Learning Claris FileMaker

CNS Image is a FileMaker® plug-in for working with images.

You can work with images stored in container fields or stored on the hard drive.

On the most basic level, you can use CNS Image to Import images from the hard drive into FileMaker container fields and Export images from container fields to the hard drive.

However, you will find these basic functions much more powerful than FileMaker's Import and Export.

The format of the image you Import or Export can be different than the original.

You can use dialogs or hard-coded paths to locate and save images. You can even Import PDFs on Windows® and see a preview of the first page just like you have been able to do on Mac for years.

Importing and Exporting images is only the beginning of CNS Image, though.

The plug-in can do so much more with your images.

Have you ever needed to rotate an image in a container field?

You can do that.

Have you ever wanted to have a small thumbnail in your database of a much larger image that is on the hard drive?

You can do that.

Have you ever wished you could split a PDF into multiple images and browse through them all from FileMaker.

You can do that.

Have you ever needed to download an image from the internet into a container field?

You can do that.

Have you ever wanted to adjust the brightness of an image?

You can do all these things and more.