Compatibility

Plugin Galaxy is a set of 20 Photoshop compatible plugins containing over 150 different effects. It works with 8bit and 16bit RGB as well as greyscale images. It has been tested successfully with the following applications:

• 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)