Adobe Illustrator is an OLE server, so you
can thumbnail, view and/or convert these files using OLE.
Go to Options | Preferences | File Types | New and create
the AI configuration. 
You can also try loading AI files using a filter if one resides
on your system. (Corel 7 shipped with AI filters.)
We have a Beta plug-in available for ThumbsPlus
that will handle most PS, EPS, PDF and some AI files, using
AFPL and GNU Ghostscript. Click
here for detailed information on this plug-in.
Only a few of our .AI samples work with the
plug-in. Most AI files require Postscript procedures that
are not part of Ghostscript. If anyone knows where to obtain
these procedures (e.g., Adobe_cmykcolor, Adobe_packedarray,
Adobe_level2_AI5), and whether they are redistributable, please
email Laura
Shook.
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AOL uses their proprietary format of .ART
on all file downloads, but still gives the files .GIF extensions
unless some preferences are changed in the AOL software. Depending
on how you have your WWW Graphic Preferences set you may be
saving all files in the proprietary ART format. To potentially
stop the saving of images in ART format in the future, from
the menu at screen top select:
MEMBERS
SET PREFERENCES
WWW
If COMPRESSED GRAPHICS is turned on, click on UNCOMPRESSED
GRAPHICS. This will cause images on the WWW to load slower
(actually, at their normal speed) but will allow you to save
the files in their native formats. Reports from other users
indicate that after making the desired changes in AOL preferences,
you need to re-save the ART files as BMPs within AOL and then
do a batch conversion in T+ to convert the BMPs to GIFs.
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In earlier versions of Corel, CPT files are
TIF files with the CPT extension and supported in ThumbsPlus.
In Corel 7 and later, CPT files are another proprietary format
that can only be supported through Corel's OLE server. To
change the CPT configuration for later versions of Corel,
go to Options | Preferences | File Types | Image | TIF.
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The DCR format is supported internally in
ThumbsPlus vesrion 6 Pro Edition.
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DRW files are proprietary, thus insupportable
internally. It is possible to configure ThumbsPlus to use
filters that are available on your system. Go to Options
| Preferences | File Types | New. When setting up the
new format, you must click the Hunt For Filters button
to check your system for filters and have them available in
the drop down menu.
You can also setup the format to use OLE.
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The registered version of ThumbsPlus can read
most R12 and R13 DXF files but not DWG files directly. With
AutoCAD R13 and later, you can set up AutoCAD as a Windows
OLE server and access DWG files in ThumbsPlus "through" AutoCAD.
However, the accuracy of the rendition depends almost entirely
on AutoCAD's accuracy in exporting its image as a metafile.
Feedback from users indicates that the results are usually
very good, but not always perfect. Many report having to launch
and minimize AutoCAD before thumbnailing/viewing DWG files.
Options | Preferences | File Types | Metafile | DWG.
You may need to re-install AutoCAD if OLE support was not
installed in the initial installation.
The DWG format can also be setup to use a
filter if available on your system. When setting up the new
format, you must click the Hunt For Filters button
to check your system for filters and have them available in
the drop down menu.
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We have a Beta plug-in available for ThumbsPlus
that will handle most PS, EPS, PDF and some AI files, using
AFPL and GNU Ghostscript. Click here
for detailed information on this plug-in.
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ThumbsPlus will read and display, in the properties
of the file, any EXIF information embedded in the image. T+
will also retain the EXIF information when resaving the file
but can not write EXIF itself.
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IMJ files are proprietary files created an
older software program by Pegasus Imaging. Please contact
Pegasus Imaging for information about the proprietary
IMJ format.
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T+ does not internally support MIX files.
The latest report is that PictureIt does not offer OLE support,
so these files are not supportable within T+.
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Minolta MRW files are supported internally
in ThumbsPlus vesrion 6 Pro Edition.
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At this point, you can configure ThumbsPlus
to view the thumbnail within an NEF file. (Which is a small
tiff file.) Go to Options | Preferences
| File Types | New.
We have been having trouble getting good support
into ThumbsPlus with the library we are using to render a
thumbnail and view NEF files. We are not quite ready with
the full NEF support which includes the EXIF data/options.
As soon as v6 is released, we plan to incorporate NEF ourselves
instead of using a library from other sources. It may even
end up being a plug-in like the crw support is now. Regardless
of the method we use to support NEF files, you can be assured
the support for Nikon files will be up to the standard that
we strive for, for all of our code. Sometimes you just have
to do it yourself, and take a bit more time!
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Olympus ORF files are supported internally
in ThumbsPlus vesrion 6 Pro Edition.
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PDD files are proprietary and undocumented.
In v1.x of PhotoDeluxe, these files were so similar to PSD
files that we could support them. Note that even saving the
files as v1 PDD files in later versions does not save the
files in a format that we can support. Only using v1 of PhotoDeluxe
can create PDD files that ThumbsPlus can understand. If PhotoDeluxe
has the ability to convert or export the files in another
format, my format of choice is TIFF with LZW compression.
Another note: If you are using PhotoDeluxe to grab images
from a digital camera, you can use ThumbsPlus to get the images
from the camera and save them as BMP, ICO, WMF, PCX, GIF,
PNG, TIF, JPG or TGA.
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We have a Beta plug-in available for ThumbsPlus
that will handle most PS, EPS, PDF and some AI files, using
AFPL and GNU Ghostscript. Click here
for detailed information on this plug-in.
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Powerpoint files are proprietary files that
can not be supported internally within ThumbsPlus. You can
set up a new file format by going to Options | Preferences
| File Types | New. Using Powerpoint's OLE server, you
can view the files in the thumbnail list and thumbnail them.
When you double click a PPT thumbnail, ThumbsPlus will then
call Powerpoint and open it in Powerpoint.
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We have a Beta plug-in available for ThumbsPlus
that will handle most PS, EPS, PDF and some AI files, using
AFPL and GNU Ghostscript. Click here
for detailed information on this plug-in.
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PSP files are a proprietary format and can
not be supported internally. You can set up a new file format
by going to Options | Preferences | File Types | New.
Using Paint Shop Pro's OLE server, you should be able to set
up the configuration as shown in the screen shot attached
and be able to thumbnail and view the files within ThumbsPlus!
With v6 and older of Paint Shop Pro, the OLE support is not
always reliable, but the OLE support in v7 of Paint Shop Pro
has proven to be more stable.
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There are no specs available for this format.
If anyone finds the specs, please e-mail
us.
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RM files are not supported internally within
ThumbsPlus, but you can add a new file type for the RM files
by going to Options | Preferences | File Types | New.
Doing this will allow you to view the files in the thumbnail
list. When you double click an RM file, ThumbsPlus will open
it in Real Player.
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XAR files are XaraX
files created by a vector program of the same name. You can
create support for these files by making them equivalent to
EPS files.
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