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File : 'Plugins.txt' - Information for IrfanView PlugIns

Author: Irfan Skiljan
E-Mail: irfanview@gmx.net
WWW : http://www.irfanview.com
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!*! Please use always the current IrfanView and PlugIn version !*!

- How to install IrfanView PlugIns?

1) Visit IrfanView's homepage: http://www.irfanview.com

2) Go to "Download->PlugIns"
3) Download PlugIns
4) Click on the PlugIn file
5) PlugIns will be installed into IrfanView "PlugIns" directory

Download:

You can download all PlugIns from the Internet:

http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
http://www.irfanview.net/plugins.htm

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Special PlugIns:

* 1. IrfanView Shell Extension - This PlugIn shows a Context menu for some
IrfanView operations in Windows Explorer.
You can select several files and e.g. Play
slideshow or Convert them to a format.
Thanks to Michael Dunn!

Normal PlugIns:

* 1. ALTALUX.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to use AltaLux image effect.

Thanks to Stefano Tommesani!

* 2. AWD.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read Artweaver files.

Thanks to Boris Eyrich.

* 3. BABACAD4IMAGE.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read DXF and DWG CAD
files.
Thanks to BabaCAD Software guys: http://www.babacad.com

* 4. B3D.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read BodyPaint 3D files.

* 5. BURNING.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to burn slideshow to a CD/DVD/BD.

Windows XP SP3 or later required.

* 6. BURNINGOLD.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to burn slideshow to a

CD.
Windows XP or later required, Nero option can burn Data DVD
and VCD.

* 7. CRW.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read Canon CRW/CR2 files.

Note: this PlugIn requires additional Canon DLLs:
http://irfanview.info/plugins/canon_crw.zip
(check "Readme_Canon.txt" for instructions and install!)

* 8. CADIMAGE.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read CAD formats: DXF, DWG,
HPGL, CGM, SVG.
Check
"http://www.cadsofttools.com/download/irfanviewplugins.zip" (32-bit) for newest
versions and licenses.
Check
"http://www.cadsofttools.com/download/irfanviewplugins_x64.zip" for 64-bit PlugIns.
(Shareware, Third party PlugIn)

* 9. DICOM.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read Dicom medical files.

Thanks to Wolfgang Krug and Chris Rorden.
Note: DICOM/ACR/IMA format hasn't a specific header and IrfanView
can't recognize all such images.
If you want to read Dicom/ACR/IMA images with IrfanView, the file
extension MUST BE ".dcm", ".acr" or ".ima" !

* 10. DJVU.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read DjVu files.

* 11. ECW.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/write ECW files (Enhanced
Compressed Wavelet).

* 12. EFFECTS.DLL - This PlugIn contains some image effects and can load Adobe
Photoshop 8BF filters.
Thanks to GENiEBEN for many effects!
NOTE: some nice Adobe 8BF PlugIns/effects can be
downloaded/installed from:

http://www.irfanview.net/plugins/irfanview_adobe_8bf_plugins.exe
or

http://www.irfanview.net/plugins/irfanview_adobe_8bf_plugins.zip
Note: some older/special 8BFs may require additional system
DLLs.
You can download these DLLs here:
http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/plugins/8bf_tools.zip

* 13. EMAIL.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to send images as emails.

* 14. EXR.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read EXR files.

* 15. FACEDETECT.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to use the Face Detection
feature from Thumbnails window.

* 16. FFACTORY.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to use Filter Factory 8BF files
(Photoshop PlugIns).
The DLL is based on the Filter Factory library from Michael
Johannhanwahr: www.icnet.de.
Thanks Michael!

* 17. FILMSIM.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to change the picture colors using
a CLUT file (Color-Lookup-Table).
For this feature you must first download and extract the Film
Simulation file
(irfanview_film_sim_plugin.zip) from the PlugIns website.

* 18. FLASH.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play Macromedia's

Flash/Shockwave/FLV files.
It uses the Flash Player component installed in Internet
Explorer.
Thanks to Remio!

