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 1. * Animation Workshop 10 Revision 3
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 2. * Graphic Workshop **Security*
 3. *GIF Construction Set Professional 10 Revision 3*(second notification)**
 4. * e-Paint 10 Revision 3* (additional notification)
 5. *We're Open During COVID-19*
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    Animation Workshop 10 Revision 3


Animation Workshop 10 has been updated. Among its new and enhanced 
features are:

  * *Application Security:* Addresses a particularly stealthy and
    pernicious memory issue which afflicts the internal configuration
    logic and the themes used by Animation Workshop. Left to its own
    devices, this one could crash the application and potentially
    compromise your Windows security.

  * *PNG Security:* Updates the primary PNG libraries used by Animation
    Workshop to the latest release. This addresses several potential
    security and image quality issues. We urge all the users of our
    software to keep it up to date and stay ahead of file
    vulnerabilities... there are some really bad people hiding under
    rocks as you read this, doing everything they can to ruin your day.

  * *JPEG Security:* Updates the primary JPG libraries used by Animation
    Workshop to the latest release. This addresses a potential security
    issue.

  * *Image Libraries:* Updates all the image libraries used by Animation
    Workshop to address a theoretical bug that could have introduced
    unwanted artifacts at the right edges of its graphics.

  * *WebP:* Updates the WebP library to improve the appearance of
    complex animations stored with lossy compression.

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

  * *Documentation:* Updates the documentation.


Click on the blue button to download Animation Workshop 10.

    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/animwork.html>



      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 
9, we invite you to *upgrade to **Animation Workshop 10* for half the 
single-user license price.

Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.

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




    Graphic Workshop Security


Graphic Workshop Professional 10 enjoys seriously aggressive security 
upgrades. Over the past few months, we've nailed a number of 
vulnerabilities in its imaging libraries, in the application itself and 
in the ancillary software that installs with it.

These have included updates to Graphic Workshop's JPG, PNG and WebP 
readers, and lots of internal functionality.

There are some truly reprehensible people under some truly slimy rocks 
that spend their mean little lives trying to compromise your computer, 
steal your personal information and install malware, ransomware... and 
probably a few 'wares we'd rather not know about.

Well-maintained software is your first line of defense against them.

*Check Your Version:* If you're currently running Graphic Workshop 
Professional 10, please check its revision level in its Help → About 
window. Should your installation be older than revision 6, we'd like to 
urge you in the strongest possible terms to download and install the 
latest release, and plug any outstanding security holes.

Just click on the DOWNLOAD NOW button, below.

*Older Workshops:* If you're using a version of Graphic Workshop earlier 
than Graphic Workshop Professional 10, you're vulnerable to invasions 
through maliciously-crafted graphic files that have been designed to 
execute arbitrary code on your machine. We're pretty sure the "arbitrary 
code" in question won't turn out to be the Windows Solitaire game.

*Reduced Price: *We'd like to offer anyone with a registered 
installation of Graphic Workshop 4 through 9 the opportunity to upgrade 
to Graphic Workshop Professional 10 for half the current single-user 
license price. Doing so will:

  * Protect your computer from attacks.

  * Improve its performance when it's running Graphic Workshop.

  * Avail you of lots of new functionality.

  * Assist numerous cyber-cretins to find useful, rewarding alternate
    careers in pizza delivery and big-box retail services.

You can download an installer for Graphic Workshop Professional 10 by 
clicking on the big blue button, below.


    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html>


*Upgrade: *Click on the Upgrade button to visit our Upgrade page and 
enjoy all the security and leading-edge features of Graphic Workshop 
Professional 10 for half the single-user license cost. Use the Software 
Upgrades section of the page.

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



We hasten to add that you won't need your existing Graphic Workshop 
registration key to upgrade — our ordering system will find you in our 
customer database. If you encounter a message at the upgrade page to the 
effect that upgrades are only available for users of our version 9 and 
10 software, please ignore it. *

This extended half-price upgrade window begins at 12:00am EST on March 
27, 2020 and will end at 11:59pm EST on April 12, 2020*.



