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 Contents:

1.  Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 4 (additional notification)
   
2.  Announcing Alpha Paint 12
3.  Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 12 (second notification)
4.  GIF Construction Set Professional 12 Revision 2 (second notification)
5.  Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details

Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 2

Graphic Workshop Professional 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to the known universe's most popular image management application, improved its performance, included some fresh ancillary software and generally refined it to better get along with Windows 10 and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to Graphic Workshop Professional
12, you'll find...

In this release:

• Web Gallery: A number of issues in the Web Gallery web page builder have been addressed. We've also added a few refinements to the user interface. See the discussion of Web Gallery in the Reference document of Graphic Workshop's manual
  
  
• e-Paint UltraLight: The BMP library called by several of Graphic Workshop's ancillary functions hitherto didn't read or write BMP documents correctly under some configurations of Windows. This prevented Graphic Workshop from calling e-Paint UltraLight as an alternate paint application. This has been resolved.
  
  
• Windows 11: Some installations of Windows 11 appear to be missing a runtime library required by several of Graphic Workshop's ancillary applications, preventing them from starting. This too has been resolved.
  
  

From the initial release:

• Quick 64-bit Architecture: Graphic Workshop is now available in both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit editions. The 64-bit software is fast, gets along more favorably with Windows and pretty much never runs into memory issues. We hasten to note that registering or updating to Graphic Workshop Professional 12 will avail you of a registration key that works with either edition... or both, if you're feeling adventurous.
  
  
• Windows 11 Compatible: The version 11 software has been showing some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing and/or running therein. Graphic Workshop Professional 12 rocks under Windows 11.
  
  
• Animate Objects: Create animated photo-dodecahedrons and photo-cubes – like the one to your right – with a few clicks. These animations are suitable for use with web pages, social media and for attracting attention to your e-mails. Select Image → Animate Objects.
  
  
• Animation Conversion: Convert – and more to point – batch convert and process videos and animations. See the discussion of Animations in the Graphic Workshop Reference document.
  
  
• Audio: Convert among Graphic Workshop's supported audio formats.
  
  
• MP3: Graphic Workshop now supports full MP3 reading and writing.
  
  
• Ogg Vorbis: Graphic Workshop now supports full Ogg Vorbis reading and writing – Ogg Vorbis being a sophisticated MP3 alternative.
  
  
• Web Gallery: Graphic Workshop's Web Gallery window has been completely re-written. Create sophisticated web pages for your photographs with clickable thumbnails, paging and index and way more... even if you've never been within a light-year of HTML coding. Select some pictures, and then select Image → Catalog → Web Gallery.
  
  
• JPEG Security: Graphic Workshop's Turbo JPEG and IJG JPEG libraries have been updated to the latest releases to address some security issues.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• WebP: Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for Graphic Workshop to address several potential security issues and to improve its image quality.
  
  
• Archive Manager: The Archive Manager application will now extract files from archive formats other than ZIP. The 32-bit edition supports RAR, and the 64-bit edition supports pretty much every archive format in the known universe.
  
  
• Archive Manager Open With: The Archive Manager right-click menu now includes access to Windows' Open With list, as it appears in File Explorer.
  
  
• Screen Capture: The 64-bit edition of the GWS Camera screen capture now correctly handles capturing screens that have been adjusted with Windows' "make everything bigger" option.
  
  
• Digital Camera RAW Plugin: The Digital Camera plugin has been updated to include a number of additional cameras.
  
  
• Windows Open With: In addition to Graphic Workshop's configurable Open With function, accessible through the browser right-click window. the Open With item now offers access to Windows' Open With list, as it appears in File Explorer.
  
  
• Calendar Wizard UltraLight: Create printable wall calendars with your photographs in this simplified edition of our popular Calendar Wizard application.
  
  
• Memory Leak: A memory leak that beset the Paint functions of Graphic Workshop has been addressed.
  
  
• Montage: A bug that could crash Montage on occasion has been stomped.
  
  
• ART Plugin: An issue with the ART format plugin that could cause it to report spurious errors from time to time under some configurations of Windows has been addressed.
  
