Compatibility

B/W Styler works under Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP as well as MacOS X. It supports the 8-bit RGB and 16-bit RGB color modes.

You need one of the following applications to use the MacOS X versions:

• Adobe Photoshop (Version 7 and higher)

• Adobe ImageReady (Version 7 and higher)
• Adobe Photoshop Elements (Version 2 and higher)
• Adobe Illustrator (Version 10 and higher)
• ACDSystems Canvas (Version X and higher)
• CiEBV Photoline 32 (Version 11.52 and higher)
• Corel Painter (Version 9 and higher)
• LemkeSoft GraphicConverter (Version 5.7 and higher)
• Macromedia Fireworks (Version 7 (MX 2004) and higher)

  ... and it probably works in several graphics applications that support Photoshop plugins.

You need one of the following applications to use the Windows versions:

• Adobe Photoshop (Version 3 and higher)

• Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Adobe PhotoDeluxe
  
• Adobe After Effects (Version 4.1 and higher, but not animatable)
• Adobe Illustrator (Version 7 and higher)
• Adobe ImageReady (Version 2 and higher)
• ACDSystems PhotoCanvas (Version 2 and higher) (It is delivered with some versions of ACDSee)
• ACDSystems Canvas
• CDH Image Explorer Pro (Version 4 and higher)
• CiEBV Photoline 32 (Version 5 and higher)
• Corel Draw (Version 6 and higher)
• Corel Paint Shop Pro (Version 10 and higher)
• Corel PhotoPaint (Version 9 and higher)
• Corel Bryce (Version 4 and higher)
• Corel/Metacreations Painter (Version 6 and higher)
• Deneba Canvas (Version 6 and higher)
  
• Discreet Combustion (Version 2and higher, but not animatable and preview is blueish)
• Equilibrium DeBabelizer Pro (Version 5 and higher)
• GIMP (Version 1.2.4 and higher, but preview doesn't work correctly, no color selection dialogs)
• imageN (Freeware from www.pixoid.com)
• IrfanView (Version 3.85 and higher, Freeware from www.irfanview.com)
• Jasc Paint Shop Pro (Version 4.12 and higher)
• KnowledgeAdventure HyperStudio (Version 4.2 and higher, but no color selection dialogs)
• Macromedia Freehand (Version 7 and higher)
• Macromedia Fireworks (Version 2 and higher, but transparency isn't correctly displayed in the preview)
• Mediachance PhotoBrush (But no color selection dialogs)
• Megalux Ultimate Paint (Version 2 and higher)
• Megalux Ultimate FX (Freeware from www.ultimatepaint.com/ufx/)
• Microfrontier Digital Darkroom (Version 1.2 and higher)
• Micrografx Picture Publisher (Version 8 and higher, but the preview zoom won't work)
• Microsoft Image Composer (Version 1.5 and higher, but dragging the preview isn't possible)
• Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000
• Microsoft Picture It! Digital Image Pro (Version 7 and higher, but a 100% zoom may not work correctly and Cancel sometimes produces a crash)
• Newave Chaos Fx: Twilight'76 (Version 1.2 and higher)
• Picmaster (Version 1.25 and higher)
• Plugin Commander Pro (Version 1.5 and higher)
• QFX / QFX LE (Version 7 and higher)
• Right Hemisphere Deep Paint
• Satori PhotoXL (Version 2.29 and higher)
• Serif PhotoPlus (Version 6 and higher) (Version 6 is freeware from www.freeserifsoftware.com)
• SigmaPi Pixopedia 24 (Version 1.0.5 and higher)
• SigmaPi NiGulp (Version 1.5 and higher) (Freeware from http://www.sigmapi-design.com/freeware.htm)
• Stoik ImageMan Pro (Version 5 and higher)
• ThinkTank Ameri-Imager (Version 2 and higher)
• Ulead Gif Animator (Version 4 and higher)
• Ulead PhotoImpact (Version 4 and higher)
• VCW Vicman's Photo Editor (Version 6.9 and higher, but preview dragging causes crash) (Freeware from www.photo-editor.net)
• WebSuperGoo Achroma
• Xara X
• XnView (Version 1.70 and higher) (Freeware from www.xnview.com)
  

  
  It hasn't been tested, but should work with:

  • Ability PhotoPaint Studio
  • Adobe PageMaker (Version 6 and higher)
  • Adobe LiveMotion

  • BananaSoft TwistedPixel

  • CADlink SignLab (Version 5 and higher)
  • Corel/MetaCreations Painter 5.5
  • Corel/MetaCreations Art Dabbler
  • Corel Photo House (Version 2 and higher)
  • Corel Xara 2
  • DigisoftDirect ImagePro 2K1
  • Equilibrium DeBabelizer Pro (Version 4.5)
  • Fractal Design Detailer
  • Macromedia Director (Version 6 and higher)
  • MGI PhotoSuite (Version 4 or higher)
  • Newtek Lightwave (Version 5.6 or higher)
  • Newtek Inspire 3D
  • Newtek Aura (Version 2 and higher, but probably not animatable)
  • PM Imagic
  • Ulead PhotoExpress (Version 2 and higher)
  
  
  It does not work with:
  
  
  • Adobe ImageStyler (Doesn't support filter plugins)
  • Adobe Premiere (Up to Version 5.1: Renders only black to image)
  • ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2000 (Up to Version 4.1: Does not support PhotoShop plugins)
  • Datatech ImageMan (crashes when dragging preview and crashes when applying effect)
  • FixFoto (Up to Version 2.74: Preview is segmented and final result contains an overlayed thumbnail)
  • discreet 3D Studio MAX (Up to Version 4.2: Background image isn't displayed; Color selection dialog doesn't work; Renders a distorted red/green pattern)
  • Macromedia xRes (Crashes on loading plugin)
  • Metacreations Painter 5 (Everything works except final rendering)
  • Microsoft Image Composer 1.0 (Does not recognize the plugin)
  • SPG ColorWorks: Web (Up to Version 4: Everything works except final rendering)