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 Contents:

1.  Graphic Workshop Professional 11 Revision 8 (additional notification)
   
2.  Animation Workshop 11 Revision 3 (second notification)
   
3.  GIF Construction Set Professional 11 Revision 5 (second notification)
   
4.  PNG MNG Construction Set 11 Revision 4 (additional notification)
   
5.  Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details

Graphic Workshop Professional 10 Revision 8
(additional notification)

Graphic Workshop Professional 11 has been updated. In this release:

• Gaussian Blur: An issue that caused the Gaussian blur logic that appears in in various Graphic Workshop image filters to misbehave when it was confronted with small areas to process has been addressed. This also fixes the same issues in the Filters window for e-Paint UltraLight.
  
  
• JPEG Security: The IJG JPEG reader has been updated to the newest library release to address several potential vulnerabilities. If you're using the IJG Standard JPEG processor, as selected in Graphic Workshop's Setup window, this one's really essential.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• Favorites: A memory error in the Favorites window has been fixed. It prevented Favorites from dealing with large numbers of entries in a single gallery under some configurations of Windows.
  
  
• HRZ: A bug in the HRZ writer has been nailed. Admittedly, this may prove to be the known universe's most obscure graphic format, but all software bugs deserve their fate.
  
  
• Torn Edges: An issue with the Torn Edges filter has been resolved. It hitherto caused some tearing to look less natural than should have been the case.
  
  
• Photography Workshop: A bug in the Photography Workshop window that caused its thumbnail list to malfunction under some configurations of Windows has been dispatched.
  
  
• Textures and Fractals: A problem that caused the Noise and Absolute Noise texture panes to share presets — causing some of their respective library items to refuse to do anything — has been addressed.
  
  
• Threads Texture: A memory leak in the Threads texture generator has been disabused of its objectionable behavior.
  
  
• CDR Writer: A bug in the CDR writer has been resolved.
  
  
• ZIP Passwords: A logic issue in the password window for ZIP archives has been fixed. This affected Graphic Workshop's internal ZIP functions, and the Archive Manager ancillary application.
  
  
• Get Info: Addresses a cosmetic issue in the Details and EXIF functions of the Get info window.
  
  
• Performance: Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with.
  
  
• Documentation: Updates the documentation.
  

If you haven't experienced Graphic Workshop Professional 11 as yet, please see its initial release announcement for a list of all its new and enhanced functionality.

Click on the blue button to download Graphic Workshop Professional 11.

Animation Workshop 11 Revision 3

Animation Workshop 11 has been updated. In this release:

• WebP: Updates the library that reads and writes WebP documents for Graphic Workshop and its ancillary applications to address several potential security issues.
  
  It also improves the image quality of exported WebP animations.
  
  
• JPEG Security: Updates Animation Workshop's JPEG reader to the latest release to address several potential vulnerabilities.
  
  
• Edge Support: Animation Workshop will now find the Microsoft Edge web browser to display its documentation.
  
  
• Image Libraries: Updates the image libraries for Animation Workshop to address a potential memory leak.
  
  
• User Interface: The user interface windows of Animation Workshop have been enhanced. A number of features of the application are more intuitive and easier to understand. Everything looks tight and leading-edge.
  
  
• Code Review: We've completed a line-by-line review of the underlying source code of Animation Workshop. This has resulted in a smaller, faster application... and we dispatched a number of stealthy bugs, memory leaks and security issues.
  
  
• Image Libraries: Image Libraries: Updates the image libraries for Animation Workshop to address a potential memory leak.
  
  
• 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 11.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Animation Workshop 10, we invite you to upgrade to Animation Workshop 11 for half the single-user license price.

GIF Construction Set Professional 11 Revision 5
(new this weekend)

GIF Construction Set Professional 11 has been updated. In this release:

• Loop: Fixes a bug in the looping logic that prevented the View window from correctly displaying a finite number of loops under some configurations of Windows.
  
  
• Local to Global: Fixes a bug in the Local to Global logic that could mangle the final color palette in some animations.
  
  
• Transitions: Plugs a memory leak in the Transitions window.
  
  
• Wide Palette GIF: Stomps a bug that crept into the Wide Palette GIF window. While it's a somewhat obscure feature of GIF Construction Set, even obscure features need to behave themselves.
  
  
• Resize: An issue which caused the resize window to create final animations of slightly unpredictable dimensions under some builds of Windows is now history.
  
  
• Reconstruct: A logic issue in the Reconstruct function has been addressed. This affected several other features of GIF Construction Set as well, in that they invoked Reconstruct.
  
  
• Titles and Credits: Addresses an issue in the Titles and Credits window that could result in unattractive credits if the text thereof extended beyond the edge of the animation being created.
  
  
• Scripting: The Scripting functionality has been removed from GIF Construction Set. A revenant of the late twentieth century, we're pretty sure no one's used it in decades. Its departure reduced the code footprint and the startup time of GIF Construction Set considerably.
  
  
• 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 Professional 11.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 10, we invite you to upgrade to GIF Construction Set Professional 11 for half the single-user license price.

PNG MNG Construction Set 11 Revision 4

PNG MNG Construction Set 11 has been updated. In this release:

• Code Review: We've completed a line-by-line review of the underlying source code of PNG MNG Construction Set. This has resulted in a smaller, faster application... and we dispatched a number of stealthy bugs, memory leaks and security issues.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• User Interface:The user interface windows of PNG MNG Construction Set have been enhanced. A number of features of the application are more intuitive and easier to understand. Everything looks tight and leading-edge.
  
  
• Image Libraries: Updates the image libraries for PNG MNG Construction Set to address a potential memory leak.
  
  
• WebP Viewer: Addresses an issue in the WebP View window that could cause the background removal logic to become confused by some animations.
  
  
• Gaussian Blur: Fixes a bug in the Gaussian Blur generator in the Shadows window that hitherto caused it to behave unpredictably when it was confronted with very small areas to process.
  
  
• Transitions: Addresses a memory leak in the Transitions window.
  
  
• Performance: Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with.
       
  
• Documentation: Updates the documentation.

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