* 19. FORMATS.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read additional image formats:
- PSP - Paint Shop Pro format
- IFF/LBM format (Amiga Interchange File Format)
- G3 Fax format
- RAS/SUN format
- Bio-RAD Confocal image format
- Mosaic format
- YUV format
- XBM format
- XPM format
- GLCD format
- MPO format
- BLP format (BLP-2)
- MAG format (MAKI)
- GEM-IMG format
- WBMP - WAP Bitmap
- SGI format (Silicon Graphics Image)
- RLE format (Utah RLE Image)
- TTF format (True Type Font)
- RAW format (RAW data)
- Digital camera RAW formats (ARW CR2 CRW DCR DNG ERF KDC MRW NEF
NRW ORF PEF RAF RAW RW2 RWL SRF SRW X3F MOS)
- DDS format (Direct Draw Surface)
- SFW format (Seattle Film Works JPG file)
- CAM format (Casio CAM JPG file)
- KDC format (Kodak Digital Camera files)
- WAD format (WAD3 game files)
- WAL format (Quake 2 textures)
- FITS format (Flexible Image Transport System)
- HDR format (High Dynamic Range)
- PVR format (DreamCast textures)
- support for old formats like: Amiga, Atari, C64, ZX Spectrum
etc. (based on file extension)

Note: G3 format hasn't a specific header and IrfanView

can't recognize all such images. If you want to read G3
images with IrfanView, the file extension MUST BE ".g3" !

Note: Mosaic format hasn't a specific header and IrfanView

can't recognize all such images. If you want to read Mosaic
images with IrfanView, the file extension MUST BE ".mos" !

Note: XBM format hasn't a specific header and IrfanView can't

recognize all such images. If you want to read XBM images with
IrfanView, the file extension MUST BE ".xbm" !

Note: XPM format hasn't a specific header and IrfanView can't

recognize all such images. If you want to read XPM images with
IrfanView, the file extension MUST BE ".xpm" !

Note: WBMP format hasn't a specific header and IrfanView can't

recognize all such images. If you want to read WBMP images with
IrfanView, the file extension MUST BE ".wbmp" !
* 20. FPX.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read FlashPix format.

* 21. FUNLTDIV.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to use Filters Unlimited
files (Photoshop PlugIns and filters)
The PlugIn is based on the Library from Michael Johannhanwahr:
www.icnet.de
Thanks Michael!

* 22. FTP.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to transfer files from Thumbnails
window using FTP.

* 23. HDP.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read Jpeg-XR/HDP/WDP files

(Microsoft HD Photo).

* 24. ICONS.DLL - This PlugIn contains special icons for IrfanView file
associations.

* 25. ICS.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read ICS files (Image Cytometry
Standard).
Thanks to Cris Luengo.

* 26. IMPDF.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to save PDF files (Portable
Document Format).
Thanks to ComSquare AG!

* 27. IMPDN.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read PDN files (Paint.NET File
Format).
Thanks to ComSquare AG!

* 28. IMPXCF.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read XCF files (GIMP File
Format).
Thanks to ComSquare AG!

* 29. IRFANVIEW SANDBOX.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to use JewelScript

Effects (http://blog.jewe.org/).
Thanks to Stefan Kuhn!

* 30. IV_PLAYER.EXE - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play video/sound/audio-cd

files using MS Media Player interface.
(AVI, MPG, WAV, MIDI, CDA, WMA, ASF, AIF, SND, WMA/WMV)

* 31. JPEG2000.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/write JPEG-2000 format.

Note: Third party PlugIn, registration required for saving.

* 32. JPEG_LS.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/write JLS files (JPEG-LS,
JPEG Lossless).
Thanks to KATO Kanryu.

* 33. JPG_TRANSFORM.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to process lossless JPG

transformations:
vertical flip, horizontal flip, rotation, crop or marker
cleaning.

* 34. JPM.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/write JPM format.

