# Adding readers to Paraview
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 2, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476 "2020-06-02T13:15:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Greer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chris_Greer)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/1 "2020-06-02T13:15:00Z")
Hi, how can I add the Image Reader to Paraview? I am working on an online computing resource for my university, but need them to add the Image Reader so I can import my .raw images. They only have raw file readers currently.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/2 "2020-06-03T02:21:52Z")
ParaView can already read .raw files. Is that not working for you ?
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Greer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chris_Greer)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/3 "2020-06-03T14:23:19Z")
I am specifically trying to use the “Image Reader” to import my .raw files.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/4 "2020-06-04T02:39:41Z")
Indeed, that is what you should use, however it is tricky to use. You have to know all the information about the image as the reader can’t guess them.
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Greer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chris_Greer)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/5 "2020-06-04T13:28:51Z")
I know all the info for my images.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/6 "2020-06-04T15:40:54Z")
Well then did you try using these info to read your .raw image in ParaView ?
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Greer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chris_Greer)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/7 "2020-06-04T18:40:31Z")
Of course I have… I appreciate the responses, but none of this addresses my question.
My original question is how can I ADD the Image Reader to paraview? Can you download readers and add them to an install. If so, where?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-readers-to-paraview/4476/8 "2020-06-05T01:51:36Z")
There is multiple ways to add readers to ParaView, ProgrammableSource, Plugins, PythonPlugins.
To be able to help you, I need to understand why do you need to add an image reader to ParaView if the .raw reader works for you ?