MysticThumbs

THE Windows Explorer Thumbnail Generator
for Windows 7, Vista & XP - 32 and 64 bit.
Photoshop, Targa, DirectX and many other formats supported.


Do you want to see previews of PhotoShop images, Targa images, DirectX game textures and many others in Windows Explorer?

YOU CAN!

You must use the correct installer for your system. If you are not sure if you are running x86 or x64 Windows check your System control panel.

Download v1.98
Version changes:
Fixes CPU hogging when getting file properties on Targa images.


x86 Installer (32 bit OS)

x64 Installer (64 bit OS)

Known Issues:

- Thumbs may not appear immediately after installation - please restart Windows (or Explorer via Task Manager for expert users) for MysticThumbs to take effect.
- PSD should work on all images - if you don't save with Photoshop's 'Maximize Compatibility' option the 160x160 embedded thumbnail will be used.
- Please note that older versions are no longer available.

If you use this tool and enjoy having all your image types displayed in Explorer please consider making a donation.
Donations help further continued development of this application for future enhancements.

All donations receive my deepest gratitude and will receive a license to the upcoming shareware version 2.0 (when released, single user only) which includes many new formats and features controllable via the Control Panel.

Version History

v1.98 - 28/11/09
- Fixes CPU hogging when getting file properties on Targa images.

v1.97 - 20/11/09
- Fix for v1.95 build on WindowsXP linked against a function not supported.
PSD thumbnails now show embedded thumbnail image if file is not saved with 'Maximize Compatibility' - optimal for large images.
Fixed crash for some images on Windows XP.

v1.96 - 18/11/09
- Fix for v1.95 build on Windows XP linked against a function not supported.

v1.95 - 17/11/09
- Optimized PSD loader. Faster, most formats supported and fixed. HDR (32 bit) image support. Resource hogging fixed & thumbnails are generated much faster.
- Added image property support for image dimensions and bit depth.
- Many other optimizations & improvements.

v1.9 - 10/07/09
- Optimized PSD loader. Now faster and uses embedded thumbnail for images beyond 16 million pixels.
- Large PSD images would crash some systems. Some large pictures of other formats may still be a problem for some users.
- Added support for L8 and P8 DDS images.

v1.8 - 08/02/09
- Added support for JPEG2 images.
- Fixed alignment of odd width images.
- Added opacity checkerboard backdrop for alpha/transparency visualization.

v1.7a - 30/04/09
- Fixed targa 8 bit images and alpha.

v1.6a - 22/04/09
- Alpha channel support.
- Added many more file formats.
- Removed dependency on DirectX.

v1.5 - 26/03/09
- Rebuilt against specific D3DX libraries. x64 version was deploying with x86 D3DX dll preventing install. My apologies to everyone having trouble with that.

v1.4 - 24/03/09
- Windows XP locks were being kept on files preventing them from being modified after thumbnailed.
- Added support for .paa (Bohemia Interactive) textures. Currently supports all but P8 textures (4747).

v1.3 - 23/03/09
- Made MSI installer package for x86 & x64.

v1.2 - 18/03/09
- Added support for DDS cube maps. They now display all six faces in standard format.
- Fixed a few PSD allocation issues.

v1.1 - 16/03/09
- Added support for XP and 32 bit
- Fixed various threading related issues preventing thumbnails from generating.

v1.0 - 14/03/09
- Initial release.

If you have any troubles, feature requests or would just like to thank me for providing such a useful tool free of charge email me at the address below.

Coming up in v2.0 Shareware version:

- Many more image formats coming including DNG, PDF, Maya IFF as well as AI, EPS, PS through Ghostscript if installed.
- Optimizations and extensions to standard Windows supported images such as JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF & TIFF.
- Specific file type options such as alpha channel / opacity display.
- Thumbnail cache eraser.
- OpenMP support for multi-core CPU conversion performance.
- ICC colorspace profile support.

Due to my day job taking almost all of my time I may not be able to respond to emails immediately. Please be patient as I try to respond to all emails.
Watch for new versions on this page.

 How did this product come about?

I use Photoshop and DDS textures extensively and couldn't believe thumbnail generation of major file types, particularly PSD and DDS, a Microsoft DirectX specific format, were not supported 'out of the box' in Vista (or anything else for that matter) and even more dejected when discovering x64 would not display thumbnails via existing x86 32 bit thumbnail generators due to the inherent incompatibility problems.
Lets face it. How many people use Photoshop? Probably just about everyone. We need our thumbnails! How many game designers want to see their textures in Explorer? Yes, that's right. All of them.
So, being a video game and graphics programmer I decided it needed to be fixed, and somebody had to take care of it fast. Properly. Once and for all. On all platforms.
The solution needed to be made available to the masses that would be experiencing the same pain as I.
So I hope you enjoy being able to see your images, textures and other pictures that aren't supported by default.
- MysticCoder

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