Compatibility

FocalBlade works under Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP as well as MacOS X. It currenly supports the RGB 8bit, RGB 16 bit, Grayscale 8bit and Greyscale 16bit color modes.

You need one of the following applications to use the Mac Version:

• 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 probably other 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, 5.0 and 5.5, but not animatable)
• Adobe Illustrator (Version 7 and higher)
• Adobe ImageReady (Version 2 and higher)
• ACD Photo Canvas (Version 2 and higher) (Delivered with some editions of ACDSee)
• ACD Photo Editor (Version 3 and higher) (Delivered with some editions of ACDSee)
• ACD Canvas X
• Arcadia PhotoPerfect (Version 2.9 and higher)
• Aurora Borealis Mandala Painter (Version 3 and higher)
• CADlink SignLab (Version 5 and higher)
• 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 2 and higher, but not animatable and preview is blueish)
• Equilibrium DeBabelizer Pro (Version 5 and higher)
• GIMP (Version 1.2.4 and higher with the PSPI plugin) (Preview doesn't work correctly and may crash if you scroll it too often)
• Helicon Filter (Version 4.2 and higher)
• Image Analyzer (with the 8bf Interface plugin) (F reeware from http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/)
• 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)
• Macromedia Freehand (Version 7 and higher)
• Macromedia Fireworks (Version 2 and higher, but transparency isn't correctly displayed in the preview)
• Magix Xtreme Photo Designer (Version 6 and higher, but applying the plugin to a selection or object causes problems and sometimes random crashes occur, Freeware from http://www.magix.com/us/free-downloads/free-software/xtreme-photo-designer/)
• Mediachance PhotoBrush
• Megalux Ultimate Paint (Version 2 and higher)
• Megalux Ultimate FX (Freeware that is not developed anymore)
• 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)
• New World Focus PhotoEditor (Version 4 and higher)
• Photobie Design Studio (Version 1.8 and higher) (Freeware from www.photobie.com)
• Picmaster (Version 1.25 and higher)
• Plugin Commander Pro (Version 1.5 and higher)
• PluginMaster
• PhotoFiltre Studio (Version 7 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) (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)
• Zoner Photo Studio (Version 9 and higher)

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 and higher)
• 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 doesn't 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)
• 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)