[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

Alchemy Mindworks alchemy8147 at mindworkshop.com
Sat Oct 15 10:12:37 EDT 2016




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     Contents:


      1. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 2 (New This Week)

      2. Announcing Animation Workshop 7 

      3. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 7 (Second Notification) 

      4. Replying to this Message and List Removal




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     1. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 2 (New This Week)
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     Graphic Workshop Professional 7 has been updated. This release:


     - Addresses a number of issues that crept into the first release of 
       Graphic Workshop Professional 7... as software is wont to do.

  
     - Modifies the registration logic to work around Windows 10's recent 
       updates, which have been randomly de-registering software when they
       sneak silently onto your computer. The sudden appearance of the "this
       key is already registered" message should be a distant memory.


     - Updates UpToDate.


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

     - Updates the documentation.



     We'd like to urge all the users of Graphic Workshop Professional 7 to
     download and install this update... doubly so if you're running 
     Windows 10.


     You can Graphic Workshop Professional 7 from:

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



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     UPGRADES


     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you’re welcome to a no-cost
     upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 7. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to Graphic 
     Workshop Professional 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license.

     When you first run Graphic Workshop Professional 7, it will check to see 
     if you have a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 6 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 Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 7's menu bar.

     The Graphic Workshop Professional no-cost upgrade key offer ends on 
     November 30, 2016.

     You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at:

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

     and the upgrade order page at:

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


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     PLUGINS


     All the format plugins for Graphic Workshop Professional have been 
     upgraded to run with Graphic Workshop Professional 7.

     If you have registered the RAW Digital Camera plugin for a previous
     release of Graphic Workshop, your existing registration key is still
     valid. You'll just need to download the version 7 installer for this
     plugin.

     All the Graphic Workshop plugins are at:

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

     IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under Graphic Workshop 6 and
     you plan to uninstall Graphic Workshop 6 to replace it with the new
     Graphic Workshop Professional 7, please be sure uninstall all your 
     version 6 plugins, and then uninstall Graphic Workshop 6.



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     2. Announcing Animation Workshop 7 
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     Animation Workshop 7 has been released.

     We've refined the internal architecture of Animation Workshop to make 
     it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of 
     the functionality of Windows 7, 8 and 10.

     While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in Animation 
     Workshop 7 are "under the hood," users of the latest release will 
     notice that it's noticeably quicker, especially for functions that call 
     for significant system resources, such as assembling complex animations.
     
     The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to 
     Animation Workshop that were impractical or genuinely 
     impossible under version 6.


     - Improves the rendering engine to resolve a number of inconsistencies
       that affected ho concurrent or overlaid objects were visualized.


     - Addresses a number of issues with the Favorites window.


     - Modifies the registration logic to work around Windows 10's recent 
       updates, which have been randomly de-registering software when they
       sneak silently onto your computer. The sudden appearance of the "this
       key is already registered" message should be a distant memory.


     - Improves the timing accuracy of the View window.


     - Updates lots of user-interface issues throughout the application.


     - Improves the general sneakiness of GIF Supercompressor.

    
     - Animation Workshop Professional 7 uses an altered installation 
       structure that's way more resistant to being broken by 
       malfunctioning and overly-paranoid third-party security software. 
       We're reasonably certain that the "Can't create specified file" 
       error is history.


     - Updates UpToDate.


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


     - Updates the documentation.

    

     You can download Animation Workshop 7 from:

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


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     UPGRADES


     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 6 on 
     or after March 1, 2016, you’re welcome to a free upgrade to Animation 
     Workshop 7. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 6 
     prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to Animation Workshop 7 for half 
     the cost of a new single-user license.

     When you first run Animation Workshop 7, it will check to see if you 
     have a registration for Animation Workshop 6 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 Animation 
     Workshop 7's menu bar.

     You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at:

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

     and the upgrade order page at:

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

 
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     3. Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 7 (Second Notification) 
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     PNG MNG Construction Set 7 has been released.

     We've refined the internal architecture of PNG MNG Construction Set to 
     make it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage 
     of the functionality of Windows 7, 8 and 10.

     While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in PNG MNG 
     Construction Set 7 are "under the hood," users of the latest release 
     will notice that it's noticeably quicker, especially for functions that 
     call for significant system resources, such as assembling complex 
     animations.
     
     The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to 
     PNG MNG Construction Set that were impractical or genuinely 
     impossible under version 6.


     - Adds Titles and Credits. Equip your animations and digital video with
       professional movie titles and credits. Easy to use, quick to build and
       requiring no detectable knowledge of what a "key grip" actually does,
       the Titles and Credits window will turn your animations into movies
       with a few mouse clicks. You'll find it in the Chunk menu.


     - Modifies the registration logic to work around Windows 10's recent 
       updates, which have been randomly de-registering software when they
       sneak silently onto your computer. The sudden appearance of the "this
       key is already registered" message should be a distant memory.

       We'll be grateful for any feedback users of PNG MNG Construction Set
       can offer us about this issue - we plan to roll it out to the other
       version seven software starting next week.


     - Improves the plugin interface, which will allow plugins to load 
       in less time and operate faster.


     - Fixes a number of minor issues in the plugins themselves.


     - Applies numerous minor updates and fixes to Animation Wizard.


     - Improves the timing accuracy of the View window.


     - Updates lots of user-interface issues throughout the application.


     - Improves the general sneakiness of Supercompressor.

    
     - PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 7 uses an altered installation 
       structure that's way more resistant to being broken by 
       malfunctioning and overly-paranoid third-party security software. 
       We're reasonably certain that the "Can't create specified file" 
       error is history.


     - Updates UpToDate.


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


     - Updates the documentation.

    

     You can download PNG MNG Construction Set 7 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 6 on or after March 1, 2016, you’re welcome to a free upgrade to PNG
     MNG Construction Set 7. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction 
     Set 6 prior to March 1, 2016, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction 
     Set 7 for half the cost of a new single-user license.

     When you first run PNG MNG Construction Set 7, it will check to see if 
     you have a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 6 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 7'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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     PLUGINS


     All the animation plugins for PNG MNG Construction Set have been 
     upgraded to run with PNG MNG Construction Set 7.

     If you have registered one or more plugins for a previous release of 
     PNG MNG Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still
     valid. You'll just need to download the version 7 installers for your
     plugins.

     All the animation plugins are at:

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

     IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 6 or 
     PNG MNG Construction Set 6 and you plan to uninstall GIF Construction 
     Set 6 or PNG MNG Construction Set 6 to replace them with the new
     version 7 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 6 plugins, 
     and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 6 and PNG MNG Construction Set 6.

     If you have a number of animation plugins installed on your system, 
     you'll probably find them quicker to uninstall through the Windows
     Control Panel's Programs and Features applet.



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