  

The Graphic Workshop Printed Reference has been revised for the version 12 software, and it includes sections for all the new functionality. It's available through Amazon — there's a link to it at the Graphic Workshop web page, and you can access it through the Get The Graphic Workshop Printed Reference item of Graphic Workshop's Help menu. Alternately, just click on the book to your right.

All the Graphic Workshop plugins have been upgraded to install in the version 12 software. Note that if you're currently using an earlier version of Graphic Workshop and its attendant plugins:

• Be sure to uninstall the version 11 plugins before you install Graphic Workshop Professional 12. Failing this, Graphic Workshop Professional 12 should prompt you to do so automatically the first time you run it.
  
  
• You'll need to download and install the new plugin installers to run under Graphic Workshop Professional 12.
  
  
• The plugin installers will install plugins for both the 32- and 64-bit editions of Graphic Workshop as applicable — you don't have to download separate 32- and 64-bit plugins.

If you're using a registered installation of the Graphic Workshop RAW Digital Camera and Smartphone plugin for an earlier release of Graphic Workshop, note that your existing registration key will work with the version 12 plugin — you won't have to buy it again.

As in years past, when you run Graphic Workshop Professional 12 for the first time, it will look for a previous installation of Graphic Workshop Professional 11 and optionally copy your existing configuration, so you won't have to set everything up by hand. Even your open browser windows will be preserved.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a no-cost upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 12 for half the current new-user price.

The first time you run Graphic Workshop Professional 12, it will determine which upgrade option applies to your license.

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

You can access the no-cost upgrade page directly by clicking on the foregoing link.

Announcing Alpha Paint 12

Alpha Paint 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to Alpha Paint, improved its performance and generally refined it to better get along with Windows 10 and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to Alpha Paint 12, you'll find...

• Quick 64-bit Architecture: Alpha Paint is now available in both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit editions. The 64-bit software is fast, gets along more favorably with Windows and pretty much never runs into memory issues. We hasten to note that registering or updating to Alpha Paint 12 will avail you of a registration key that works with either edition... or both, if you're feeling adventurous.
  
  
• Windows 11 Compatible: The version 11 software has been showing some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing and/or running therein. Alpha Paint 12 rocks under Windows 11.
  
  
• Drawing Engine: Improves the performance of Alpha Paint's drawing engine.
  
  
• WebP: Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for Alpha Paint to address several potential security issues and to improve its image quality.
  
  
• 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 Alpha Paint 12.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Alpha Paint 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a no-cost upgrade to Alpha Paint 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Alpha Paint 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to Alpha Paint 12 for half the current new-user price.

The first time you run Alpha Paint 12, it will determine which upgrade option applies to your license.

Announcing PNG MNG Construction Set 12

PNG MNG Construction Set 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to PNG MNG Construction Set, improved its performance and generally refined it to better get along with Windows 10 and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to PNG MNG Construction Set 12, you'll find...

• Quick 64-bit Architecture: PNG MNG Construction Set Professional is now available in both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit editions. The 64-bit software is fast, gets along more favorably with Windows and pretty much never runs into memory issues. We hasten to note that registering or updating to PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 12 will avail you of a registration key that works with either edition... or both, if you're feeling adventurous.
  
  
• Windows 11 Compatible: The version 11 software has been showing some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing and/or running therein. PNG MNG Construction Set 12 rocks under Windows 11.
  
  
• Web Gallery: PNG MNG Construction Set's new Web Gallery will create sophisticated web pages for your animations with clickable thumbnails, paging and index and way more... even if you've never been within a light-year of HTML coding. Select Edit → Web Gallery.
  
  
• Animation Plugins: PNG MNG Construction Set's plugins have been revised and updated, with enhanced documentation, Open and Save buttons for many of the plugins and improved performance. The 3D Effects plugin set now includes a plugin to create animated photo-dodecahedrons, like the one to your right.
  
  
• JPEG Security: PNG MNG Construction Set's Turbo JPEG and IJG JPEG libraries have been updated to the latest releases to address some security issues.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of PNG MNG Construction Set Professional to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• WebP: Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for PNG MNG Construction Set to address several potential security issues and to improve its image quality.
  
