Our plug-ins require a Photoshop™ plug-in compatible graphics application, running on the Windows™ operating system.
Support for Windows 95, 98, NT, XP, Vista™, 7, 8 and 10 in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions.
The following tables list tested applications.
More recent versions of compatible applications will usually be compatible as well.
Applications/versions not listed may work, but have not (yet) been tested. Contact us for any enquiries regarding compatibility.
Compatible
These applications will work with our plug-ins.
| Vendor | Application | Version |
|---|---|---|
| ACD Systems | Canvas™ | X |
| ACD Systems | Photo Canvas | 2 |
| ACD Systems | Photo Editor | 3 |
| Adobe™ | After Effects™ | 4.1, 5, 5.5 |
| Adobe | Illustrator™ | 7 |
| Adobe | ImageReady | 2 |
| Adobe | PhotoDeLuxe | 2, 3 |
| Adobe | Photoshop | 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2017 |
| Adobe | Photoshop Elements | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Alexander Sabov | PicMaster | 1.25 |
| Antonio Da Cruz | PhotoFiltre Studio | 7.0.x |
| Arcadia | PhotoPerfect | 2.90 |
| CADLink | SignLab | 5 and higher |
| CDH Productions | Image Explorer Pro | 4 |
| CiEBV Computerinsel | PhotoLine 32 | 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Corel™ | Bryce | 4 |
| Corel | Draw | 9 |
| Corel | Painter™ | IX |
| Corel | PhotoPaint | 9, 12 |
| Corel | Paint Shop Pro™ | X (10), X1 (11), X2 (12) |
| Deneba™ | Canvas | 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Equilibrium | DeBabelizer Pro | 5 |
| Irfan Skiljan | IrfanView | 3.85, 4, 4.2 |
| JASC™/Corel | Paint Shop Pro | 4.12, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| KnowledgeAdventure | HyperStudio | 4.2 |
| Macromedia | Freehand | 7, 8 |
| Macromedia | Fireworks™ | 8 |
| Mediachance | PhotoBrush | 1 |
| MeeSoft | Image Analyzer | 1 (using interface plug-in) |
| Megalux | Ultimate FX | |
| Megalux | Ultimate Paint | 2 |
| MetaCreations/Corel | Painter | 6 |
| Microfrontier | Digital Darkroom | 1.2 |
| MicroSoft™ | PhotoDraw 2000 | 1 |
| New World | Focus PhotoEditor | 4 |
| Newave | Chaos Fx: Twilight'76 | 1.2 |
| PluginMaster | PluginMaster | 1 |
| Pierre-emmanuel Gougelet | XnView | 1.70, 1.94.2 |
| PS | ImageN | 1.0z |
| Right Hemisphere | Deep Paint | |
| Ron Scott | QFX (LE) | 7.0 |
| Satori | PhotoXL | 2.29 |
| Serif | PhotoPlus | 6, 7, 9 |
| SigmaPi | NiGulp | 1.5 |
| SigmaPi | Pixopedia 24 | 1.0.5 |
| Stoik | ImageMan Pro | 5 |
| The Plugin Site | Plugin Commander | 1.5 |
| ThinkTank | Ameri-Imager | 2 |
| ULead | GIF Animator | 4 |
| ULead | PhotoImpact™ | 4, 4.2, 5, 8, 10, 11 |
| WebSuperGoo | Achroma | |
| Xara | Xara | X |
| Zoner | Photo Studio | 10 |
Partially compatible
These applications may support our plug-ins sufficiently for your purposes
but will not support full functionality in all of our plug-ins.
If you want to use our plug-ins with any of these programs, make sure to test
the demo versions before you buy.
| Vendor | Application | Version | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcSoft | PhotoStudio 2000 | 5.5 | Preview incorrect |
| ArcSoft | PhotoStudio | 5.5, 6 | Does not handle transparency properly. |
| Corel | PhotoPaint | 6, 7, 8 | Rotated & inverted preview and render |
| Discreet | Combustion | 2 | Blue cast in preview |
| GIMP | GIMP | 1.2.4 | Preview incorrect, no color dialog |
| KnowledgeAdventure | HyperStudio | 4.2 | No color dialog |
| Macromedia | Fireworks | 2, 3 | Transparency not correct in preview |
| Mediachance | PhotoBrush | No color dialog | |
| Micrografx | Picture Publisher | 8, 9 | Preview zoom doesn't work |
| MicroSoft | Image Composer | 1.5 | Cannot drag preview |
| MicroSoft | Picture It! Digital Image Pro | 7 | 100% zoom may not work |
| VicMan | VCW VicMan Photo Editor | 6.9 | Preview drag causes crash |
Incompatible
These applications will not work with our plug-ins.
| Vendor | Application | Version | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | After Effects | 6.5 | |
| Adobe | ImageStyler | Doesn't support PhotoShop plug-ins | |
| Adobe | PhotoDeLuxe | 1 | |
| Adobe | Premiere™ | 4.2, 5, 5.1, 5.5 | Renders only black to image |
| ArcSoft | PhotoStudio 2000 | 4.1 | Doesn't support PhotoShop plug-ins |
| Datatech | ImageMan | Crashes when dragging preview and when applying final render | |
| Discreet | 3D Studio Max | 4.2 | Background not displayed, color dialog doesn't work, renders distorted red/green pattern |
| Macromedia | xRes | 2 | Crashes on loading plug-in |
| MetaCreations | Painter | 5 | Does not apply final render |
| MicroSoft | Image Composer | 1.0 | Doesn't recognize plug-ins |
| SPG | ColorWorks: Web | 4 | Does not apply final render |
Untested
We are aware of these graphics applications and their claims to support our plug-ins, but we have not tested these applications yet. Most of the applications in this list are old and you should try before you buy.
| Vendor | Application | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Ability | PhotoPaint Studio | any |
| Adobe | Illustrator | 8 |
| Adobe | Image Ready | 1 |
| Adobe | LiveMotion | any |
| Adobe | Pagemaker | 6 and higher |
| BananaSoft | TwistedPixel | any |
| Corel | PhotoHouse | 2 and higher |
| Corel | Xara | 2 |
| DigisoftDirect | ImagePro | 2K1 |
| Equilibrium | DeBabelizer Pro | 4.5 |
| Fractal Design | Detailer | any |
| Macromedia | Director | 5, 6 and higher |
| MetaCreations | Painter | 5.5, 7 |
| MetaCreations/Corel | Art Dabbler | 2.1 |
| MGI | PhotoSuite | 4 and higher |
| Micrografx | Picture Publisher | 4ak, 5, 6a, 7 |
| Microsoft | PhotoDraw 2000 | 2 |
| Newtek | Aura | any |
| Newtek | Inspire 3D | any |
| Newtek | Lightwave | 5.6 and higher |
| PM | Imagic | any |
| Presto! | ImageFolio | all |
| Serif | PhotoPlus | 5 |
| Ulead | PhotoImpact | 2, 3.01 and higher |
If you find any application or version to be compatible with our plug-ins, if you have created an application you want us to test or you know of an application that is not on our list but may be compatible; please contact us.
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