size as
the default zoom level in Setup, and you can use the
View mode Configure window to set your middle mouse
button or mouse wheel to toggle between Optimum Size
and 100% zoom.<br>
<br>
Because of the warped structure of the universe,
we're fairly certain that there exists at least one
computer... somewhere... that won't entirely get
along with the improved screen update functionality.
As such, you'll see a message the first time you
open a picture in View to the effect that it can be
reverted to the original banded screen update
functionality. Unselect the Show Me This Message
Again option to avoid seeing it in the future.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Rewrites the <b>thumbnail </b>read functionality
to make Graphic Workshop's browser windows populate
in less time... 'specially under Windows 10, which
is bit lackadaisical about such things.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Fixes a truly pernicious bug in the <b>View mode
Filter window</b> and the batch mode and
right-click Filter windows which could leak
resources and crash things. We urge all users of
Graphic Workshop to update to this version and nail
this insidious little beast before it nails you.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Fixes pretty much the same pernicious bug in the <b>Textures
and Fractals window</b>.<br>
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</li>
<li>Adds the ability to remove permanent thumbnails
from items in the <b>Search</b> window. Hold down
the Ctrl key and click on the thumbnail button.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Changes the behavior of the <b>Add Permanent
Thumbnails</b> function of the Search window —
hold down the Alt key and click on the Thumbnail
button. The previous behavior, which used the Shift
key, could enable the face detection feature of the
thumbnail generator if you didn't release the Shift
key quickly enough.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Updates the documentation.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues
that software developers never really stop meddling
with.<br>
<br>
</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Upgrades</h3>
<p>If you have registered or upgraded a registration for
Graphic Workshop Professional 8, we invite you to
upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 9 for <b>half
the current new-user price</b>.<br>
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Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade
page. <br>
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<h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Announcing
Voice Manager 9<br>
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<h2> </h2>
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<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"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The
Yamaha DX7, TX7, reface DX and the Korg
Volca FM synthesizers are amazingly cool...
among other things because their voices can
be programmed to make them sound like pretty
much anything you can imagine.</font></font></font></font></font></p>
<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"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> In the
event that you're not feeling very
imaginative, there's also a voice-sharing
community from which to download buckets of
fresh sounds for them.<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></p>
<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"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Alchemy
Mindworks' Voice Manager will keep track of
banks of synthesizer voices, allowing them
to be saved as permanent disk files. It also
embodies an intuitive voice editor, and
numerous other tools to make these
instruments totally rock.<br>
<br>
If you play keyboards, we invite you to
check out Voice Manager.</font></font></font></font></font></p>
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<p><br>
<font size="-2" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">("Reface
DX" is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation, as are
"DX7" and "TX7." Alchemy Mindworks has no business
affiliation with Yamaha Corporation. The names
reface DX, DX7, TX7 and Yamaha are used herein for
descriptive purposes only. "Volca FM" is a trademark
of Korg Inc. Alchemy Mindworks has no business
affiliation with Korg Inc. The names Volca FM and
Korg are used herein for descriptive purposes only.)</font></p>
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<h2>Alpha Paint + Icon Editor 9 Revision 6 <font
size="+2"><font size="+2"><font size="-2">(additional
notification)</font></font></font></h2>
<h2> </h2>
Alpha Paint 9 has been updated. This release:<img
src="cid:part17.32230A65.C0FA1868@mindworkshop.com"
alt="" class="" width="48" vspace="10" hspace="10"
height="48" align="right">
<ul>
<li>Fixes a bug in the file save logic that could
cause it to spuriously prompt for a file name.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Improves the user interface of the <b>interactive
resizing</b> tool, and tightens up the resize
logic.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Updates the <b>PNG readers and writers</b>
address some security issues. We strongly urge all
users of the software to update to this version to
close these potential security holes.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Addresses several more of minor issues in the
settings pane.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Improves the drawing engine's performance.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues
that software developers never really stop meddling
with.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Updates the documentation.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>PNG MNG Construction Set 9 Revision 2 <font
size="+2"><font size="+2"><font size="-2">(second
notification)</font></font></font></h2>
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<p>PNG MNG Construction Set 9 has been updated. This
release:</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li><img src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/890-001.gif"
alt="" class="" moz-do-not-send="true" width="80"
vspace="10" hspace="10" height="80" align="right">Adds
several additional <b>Throbber</b> styles. Select
Throbbers from the Edit menu if you've thus far
overlooked this feature. Throbbers are the
animations that appear when an on-line medium is
waiting for something to happen. PNG MNG
Construction Set creates some truly unique ones...
examples of which appear here.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Addresses a number of minor issues in the <b>Throbbers</b>
window.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><img src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/890-002.gif"
alt="" class="" moz-do-not-send="true" width="100"
vspace="10" hspace="10" height="100" align="right">Fixes
a number of... dare we say bugs... from the initial
version 9 release.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Updates the <b>batch processor</b> to improve its
performance and fix a memory leak... albeit a
somewhat theoretical one.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Stomps a color management problem in the <b>Transitions</b>
window — it now creates somewhat better animations
when it's confronted with source images having a
wide palette of colors.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><img src="http://gra.mindworkshop.com/890-003.gif"
alt="" class="" moz-do-not-send="true" width="100"
vspace="10" hspace="10" height="100" align="right">Updates
the <b>PNG readers and writers</b> in PNG MNG
Construction Set address some security issues. We
strongly urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set
to update to this version to close these potential
security holes.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues
that software developers never really stop meddling
with.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Updates the documentation.</li>
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<h3>Upgrades</h3>
<p>If you have previously registered or upgraded to PNG
MNG Construction Set Professional 8, you can upgrade
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