[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

Sat Jan 28 09:25:12 EST 2017



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     Contents:


      1. The Ultimate Screen Clock 7 Revision 2

      2. PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 7 Revision 3 
         (Second Notification)  

      3. 10 Incisive Tweets about Graphic Workshop Professional 7 
         (Additional Notification)

      4. A Farewell to Spinning Rust 

      5. Replying to this Message and List Removal


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     Frequently outrages librarians and soccer moms on three continents:

         http://www.stevenwilliamrimmer.com/legacy.html


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     1. The Ultimate Screen Clock 7 Revision 2
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     The Ultimate Screen Clock 7 has been updated. This release:


     - Adds a new style - Empire is dark, sophisticated and while we could
       say "timeless," it'd be a contradiction in terms. It's available in
       two sizes.


     - Adds a recently-used items list to the right-click menu in the 
       Select Style window, to quickly re-use your recent clock style
       selections. See the discussion of this feature in the section of the
       Reference document that deals with Styles.


     - Adds a Wait notification to the Select Styles window, so it doesn't
       appear to have gone into vapor lock when it's loading the by now 
       somewhat extensive canon of clock styles. This issue was more 
       pronounced if you tried to select a new Timer style, as this version 
       of the Select Style window can take twenty or thirty seconds to open 
       on a slow or busy computer.


     - Improves the clock rendering engine, 'coz that's just something that
       never really ends.


     - Addresses several minor issues in the Days Until window.


     - Addresses a number of issues that crept into the first release of 
       The Ultimate Screen Clock 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 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 The Ultimate Screen Clock 7 from:

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


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     UPGRADES


     If you have previously registered or upgraded to The Ultimate Screen 
     Clock 6, you can upgrade to The Ultimate Screen Clock 7 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. PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 7 Revision 3 
        (Second Notification)
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     PNG MNG Construction Set 7 has been updated. This release:


     - Adds an Adjust window - impose subtle or decidedly radical color 
       adjustments on your animations with a palette of sophisticated, 
       interactive image filters. 

       Users of Graphic Workshop Professional will recognize this feature -
       it works pretty much the same way in PNG MNG Construction Set, but 
       it applies to entire animations.
 

     - Fixes several minor cosmetic bugs in the Titles and Credits window.


     - Changes the color quantization logic, this being the mind-numbingly
       complex process by which optimum palettes are derived for paletted 
       animations being assembled from true-color source images. This has 
       resulted in a noticeable speed improvement in functions such as 
       Animation Wizard and Combine.


     - Addresses a potential security issue.


     - 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/gifcon.html#download


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     UPGRADES


     If you have previously registered or upgraded to PNG MNG Construction 
     Set 6, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 7 for half the cost 
     of a new single-user license.

     and the upgrade order page at:

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


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     3. 10 Incisive Tweets about Graphic Workshop Professional 7 
        (Additional Notification)
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     If you're among the tens of thousands of Graphic Workshop users who 
     don't follow us on Twitter - we're in no way offended by this - you'll 
     likely have missed the ongoing tweets that deal with often-overlooked 
     features of the known universe's most popular image management 
     software.

     Graphic Workshop Professional 7's ability to do practically everything 
     that can be done to pictures makes it relatively easy to use it every 
     day for years and still miss a few of its better tricks.

     Here are ten more of the finest features you never knew it had, fresh 
     from the Alchemy Mindworks Twitter account:


     - Moonwalk on the sun with the Solarize filter.

     - Use the Adjust window to refine your photos interactively.

     - Scrapbook - Windows' clipboard will never lose anything, ever again.

     - The Stand-alone Archive Manager will make ZIP files fear you.

     - The Radial Blur filter - ectoplasm on demand.

     - View and edit the secret EXIF data in your photos.

     - Redact your subjects in seconds with the Face Detection filter.

     - Montage - assemble your pictures.

     - The Canvas filter - flawless Roman mosaics in ten clicks or less.

     - Explore infinity - browse a fractal.


     You can download a copy of Graphic Workshop Professional 7 from:

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


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     If you're still using Graphic Workshop 6, we invite you to enjoy all 
     the new functionality, enhanced performance and cool things to click 
     on - for half the new-user registration price. Please see: 

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

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     See http://www.twitter.com/alchemymindwork to follow us on Twitter.


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     4. A Farewell to Spinning Rust 
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     This posting was composed on a computer without a hard drive. 

     Several weeks ago, we replaced the traditional electro-mechanical hard 
     drives in some of the computers at Alchemy Mindworks with SSDs - solid 
     state drives.

     Aside from enhancing the reliability of the systems into which these
     devices are bolted - at least in theory - SSDs are way quicker than
     their spinning ancestors, and so too are the machines that host them.

     It's like buying a way faster computer, without most of the attendant 
     credit card abuse.

     Here's the complete tale of our transition to rustless mass storage:

         www.stormgods.com/electronics/samsung-ssd-850-evo-solid-state-drive/


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