[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks
Alchemy Mindworks
alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com
Sat Aug 16 09:07:00 EDT 2014
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC POSTING FROM
THE ALCHEMY MINDWORKS UPDATE MAILING LIST
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Contents:
1. RAW Digital Camera Plugin Revision 3 for Graphic Workshop
Professional 5
2. PNG MNG Construction Set 5 Revision 2 (Second Notification)
3. Replying to this Message and List Removal
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Read this book or we'll turn you into a frog!!!
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(Yes, this could be an idle threat, but consider how few HMOs cover
witchcraft.)
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1. RAW Digital Camera Plugin Revision 3 for Graphic Workshop
Professional 5
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The RAW plugin for Graphic Workshop Professional has been updated to
support a number of new cameras, and to improve its image processing
speed.
The RAW Digital Camera Plugin currently supports 547 digital cameras.
This release also implements our work-around for the Microsoft
installer limitation that hitherto required each previous release of
the RAW Digital Camera Plugin to be uninstalled before an update could
be installed. This release can be installed right over the previous
one - it will in fact automatically uninstall the previous software as
part of the install.
We recommend that users of the RAW plugin download and install the
current release.
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View and convert the native raw image files from many contemporary
Canon, Casio, Hasselblad, Kodak, Konica, Nikon, Leica, Minolta,
Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sigma, Fuji and Sony high-end digital
cameras, plus Adobe Digital Negative files, to access the highest
possible image quality for your digital photography. The improved
detail resolution and color fidelity available with the Graphic
Workshop Professional RAW plugin compared to the default JPEG
configuration for most cameras is breathtaking.
This plugin costs $34.99.
If you own a supported digital camera - or if you're just thinking
about buying one - you and your immediate descendants will thank you
for downloading this plugin. See the download link, below, for a
complete list of the cameras the plugin supports.
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You can download the plugin at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gwsplugins.html#RAW
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IMPORTANT:
You must be running Graphic Workshop Professional 5 to install this
plugin.
If you're running Graphic Workshop 4, you can still upgrade to the
current Graphic Workshop Professional 5 software for half price.
Please see:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html
to upgrade.
Registration keys bought for earlier versions of the RAW Digital
Camera plugin are still valid for the version 5 release of the plugin.
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(Alchemy Mindworks is not affiliated with Sony Corporation, Pentax
Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.,
Eastman Kodak Company, Canon Inc., Hasselblad AB, Nikon Corporation or
Olympus Corporation, Casio Computer Company, Sigma Corporation of
America, Fuji Photo Film Company Ltd. or any of their affiliates,
subsidiaries or holdings.)
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2. PNG MNG Construction Set 5 Revision 2 (Second Notification)
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PNG MNG Construction Set 5 has been updated. This release:
- Adds thumbnails to the File menu history, so you can remind yourself
what your files looked like before you open them. See the discussion
of Opening and Saving Files in the Reference document of the PNG MNG
Construction Set Manual for assistance with configuring this
feature... or disabling it, should you ultimately decide that it's a
tool of unclean spirits or liberal politicians.
- Improves a number of aspects of the aforementioned File menu history
feature.
- Addresses a number of performance issues in Animation Wizard to make
it quicker and to improve its color management, which will result in
more attractive finished animations in many cases.
- Fixes a problem that caused the Windows task bar to refuse to unhide
if PNG MNG Construction Set was the active application and it was
maximized, under some builds of Windows, if there was a unicorn or
other mythical quadruped in the immediate proximity... some of the
time.
This problem also prevented the Show Desktop button in the task bar
from operating correctly, as well as several additional task bar-
related functions.
It's history now.
- Addresses several user interface issues throughout the application.
- Implements our work-around for the Microsoft installer limitation
that hitherto required each previous release of PNG MNG Construction
Set to be uninstalled before an update could be installed. This
release of PNG MNG Construction Set 5 can be installed right over
the previous one - it will in fact automatically uninstall the
previous software as part of the install.
While we're just tickled with how well this worked in house, we are
aware that some third-party install managers and security
applications meddle with the software installation process, and in
so doing might break our clever innovation. If you encounter any
issues with installing this release of PNG MNG Construction Set,
please let us know what happened.
We hasten to add that you'll still need to click on the Enter Your
Registration Key button in the opening window of the newly updated
PNG MNG Construction Set 5 to handle validating it. Assuming that you
allowed PNG MNG Construction Set to save your key to disk last time,
this will involve clicking on Next several times and then closing the
"thank you" window.
- Fixes a bug in the PNG import library that could crash the File Open
window if a grey-scale PNG file were selected.
- Fixes a number of issues that appeared during the upgrade to
version 5.
You can download PNG MNG Construction Set 5 from:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngpro.html#download
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UPGRADES
If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction
Set 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you’re welcome to a free upgrade to PNG
MNG Construction Set 5.
If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction
Set Professional 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to PNG MNG
Construction Set 5 for half the cost of a new single-user license.
When you first run PNG MNG Construction Set 5, it will check to see if
you have a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 4 on your system.
If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of the
foregoing upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to
visit our web page and request or order an upgrade.
The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help >
Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of PNG MNG
Construction Set 5's menu bar.
You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/pngkey.html
and the upgrade order page at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html
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products, please contact us at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/email-alchemy.html
You can contact us by telephone at (705) 789-5238, and by snail-mail
at Alchemy Mindworks, L10 C8 Brunel, Huntsville, ON P1H 2J3, CANADA.
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