(JPEG2000/Part6, Luradocument.JPM)
Note: Third party PlugIn, registration required for saving.

* 35. KDC.DLL - This DLL is created by Kodak Eastman Company.

It allows IrfanView to read KDC files (Kodak Digital Camera).
* 36. LCMS.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to use embedded color profiles in
JPG/TIF files.
Thanks to Marti Maria!

* 37. MED.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to play MED/OctaMED audio
files.

* 38. METADATA.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to handle EXIF/IPTC/Comment

information from compatible files.

* 39. MNG.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/play MNG/JNG files.

* 40. MP3.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play MP3/MP2/MP1 audio files.

* 41. MRC.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to read MRC files.

* 42. MRSID.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read LizardTech SID files.
NOTE: this PlugIn needs additional DLLs, download/install from:
http://www.irfanview.net/plugins/irfanview_mrsid_plugin.exe
or
http://www.irfanview.net/plugins/irfanview_mrsid_plugin.zip

* 43. NERO.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to burn slideshow to data or
Video CD,
using the FULL version of Nero Burning ROM software
(www.nero.com).
Used on Win9x and Win2000.

* 44. OCR_KADMOS.DLL - This PlugIn adds OCR features to IrfanView (32-bit only).
PlugIn URL: http://www.irfanview.info/plugins/kadmos/
Thanks to "re Recognition GmbH".

* 45. PAINT.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to paint lines, circles, arrows,
straighten image etc.
Thanks to Matteo Italia!

* 46. PDF.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/save PDF files (Portable
Document Format).

* 47. PHOTOCD.DLL - This DLL is created by Kodak Eastman Company.

It allows IrfanView to read large resolutions from a PhotoCD
file:
1536 x 1024 and 3072 x 2048 pixels.

* 48. PNGOUT.DLL - This PlugIn (32-bit only) allows optimized PNG saving. Thanks to
Ken Silverman.
PlugIn URL: http://advsys.net/ken/utils.htm#pngout

* 49. POSTSCRIPT.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read PS, EPS, PDF, AI files.
Note: Ghostscript (32-bit or 64-bit for IrfanView-64) is
required:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/
(take the EXE installer, like "gs910w32.exe" or
"gs910w64.exe")

* 50. QUICKTIME.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play Apple Quicktime (if
installed) formats:
MOV, 3GP, MP4, MacPICT, QTIF and FLI/FLC (enable in:
Properties->Video).
Note: Apple Quicktime for Windows is dead, this PlugIn is not
recommended anymore.

* 51. RA_PLAYER.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to play Real Audio
files.
Note: The Real Player must be installed!
Download it from Real Networks: www.real.com

* 52. REGIONCAPTURE.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to capture a rectangle area

of the screen.
Thanks to grebulon!

* 53. RIOT.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to save optimized JPG/GIF/PNG. (RIOT
- Radical Image Optimization Tool)
Download (latest version): http://luci.criosweb.ro/download/Riot-
plugin.exe
Thanks to Lucian Sabo!

* 54. SFF.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read SFF (Structured Fax) files.

* 55. SLIDESHOW.EXE - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to create presentations in EXE

or SCR format.
(stand alone executable/screen saver)

* 56. SOUNDPLAYER.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play OGG files (Ogg
Vorbis).

* 57. TOOLS.DLL - This PlugIn contains some additional functions (like Text
effects) for IrfanView.

* 58. VIDEO.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play many video/sound files.
(AVI, MPG/MPEG/M2TS/MP4/MKV, WAV, MOV, MID/RMI, AIF, AU/SND,
WMA/WMV etc.)

* 59. VTF.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView (32-bit) to read VTF (Valve Texture)
files.
Works on Win9x and Win2000.

* 60. WBZ.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read WebShots (WBZ/WBC/WB1) files.
Thanks to V. Paramoshin.

* 61. WEBP.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read/save Weppy (WEBP) files.

* 62. WSQ.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to read WSQ (Wavelet Scaler
Quantization) files.