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 Contents:

1.  Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 15 (additional notification)
2.  Alpha Paint 12 Revision 4
3.  PNG MNG Construction Set 12 Revision 6
   
4.  The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 Revision 4 (second notification)
5.  Font Wrangler 12 Revision 2 (additional notification)
   
6.  Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details

Graphic Workshop Professional 12 Revision 15

Graphic Workshop Professional 12 has been updated.

In this release:

• Memory Leak: A decidedly pernicious memory leak in Graphic Workshop Professional's folder interface under some configurations of Windows has been stomped. Left to its own devices, it could crash the application.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of Graphic Workshop Professional to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• WebP: The WebP library interface has been improved. In addition, the current library version number can now be found in the Credits list of Graphic Workshop Professional's About window. The current release is 1.2.2.
  
  
• Print Dodecahedron: Several cosmetic issues and a bug that prevented the dash mode setting from working correctly under some builds of Windows have been nailed.
  
  
• Selected Size: The status pane at the bottom of Graphic Workshop's application window now displays the total size of all the selected files in a browser, as well as the number of selected files.
  
  
• Print Contact Sheets: The Contact Sheet print function has been refined, with better graphics and a live image sample pane for users of Windows 10 and better.
  
  
• Prompt Before Overwrite: The Prompt Before Overwrite window has been updated so it no longer shows a filler graphic for its thumbnails if the files involved are really large. It also corrects an issue which could cause it to display the same thumbnail for new and existing files in some situations.
  
  
• Delete: The Delete prompt window has been updated so it no longer shows a filler graphic if you delete a very large file... as long as you're running Graphic Workshop under Windows 10 or better. It will display a thumbnail of the first selected graphic if you have Graphic Workshop delete multiple documents in a batch.
  
  
• Get Information: The Get Information window has been refined so it's quicker, and displays thumbnails even if it's confronted with really large graphics.
  
  
• Catalog: The Catalog window has been updated to use live previews, and to fix a number of cosmetic and rendering issues under some builds of Windows.
  
  
• Window Thumbnails: All the windows in Graphic Workshop that display thumbnails will open with even less delay, even for really large graphics.
  
  

If you haven't experienced Graphic Workshop Professional 12 as yet, please see its initial release announcement for a list of all its new and enhanced functionality.

Upgrades

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

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Alpha Paint 12 Revision 4

Alpha Paint 12 has been updated.

In this release:

• Memory Leak: A decidedly pernicious memory leak in Alpha Paint's folder interface under some configurations of Windows has been stomped. Left to its own devices, it could crash the application.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of Alpha Paint to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• WebP: The WebP library interface has been improved. In addition, the current library version number can now be found in the Credits list of Alpha Paint's About window. The current release is 1.2.2.
  
  
• Drawing Engine: A number of minor inconsistencies Alpha Paint's drawing engine have been addressed.
  
  
• Default Beep: The confirmation sound that Alpha Paint plays has found itself tasked with signalling the conclusion of a number of processes in Alpha Paint. It has come to our attention that the Windows sound that it references by default can be really annoying in other contexts, and a substantial number of Windows 10 and 11 users disable it... which also silences Alpha Paint.
  
  Should you find yourself thus afflicted, you can now copy any short WAV file sound to the Alchemy Mindworks configuration data folder — see the Configuration document in Alpha Paint's manual for assistance in locating it — and name said file Notify.wav to have it serve as Alpha Paint's default noise.
  
  
• Performance:Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with.
       
  
• Documentation: Updates the documentation.

PNG MNG Construction Set 12 Revision 6

PNG MNG Construction Set 12 has been updated.

In this release:

• Paint: An issue that caused the Paint function of PNG MNG Construction Set to create invalid temporary files under some configurations of Windows — and in so doing disabling or crashing whichever paint application it called — has been mercilessly stomped, and will never trouble anyone again.
  

Click on the blue button to download PNG MNG Construction Set 12.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for PNG MNG Construction Set 11, we invite you to upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 12 for half the single-user license price.

The background of the banner graphic above, a detail from a picture by Jimi Backhouse, is used under license from freeimages.com. The ink well icon for PNG MNG Construction Set was created by Eugen Buzuk of icondrawer.com, and is used under license.

The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 Revision 4

The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 has been updated.

In this release:

• Memory Leak: A decidedly pernicious memory leak in The Ultimate Screen Clock's folder interface under some configurations of Windows has been stomped. Left to its own devices, it could crash the application.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of The Ultimate Screen Clock to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• Pipes: This release of The Ultimate Screen Clock includes the Pipes digital clock style. Formed of immense stainless steel pipe fittings, its digits very nearly shake the earth every time they change.
  
  The example above arguably fails to do it justice — click on it for a larger clock. We should also point out that this graphic is an animation, not actual software. It's decidedly unlikely that it's displaying the correct time.
  
  The Pipes clock style set also includes an animated transition clock in which its digits disassemble and then reassemble themselves every time they change. You really need to see this one at work.
  
  Unlike most releases of The Ultimate Screen Clock, all the styles for the Pipes clock are included in the downloadable installers for The Ultimate Screen Clock. You don't need to download and install the additional styles library for this one.
  
  
• WebP: The WebP library interface has been improved. In addition, the current library version number can now be found in the Credits list of The Ultimate Screen Clock's About window. The current release is 1.2.2.
  
  
• Select Clock Style: The Select Clock Style windows in The Ultimate Screen Clock have been updated with logic to disable the main clock window while they're open, improving their performance. We hasten to note that the clock will resume its correct time display as soon as you close a Select Clock Style window.
  
  

Click on the blue button to download The Ultimate Screen Clock 12.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for The Ultimate Screen Clock 11, we invite you to upgrade to The Ultimate Screen Clock 12 for half the single-user license price.

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Font Wrangler 12 Revision 2

Font Wrangler 12 has been updated.

In this release:

• ZIP Archives: An issue with the Font Wrangler ZIP archive manager that could cause items in the font list to vanish if an alternate drive for temporary files was selected has been resolved, defeated and dispatched to an alternate universe.
  
  
• Memory Leak: A decidedly pernicious memory leak in Font Wrangler's folder interface under some configurations of Windows has been stomped. Left to its own devices, it could crash the application.
  
  We'd like to urge all users of Font Wrangler to update to this release as quickly as possible.
  
  
• WebP: The WebP library interface has been improved. In addition, the current library version number can now be found in the Credits list of Font Wrangler's About window. The current release is 1.2.2.
  
  
• Default Beep: The change folder sound that Font Wrangler plays... perhaps not surprisingly when you change folders... has found itself tasked with signalling the conclusion of a number of processes in Font Wrangler. It has come to our attention that the Windows sound that it references by default can be really annoying in other contexts, and a substantial number of Windows 10 and 11 users disable it... which also silences Font Wrangler.
  
  Should you find yourself thus afflicted, you can now copy any short WAV file sound to the Alchemy Mindworks configuration data folder — see the Configuration document in Font Wrangler's manual for assistance in locating it — and name said file Notify.wav to have it serve as Font Wrangler's default noise.
  
  
• 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 Font Wrangler 12.

Upgrades

If you have registered or upgraded a registration for Font Wrangler 11, we invite you to upgrade to Font Wrangler 12 for half the single-user license price.

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