  
• 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 PNG MNG Construction Set Professional 12.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a no-cost upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 12 for half the current new-user price.

The first time you run PNG MNG Construction Set 12, it will determine which upgrade option applies to your license.

Plugins

All the animation plugins for PNG MNG Construction Set have been upgraded to run with PNG MNG Construction Set 12.

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 12 installers for your plugins.

All the animation plugins are at:

IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 11 or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 and you plan to uninstall PNG MNG Construction Set 11 or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 to replace them with the new version 12 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 11 plugins, and then uninstall PNG MNG Construction Set 11 and PNG MNG Construction Set 11.   

PNG MNG Construction Set 12 will offer to automatically remove your old plugins for you the first time it runs — go for it, as this will save you lots of clicking later on.

We've also created a quick way to reinstall your plugins once you've downloaded the version 12 installers. Please see the the plugin help page for assistance.

GIF Construction Set Professional 12 Revision 2

GIF Construction Set Professional 12 has been released.

We've added new functionality to GIF Construction Set Professional, improved its performance and generally refined it to better get along with Windows 10 and 11. (We hasten to add that it still performs admirably under earlier builds of Windows, all the way back to Windows XP, if you're feeling retro.)

Among the new features and enhancements to GIF Construction Set Professional 12, you'll find...

In this release:

• Web Gallery: Addresses a number of issues in the Web Gallery window that crept into the revision one software.
  

From the initial release:

• Quick 64-bit Architecture: GIF Construction Set Professional is now available in both traditional 32-bit and leading-edge 64-bit editions. The 64-bit software is fast, gets along more favorably with Windows and pretty much never runs into memory issues. We hasten to note that registering or updating to GIF Construction Set Professional 12 will avail you of a registration key that works with either edition... or both, if you're feeling adventurous.
  
  
• Windows 11 Compatible: The version 11 software has been showing some decidedly rough edges under Windows 11, and may stop installing and/or running therein. GIF Construction Set Professional 12 rocks under Windows 11.
  
  
• Web Gallery: GIF Construction Set Professional's new Web Gallery will create sophisticated web pages for your animations with clickable thumbnails, paging and index and way more... even if you've never been within a light-year of HTML coding. Select Edit → Web Gallery.
  
  
• Animation Plugins: GIF Construction Set Professional's plugins have been revised and updated, with enhanced documentation, Open and Save buttons for many of the plugins and improved performance. The 3D Effects plugin set now includes a plugin to create animated photo-dodecahedrons, like the one to your right.
  
  
• JPEG Security: GIF Construction Set Professional's Turbo JPEG and IJG JPEG libraries have been updated to the latest releases to address some security issues.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of GIF Construction Set Professional to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• WebP: Updates the library that imports WebP graphics for GIF Construction Set Professional to address several potential security issues and to improve its image quality.
  
  
• 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 12.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 11 on or after May 1, 2021, you're welcome to a no-cost upgrade to GIF Construction Set Professional 12.

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for GIF Construction Set Professional 11 prior to May 1, 2021, we invite you to upgrade to GIF Construction Set Professional 12 for half the current new-user price.

The first time you run GIF Construction Set Professional 12, it will determine which upgrade option applies to your license.

Plugins

All the animation plugins for GIF Construction Set Professional have been upgraded to run with GIF Construction Set Professional 12.

If you have registered one or more plugins for a previous release of GIF Construction Set, your existing registration keys are still valid. You'll just need to download the version 12 installers for your plugins.

All the animation plugins are at:

IMPORTANT: If you have plugins installed under GIF Construction Set 11 or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 and you plan to uninstall GIF Construction Set 11 or PNG MNG Construction Set 11 to replace them with the new version 12 software, please be sure uninstall all your version 11 plugins, and then uninstall GIF Construction Set 11 and PNG MNG Construction Set 11.   

GIF Construction Set 12 will offer to automatically remove your old plugins for you the first time it runs — go for it, as this will save you lots of clicking later on.

We've also created a quick way to reinstall your plugins once you've downloaded the version 12 installers. Please see the the plugin help page for assistance.

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