ThumbNailer plugins

Note: These plug-ins will not work on ThumbNailer version 10 (or higher). If you need plug-ins for that version, please see the version 10 plug-in page.

Plug-ins can be used to add new image processing effects to ThumbNailer, or to read image formats that ThumbNailer doesn't support natively. Most of the image processing plug-ins will work with with ThumbNailer version 5.4.1.0 and higher. The image import plug-ins require version 7.11.1.0 and higher.

Plug-in types

Image Processing - Decorative image effects.
Import plugins - These allow you to process file formats that are not supported directly by ThumbNailer.
The complete package - Get all of the plug-ins at once!
Write your own - A Visual C++ v6.0 tutorial for developers who want to write their own plugins.

Disclaimer:

Smaller Animals Software, Inc. can not be responsible for the behavior of plug-ins written by 3rd parties. A listing on this page is not an endorsement for or recommendation of any of these plug-ins. If you have comments or questions about any of these plug-ins, please direct all mail to the author of the particular plug-in. Smaller Animals Software Inc. will not provide support for plug-ins that we did not write.

Image Processing Plug-ins

Description	Sample	Author	Download / Link
TNContrastMask Automatically increase shadow and highlight detail by applying a "constrast mask" effect.	---	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download
TNAutoCrop Automatically find and crop image borders.	---	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNGauze Applies several similar effects that can best be described as seeing the image through gauze.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNBevel A full featured edge-beveling utility.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNDeckle Roughen the edges of an image - like torn paper.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download
TNUnsharp A nice unsharp mask filter. Similar to the one in PhotoShop.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNShadow2 Create the classic drop shadow effect on your images.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNWatercolor Apply a watercolor effect to an image.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNGamma Adjust the gamma curve (brightness/contrast) for an image.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNSimpleBorder Draw a solid border on the edge of your images		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNDespeckle A nice despeckle / smoothing effect. Good for removing dust or for improving JPG compression.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNAutoBright Perform a simple automatic brightness correction.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNEXIFOrient Automatically rotate JPEG image to match the orientation flag saved by digicams.	---	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

SAWebPal Force images to the standard Netscape "Web Palette".		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNShadow Create shadows on images.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNRotate Rotate images.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

Frame Image Create shadowed borders around images.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

Duotone Produce duotone images. Can be used to simulate the sepia-tone effect used on older photographs.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

Wired Exaggerate contrast and saturation for that Wired magazine look.		Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

Import Plug-ins (for version 7.11.1.0 and higher)

Description	Author	Download / Link

TNDShow ThumbNailer v8 only! This allows ThumbNailer to extract frames from video files such as MPEG, AVI and more.	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNRAW ThumbNailer v8 only! This allows ThumbNailer to read the "raw" files produced by many digital cameras.	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

TNFlashPix This allows ThumbNailer to read FlashPix (.FPX) files. This is a format used by some digital cameras.	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

The complete plug-in package

Description	Author	Download / Link
Now, you can get all of the Smaller Animals ThumbNailer plug-ins at once! The Complete ThumbNailer Plug-in Package delivers all of the ThumbNailer image processing and import plug-ins in an easy to use installer. Just unzip the package, run the installer and you're done! This package includes all of the image processing and import plug-ins written by Smaller Animals Software, Inc..	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Download

Write Your Own

Smaller Animals ThumbNailer plug-ins are OLE Automation components written to support one of the two S.A. ThumbNailer plug-in interfaces. There is no license required to write a S.A. ThumbNailer plug-in and there are no restrictions placed on their use. If you write one, you are free to sell it, give it away or keep it for our own use. In any case, you are welcome to tell other people about it by having it listed on this page. To get your plug-in listed,

Description	Author	Download / Link

VC++ 5.0/6.0 ATL Image Processing Plug-in Tutorial. This is a simple tutorial that shows you how to create a simple I.P. plug-in using the ATL Wizards in Visual C++ 5.0. Knowledge of ATL is not required.	Smaller Animals Software, Inc.	Link

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