diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp
index 649da91294..6a40fef609 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp
@@ -1,56 +1,45 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkVisualizationPerspective.h"
 #include "berryIViewLayout.h"
 
 void QmitkVisualizationPerspective::CreateInitialLayout(berry::IPageLayout::Pointer layout)
 {
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // all di-app perspectives should have the following:
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   QString editorArea = layout->GetEditorArea();
 
   layout->AddStandaloneView("org.mitk.views.datamanager",
     false, berry::IPageLayout::LEFT, 0.3f, editorArea);
 
   berry::IFolderLayout::Pointer left =
     layout->CreateFolder("org.mitk.extapplication.leftcontrols",
     berry::IPageLayout::BOTTOM, 0.1f, "org.mitk.views.datamanager");
 
   layout->AddStandaloneViewPlaceholder("org.mitk.views.imagenavigator",
     berry::IPageLayout::BOTTOM, .4f, "org.mitk.extapplication.leftcontrols", true);
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////
   // here goes the perspective specific stuff
   /////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-  left->AddView("org.mitk.views.volumevisualization");
-  berry::IViewLayout::Pointer lo = layout->GetViewLayout("org.mitk.views.volumevisualization");
-  lo->SetCloseable(true);
-
-  left->AddView("org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker");
-  lo = layout->GetViewLayout("org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker");
-  lo->SetCloseable(true);
-
-  left->AddView("org.mitk.views.moviemaker");
-  lo = layout->GetViewLayout("org.mitk.views.moviemaker");
-  lo->SetCloseable(true);
 
   layout->AddPerspectiveShortcut("org.mitk.extapp.defaultperspective");
   layout->AddPerspectiveShortcut("org.mitk.mitkworkbench.perspectives.editor");
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.moviemaker/plugin.xml b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.moviemaker/plugin.xml
index 10feb03244..21dfa996c7 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.moviemaker/plugin.xml
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.moviemaker/plugin.xml
@@ -1,39 +1,46 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?BlueBerry version="0.1"?>
 <plugin>
 
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.views">
     <view id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker"
           name="Movie Maker"
           class="QmitkMovieMakerView"
           icon="resources/camera-video.png" >
           <description>Take movies of your data</description>
           <keywordReference id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
         </view>
   </extension>
 
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.views">
     <view id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker"
           name="Screenshot Maker"
           class="QmitkScreenshotMaker"
           icon="resources/screenshot_maker.png" >
       <description>Take screenshots of your data</description>
       <keywordReference id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
     </view>
   </extension>
 
-  <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.keywords">
+   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.keywords">
+    <keyword label="image" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="picture" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="screenshot" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="capture" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="png bmp jpg jepg" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
 
-  <keyword label="image" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="picture" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="screenshot" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="capture" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="png bmp jpg jepg" id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker.Keyword"/>
-
-  <keyword label="movie" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="clip" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="capture" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
-  <keyword label="avi" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="movie" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="clip" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="capture" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
+    <keyword label="avi" id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker.Keyword"/>
+  </extension>
 
- </extension>
+  <!--This extension points adds the screenshot and movie maker views to the
+  "Window->Show Views" menu if the visualization perspective is opened-->
+  <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.perspectiveExtensions">
+           <perspectiveExtension targetID="org.mitk.mitkworkbench.perspectives.visualization">
+                <viewShortcut id="org.mitk.views.screenshotmaker"/>
+                <viewShortcut id="org.mitk.views.moviemaker"/>
+           </perspectiveExtension>
+  </extension>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml
index 4ab6b1c346..acdad4cd3b 100755
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.volumevisualization/plugin.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,34 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?BlueBerry version="0.1"?>
 <plugin>
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.views">
     <category
       id="org.mitk.views.general"
       name="MITK General"/>
     <view
       id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization"
       name="Volume Visualization"
       class="QmitkVolumeVisualizationView"
       icon="resources/icon.xpm" >
       <description>Configure the 3D-Visualization of images.</description>
       <keywordReference id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"/>
     </view>
   </extension>
 
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.keywords">
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Visualisation" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="3D" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Rendering" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Volumevisualisation" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Look-up-table" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization.ViewKeyword"  label="Color Colour" />
   </extension>
+
+  <!--This extension points adds the volume visualization view to the
+  "Window->Show Views" menu if the visualization perspective is opened-->
+  <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.perspectiveExtensions">
+            <perspectiveExtension targetID="org.mitk.mitkworkbench.perspectives.visualization">
+                 <viewShortcut id="org.mitk.views.volumevisualization"/>
+            </perspectiveExtension>
+  </extension>
 </plugin>