    GIF Construction Set Professional 10 Revision 4(second notification)


GIF Construction Set 10 has been updated. Among its new and enhanced 
features are:

  * *Application Security:* Addresses a particularly stealthy and
    pernicious memory issue which afflicts the internal configuration
    logic and the themes used by GIF Construction Set. Left to its own
    devices, this one could crash the application and potentially
    compromise your Windows security.

  * *PNG Security:* Updates the primary PNG libraries used by GIF
    Construction Set to the latest release. This addresses several
    potential security and image quality issues. We urge all the users
    of our software to keep it up to date and stay ahead of file
    vulnerabilities... there are some really bad people hiding under
    rocks as you read this, doing everything they can to ruin your day.

  * *JPEG Security:* Updates the primary JPG libraries used by GIF
    Construction Set to the latest release. This addresses a potential
    security issue.

  * *Image Libraries:* Updates all the image libraries used by GIF
    Construction Set to address a theoretical bug that could have
    introduced unwanted artifacts at the right edges of its graphics.

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

  * *Documentation:* Updates the documentation.


Click on the blue button to download GIF Construction Set 10.

    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/gifcon.html>



      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction 
Set 9, we invite you to *upgrade to **GIF Construction Set 10* for half 
the single-user license price.

Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.

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




    e-Paint 10 Revision 3 (additional notification)


e-Paint 10 has been updated. Among its new and enhanced features are:

  * *Application Security:* Addresses a particularly stealthy and
    pernicious memory issue which afflicts the internal configuration
    logic and the themes used by e-Paint. Left to its own devices, this
    one could crash the application and potentially compromise your
    Windows security.

  * *PNG Security:* Updates the primary PNG libraries used by e-Paint to
    the latest release. This addresses several potential security and
    image quality issues. We urge all the users of our software to keep
    it up to date and stay ahead of file vulnerabilities... there are
    some really bad people hiding under rocks as you read this, doing
    everything they can to ruin your day.

  * *JPEG Security:* Updates the primary JPG libraries used by e-Paint
    to the latest release. This addresses a potential security issue.

  * *Ripples Texture: *Adds Ripples to the e-Paint CGI Textures window.
    Create a faint disturbance in a tranquil pond, or crank it up to
    maximum and visit an alternate universe during lunch.

  * *Image Libraries:* Updates all the image libraries used by e-Paint
    to address a theoretical bug that could have introduced unwanted
    artifacts at the right edges of imported and saved graphics.

  * *Association Wizard:* Removes file type association from e-Paint's
    Association Wizard, which hitherto would associate your choice of
    graphic file types with e-Paint, so e-Paint could serve as a viewer
    and editor from other applications, such as File Explorer.

    Recent changes to Windows appear to have broken this function of
    Association Wizard, possibly irretrievably.

    Association Wizard is still available to configure other Alchemy
    Mindworks applications, such as Graphic Workshop and Presentation
    Wizard, to call e-Paint as their default paint application.

    We hasten to add that you can still associate file types with
    e-Paint through File Explorer's Open With window. This is somewhat
    more intuitive than Association Wizard, and totally bulletproof.

    Please see the Association Wizard and File Association section of
    the Reference document of e-Paint's manual for an updated discussion
    of how to handle file association.

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

  * *Documentation:* Updates the documentation.


Click on the blue button to download e-Paint 10.

    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/paint.html>



      Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for e-Paint 9, we 
invite you to *upgrade to **e-Paint 10* for half the single-user license 
price.

Click on the blue button below to visit the upgrade page.

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




    We're Open During COVID-19



As of this writing, we're open — albeit with lots of working from home — 
and we have every intention of staying that way during the current 
pandemic.

Our support staff remain ready to assist you with any questions about 
our software.

Orders will be processed and registration keys dispatched as quickly as 
possible.

Our telephones are being answered... mostly. If you call and you 
encounter voice mail, please accept our apology. Leave us a message with 
your name, your contact information and the reason for your call. We'll 
get back to you as quickly as possible.

For the most timely response to support and customer service requests, 
we recommend that you contact us through the support tab of our web page 
— the following button will get you there.


    <http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy4.html>




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