[5] In July 2011, this was extended significantly by Microsoft itself by providing a separate Codec Pack for most current digital cameras.
[6] The Progressive Graphics File (PGF) viewer is distributed with a WIC codec.
WIC supports Exchangeable Image File (Exif), PNG textual metadata, image file directory (IFD), IPTC Information Interchange Model (IPTC), and Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) formats.
In addition, WIC includes an extensible framework to support third-party metadata implementations.
[10] Microsoft Expression Design's import and export capabilities are entirely based on WIC.
An experimental WIC import plug-in for Adobe Photoshop can also be found on FastPictureViewer's website.