Is there a way to view HDR's as thumbnails in Windows Explorer

perfectude said:

I dont know why it would be relevant to state the 3d render program to view image thumbs in explorer, any way here they are:

Maya 2011 Ultimate with Mental Ray and Vray
Rhinoceros 3d with Vray

FliGi7 said:

If that particular program doesn't include the codecs necessary to display them as thumbnails on Win 7 x64, then your only hope is to find an x64 dll/codec/utility like you already have done (txviewer) and try installing it in compatibility mode to see if it works.

That's why it is relevant. Sometimes the programs used to create and edit these types of files will install their own codecs or dlls, which will allow them to be thumbnailed in explorer.

Like I said, unfortunately there is a lack of image codec support for Win 7 x64, of which these files fall into. So, it appears at this point that you'll either have to convert them to jpegs, try installing txviewer in compatibility mode like I said earlier, or just view them through your specific 3d editing programs.

Okay I understand now...
I found this and all is back in order
Thank you for your patience and Happy new year

works like a charm, 32bit or 64bit
http://www.cherubicsoft.com/projects/sagethumbs

Excellent. Glad I could at least keep the thoughts going until you found something.