Rename

If only one file is selected you will be prompted to enter a new name for it. If more than one file is selected, you will be prompted for a new file extension for these files.

If a folder is selected, the Rename Folder command from the Folders menu will be triggered.

Copy

Copies all selected files to a different folder.

Move

Moves all selected files to a new folder. That means that they are copied to a new folder and the files in the old folder are deleted.

If a folder is selected, the Move Folder command from the Folder menu will be triggered.

Delete

Deletes all selected files by moving them to the trash can. You can still recover these files by using the trash can.

If a folder is selected, the Kill Folder(s) command from the Folder menu will be triggered.

Kill

Deletes all selected file without moving them to the trash can. So they will be lost.

If a folder is selected, the Kill Folder(s) command from the Folder menu will be triggered.

Properties

Shows the Properties dialog of a selected file or folder. Pressing Alt + Return does the same.

Find (Pro Edition only)

The Find command behaves differently in the three Views. In File View and Plugin View the standard Windows Find dialog is displayed for searching for certain files or expressions within files. In FFL View a PiCo dialog is displayed for searching for certain filters. For an description of the Windows Find dialog, please refer to a Windows documentation.

The FFL View Find dialog has a Case Sensitive check box that can be activated, if you like to do a case sensitive search. You can enter one or two key words. If you want to enter two keywords, you have to separate them with one of the following search operators:

•   & means Logical AND
•   ! means Logical NOT
•   | (use Alt + Ctl+ <) means Logical OR

Here are some search examples:

•  Gallery searches for the string "Gallery" in the filter name, category, author and copyright fields.
•  Gallery N searches for all filters with the category <Filter Factory Gallery N>
•  Gallery&Mario searches for filters created by <Mario> and that have the category <Filter Factory Gallery>
•  Gallery N&Mario searches for filters created by  <Mario> and with the category <Filter Factory Gallery N>
•  Gallery!Werner Streidt searches for all filters with the category <Filter Factory Gallery>, but excludes those that are written by <Werner Streidt>
•  Mario|Andrew searches for all filter that were created my Mario or Andrew

Unzip (Pro Edition only)

Unzips all selected zip files.

Unzip & Run (Pro Edition only)

Unzips all selected zip files to a temporary folder and displays a dialog for executing these files. This command can be useful, if you want to look at the contents of a zip file or want to run Setup.exe or Install.exe from within a zip file without unzipping it at first.

You will be automatically prompted to delete the temporary files after you used them and don't need them anymore.

Zip (Pro Edition only)

Archives all selected files into a zip file.

Enable/Disable

Enables or disables plugins. See the En/Disable button.

Change Category

Changes the category of plugins. See the Change Category button.

Invoke (Pro Edition only)

Executes a selected Photoshop-compatible 8bf plugin in the same way that it is done in image applications by selecting a filter plugin from the menu. You can achieve the same effect by simply double clicking a 8bf file. After pressing the OK button on the plugin's dialog, the effect will be rendered and displayed in the Picture Editor.

Plugin Commander should be able to execute most Photoshop-compatible filter plugins, but there may be a few which are incompatible, because they are badly coded or don't comply fully with the Photoshop Plugin SDK. In the worst case such a plugin could crash Plugin Commander.

Plugin Information

Shows some information about the selected plugin file.

Plugin About Dialog

Shows the internal About dialog of the selected plugin.

Create FFL (Pro Edition only)

Archives the selected Filter Factory plugins and source files into a FFL file. This command works in all three views: File, Plugin and FFL View (See Create FFL button).

Add to FFL (Pro Edition only)

Adds the selected Filter Factory plugins and source files to a FFL file that is currently displayed in the FFL View of the opposite pane. If both panes display a FFL File, you can use this command to copy filters from one FFL file to the other.

Plugin List

Displays the Plugin List dialog for saving the filter names, categories, file names, author and copyright of the selected plugins to a text file. If the Copy to Clipboard check box is active, they will be copied to the clipboard. Otherwise you can enter a file name for the text file to be created. This command works in all three views: File, Plugin and FFL View.

Thumbnail (Pro Edition only)

Using the Batch command to create thumbnails of Filter Factory plugins is easier than using this command. However if you want to produce thumbnails from the FFL View, you have to use this menu item.

It creates thumbnail in BMP format of the selected Filter Factory plugins. The size of these BMP images depends on the size of the Preview window. So you can use the Preview icon to display and resize the Preview window before using the Thumbnail command. This command works in all three views: File, Plugin and FFL View.

 

 

 

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