diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 3a8e6bf18..3ea7819f5 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.7.0beta29 - January 20, 2014
+Libpng 1.7.0beta29 - January 30, 2014
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ Version 1.7.0beta28 [January 20, 2014]
   Updated scripts/makefile.* to use CPPFLAGS (Cosmin).
   Added clang attribute support (Cosmin).
 
-Version 1.7.0beta29 [January 20, 2014]
+Version 1.7.0beta29 [January 30, 2014]
+  Quiet an uninitialized memory warning from VS2013 in png_get_png().
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 550f4776f..a316b72b2 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4782,7 +4782,8 @@ Version 1.7.0beta28 [January 20, 2014]
   Updated scripts/makefile.* to use CPPFLAGS (Cosmin).
   Added clang attribute support (Cosmin).
 
-Version 1.7.0beta29 [January 20, 2014]
+Version 1.7.0beta29 [January 30, 2014]
+  Quiet an uninitialized memory warning from VS2013 in png_get_png().
 
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diff --git a/pngread.c b/pngread.c
index 8e2596db9..9eb71e891 100644
--- a/pngread.c
+++ b/pngread.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ png_read_png(png_structrp png_ptr, png_inforp info_ptr,
    if (transforms & PNG_TRANSFORM_EXPAND)
       if ((png_ptr->bit_depth < 8) ||
           (png_ptr->color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE) ||
-          (png_get_valid(png_ptr, info_ptr, PNG_INFO_tRNS)))
+          (info_ptr->valid & PNG_INFO_tRNS))
          png_set_expand(png_ptr);
 #endif
 
@@ -1088,14 +1088,8 @@ png_read_png(png_structrp png_ptr, png_inforp info_ptr,
     * [0,65535] to the original [0,7] or [0,31], or whatever range the
     * colors were originally in:
     */
-   if ((transforms & PNG_TRANSFORM_SHIFT)
-       && png_get_valid(png_ptr, info_ptr, PNG_INFO_sBIT))
-   {
-      png_color_8p sig_bit;
-
-      png_get_sBIT(png_ptr, info_ptr, &sig_bit);
-      png_set_shift(png_ptr, sig_bit);
-   }
+   if ((transforms & PNG_TRANSFORM_SHIFT) && (info_ptr->valid & PNG_INFO_sBIT))
+      png_set_shift(png_ptr, &info_ptr->sig_bit);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef PNG_READ_BGR_SUPPORTED