XnView Software

hey, i having into a little trouble with viewing some images, it appears that xnview, nor any other free tool i could find can't view AOL-art images. is there any possible solution to salvage or view these images other than re-installing AOL, ugh i had such a hard time uninstalling it to begin with... perhaps one of the developers could dig in the specs of this format for compatility?

striker wrote:hey, i having into a little trouble with viewing some images, it appears that xnview, nor any other free tool i could find can't view AOL-art images. is there any possible solution to salvage or view these images other than re-installing AOL, ugh i had such a hard time uninstalling it to begin with... perhaps one of the developers could dig in the specs of this format for compatility?

Art files from AOL are in a proprietary format, so not possible to read

not to ask for too much could it be possible to reverse inengineer them?. i believe it's legal as long as it's for compatibility purpose, which it is. thats how REAL, WMA and other proprierity formats are widely supported today..

if you did happen to get aol images to work in another manner without having me install aol, i'd greatly appreciate it.

that is if you had time to do so, i'm sure you could.. but adding support for aol would be great for me, and possibility a small minority, and make xnview just that much better, but wouldn't matter for any others, atleast i don't think, just really depends of priorities.

i'm out of luck, and options so far, i wish i knew how to program, and i hate to install aol on my machine again.. lol .

Forum references:

• Can't open gif files I download off web
• AOL art-files
• Won't open art image files
• view .art images?
• how do i convert .art so i can view them with xnview?
• view aol image types?
• aol art images

Off-site resources:

• Experts Exchange: AOL ART file format description
• Boutell.Com: WWW FAQs » I have files in ART format. How do I convert them to JPEG?
• Microsoft TechNet
  • AOL Image Support Update for Windows 2000 (IE 5.01)
  • Security Bulletin MS06-022: Vulnerability in ART Image Rendering Could Allow Remote Code Execution (918439)
• Alchemy Mindworks: AMI Graphic Workshop Professional » supported formats
  AOL / Johnson-Grace ART (requires ART plugin)
  As of Graphic Workshop Professional 3.0 patch 14, ART support was removed from the main application and made available as a plugin. Install this plugin if you wish to have Graphic Workshop Professional view and convert .ART files.
• ACD Systems: ACD mPower Tools (» Download)
  This program extends the digital imaging features of Windows. It provides at-a-glance metadata and thumbnail views for Canon Raw, PSD, Kodak Photo CD, AOL ART and more than 40 other formats not normally supported. You can find and drag files into Photoshop, get previews and batch edit with a right-click. The media bar allows you to find pictures and drag them into Photoshop or other programs.