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      1. Graphic Workshop Professional 6 Revision 6

      2. Animation Workshop 6 Revision 4 (Second Notification)

      3. Replying to this Message and List Removal




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     1. Graphic Workshop Professional 6 Revision 6
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     Graphic Workshop Professional 6 has been updated. This release:


     - Completely rewrites the Archive Manager features of Graphic Workshop.
       Based on the popular LibZip library, Archive Manager is now 
       considerably faster.

       In the event that Archive Manager is one of the features of Graphic 
       Workshop you haven't tried yet, right-click on a ZIP file from a 
       Graphic Workshop browser window and select Archive Manager. You'll
       be able to apply most of what Graphic Workshop can do with individual
       graphics to the files in your ZIP, without having to extract them 
       first.

       The new ZIP library closes a number of potential security holes, 
       which could have allowed a malicious ZIP file to crash Graphic 
       Workshop and run arbitrary malicious code in memory. 

       If you're using Archive Manager, or any of the other functions of 
       Graphic Workshop that get involved with ZIP archives, you really need 
       to update right now.


     - Fixes a problem with Archive Manager that prevented it from creating
       folders when it extracted files from a ZIP archive with the Preserve
       Paths option enabled.


     - Improves the performance of the ZIP file extraction function... a lot.


     - Fixes a potential security issue in the CDR reader, some CDR files 
       actually being ZIP archives.


     - Updates the compression library that reads and writes PNG graphics. 
       This addresses a potentially security issue. 

       If you're running Graphic Workshop, you really want to update to 
       this release pretty much immediately.

       It also fixes a few memory leaks.


     - Updates the file drag 'n drop feature of Graphic Workshop's browser 
       windows to properly handle files in sub-folders dropped into a 
       browser.


     - Adds an option to place a Graphic Workshop shortcut item on the 
       Windows task bar when Graphic Workshop is used to view images from
       another application, such as Windows Explorer. This feature can be
       disabled in Setup.


     - Fixes a bug in the file override logic which confused the Paint 
       function in Graphic Workshop's right-click menus if it was applied to 
       variable-quality files... most notably JPEGs. The result was often 
       very, very low-quality images after Paint was done. Oooops.


     - Fixes a bug in the animation viewer that could crash Graphic Workshop
       under some circumstances.


     - Fixes a bug in the FLI decoder.


     - Allows the default name for new folders created from within a Graphic 
       Workshop browser window to be set by editing GwsPro60.ini. 


     - Addresses a number of user interface issues in e-Paint UltraLight.


     - Updates the PNG read and write functionality used by Graphic Workshop's
       ancillary applications, such as GWS Camera, e-Paint UltraLight and 
       Rotator.


     - Addresses a number of issues in the File History window introduced in 
       the previous update.


     - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software 
       developers never really stop meddling with.      


     - Updates the documentation.


     You can download Graphic Workshop Professional 6 from:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download


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     UPGRADES


     If you have previously registered or upgraded to Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 5, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 6 for 
     half the cost of a new single-user license.

     Please see:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html     

     to upgrade:    



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     2. Animation Workshop 6 Revision 4 (Second Notification)
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     Animation Workshop 6 has been updated. This release:


     - Updates the compression library that reads .ANX files and PNG
       graphics. This addresses a potentially security issue. 

       If you're running Animation Workshop, you really want to update to 
       this release pretty much immediately.

       It also fixes a few memory leaks.


     - Refines a few issues in the rendering engine.


     - Fixes a bug in the shape generator.


     - Cleans up a few minor user-interface issues.


     - Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software 
       developers never really stop meddling with.      


     - Updates the documentation.


     You can download Animation Workshop 6 from:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/animwork.html#download


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      UPGRADES


     If you have previously registered or upgraded to Animation Workshop 4 
     or Animation Workshop 5, you can upgrade to Animation Workshop 6 for 
     half the cost of a new single-user license.

     Please see:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html     

     to upgrade.


 
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