[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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Sat Apr 22 10:58:38 EDT 2017




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     Contents:


      1. GIF Construction Set Professional 7 Revision 5

      2. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 5 (Second Notification) 

      3. Surprised to Hear From Us? (Second Notification) 

      4. Replying to this Message and List Removal




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     (Once we charge the camcorder batteries and find enough sock puppets.)

     Now equally scary in paperback.

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     1. GIF Construction Set Professional 7 Revision 5
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     GIF Construction Set Professional 7 has been updated. This release:


     - Adds an oft-requested option to the View window to allow it to play
       animations backwards. Hold down the Ctrl key when you open the View
       window, or click on Pause and then click on Play with the Ctrl held
       down when the View window is open. Be warned - playing animations that
       have been previously supercompressed can look extremely weird.

       We hasten to add that if you use this feature and you discover an 
       animation that you prefer playing in reverse, the Reverse item of the
       GIF Construction Set Block menu will create a copy that plays that way
       all by itself.


     - Updates the Preview window in Animation Wizard. It now provides a
       larger viewing area, and it can toggle between the actual size of the
       graphic being previewed and the size adjusted to fit in the window -
       left click in Preview to change views. Note that you can specify the
       default preview mode in Setup.


     - Updates the color management functionality in Animation Wizard and the
       Combine window to produce more faithful animations.


     - Addresses a number of issues in the Print function, including some
       page metrics and a problem with the Print window that previously 
       prevented it from successfully finding the default printer under some
       builds of Windows.


     - Fixes several inconsistences - which is, yes, a euphemism for 'bugs' 
       - in the Titles and Credits window.


     - Improves the object management in the Favorites window to allow it to
       manage large favorites lists much faster.


     - Addresses a number of issues in the Transitions window.


     - Addresses a potential security issue.
    

     - Updates the validation logic to deal with several additional... if 
       happily obscure... Windows 10 issues.


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


     - Updates the documentation.



     You can download GIF Construction Set Professional 7 from:

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


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     UPGRADES


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

     Please visit: 

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



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     2. Graphic Workshop Professional 7 Revision 5 (Second Notification) 
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     Graphic Workshop Professional 7 has been updated. This release:


     - Deals with several issues in the Prompt Before Overwrite window, which 
       could display incorrect thumbnails and related information for some 
       batch functions, under some builds of Windows.


     - Updates a number of functions in Archive Manager.


     - Improves the logic to allow Graphic Workshop's various printing
       functions - and those of its ancillary applications - to correctly
       locate your default printer under all versions of Windows. You'd have
       thought this would be simple... note the use of the word "Windows" in
       the previous sentence.


     - Fixes a bug in Montage UltraLight that could crash it if an item was
       selected from the recent documents list in its File menu.


     - Adds an option have Graphic Workshop prompt you to open ZIP archives 
       in the stand-alone Archive Manager application if you double-click on 
       one and it proves to contain no pictures.


     - Improves the handling of the Format override windows in the Destination
       selector.


     - Improves the browser window thumbnail logic.


     - Adds an option to the Archive Manager Setup window to define the font 
       size for the items in the main application window's list of archive
       items, for those of us with tired eyes.


     - Addresses a potential issue with the recent file thumbnail list in the
       GWS Camera screen capture application.        


     - Speeds up and improves the color quantization logic in GIF Construction
       Set UltraLight, for better-looking animations with less of a wait.


     - Fixes a bug in the Help function of Archive Manager's Setup window.


     - Fixes several bugs in the Graphic Workshop Print from View function.


     - Addresses a potential security issue.


     - Addresses a number of user interface issues.


     - Updates the validation logic to deal with several additional... if 
       happily obscure... Windows 10 issues.


     - 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


     As of this writing, if you're running Graphic Workshop 5 or 6, you can 
     upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 7 for half the cost of a new 
     single-user license.

     Please visit: 

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

     to upgrade.



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     3. Surprised to Hear From Us? (Second Notification)  
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     If this is the first posting to the Alchemy Mindworks Update List 
     you've seen of late, you're not alone.

     It has come to our attention that several large commercial e-mail 
     providers have installed "black hole" spam blockers... that block way 
     more than just spam.

     There's a complete discussion of this issue at:

 
         http://www.mindworkshop.info/alchemy-mindworks/about-your-e-mail/


     If our mail to you is being blocked, chances are other messages you'd
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     We urge all our readers to contact the providers of their e-mail
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     these brute force spam traps and request to opt out.



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     You can contact us by telephone at (705) 789-5238, and by snail-mail
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