Quick Look

Quick Look

Infobox Software
name = Quick Look



caption = Quick Look screenshot
developer = Apple Inc.
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operating system = Mac OS X
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license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quicklook.html/ Quick Look]

Quick Look is a quick preview feature developed by Apple which is included in their current operating system, Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard". It was announced and demonstrated at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007.

Overview

While OS X's Finder has always had icon previews, Quick Look allows users to look at the contents of a file in the Finder at full size. It can view files including, but not limited to: PDFs, HTML, QuickTime readable media, ASCII and RTF text documents, Apple Keynote, Pages and Numbers, ODF documents, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files (including OOXML), RAW camera images.

Activation

To activate Quick Look, select the document and press the space bar (or choose File > Quick Look, Cmd-Y) and the file will be viewable in a separate window.

Implementation

Quick Look technology is implemented throughout Mac OS X v10.5. Some examples are iChat Theater, Time Machine and the Cover Flow view on the Finder.

Formats not supported by default

As of Mac OS X 10.5.4 there are various file formats not supported by default Quick Look or Cover Flow. Quick Look can be implemented for several of these formats by installing third-party plugins:
* AI (Adobe Illustrator vector file) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* Animated GIF (multiple frames stored in Graphics Interchange Format) - Only first frame preview displayed
* APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphic) - Only first frame preview displayed
* CSS (Cascading Style Sheets text file) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* FLV (Flash Video File) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* JNG (JPEG Network Graphic) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* MKV (Matroska video) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphic) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* OGM (Ogg Media video) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* RM, RMVB (Real Media video files) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* SWF (Shockwave Flash video) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* textClipping (Apple's own unformatted text file) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* VOB (Video Object, DVD format) - Document icon only, no content displayed
* XML (Extensible Markup Language text file) - Document icon only, no content displayed

Third party plugins

Quick Look can be expanded by 3rd party plug ins, which allow Quick Look to preview additional file formats. [cite web|title=Quick Look Programming Guide|url=http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/index.html|accessmonthday=November 9|accessyear=2007]

On the 30th October 2007, four days after the public release of Leopard, a plugin to view FrameForge 3D Studio files was released, [ [http://www.frameforge3d.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3036 FrameForge 3D Studio Community :: View topic - FrameForge and QuickLook feature of Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) ] ] and a plugin for QuarkXPress documents was released by Quark in January 2008. [ [http://labs.quark.com/projectdetail.aspx?did=14 :: QuarkLabs - project detail :: ] ] Plugins to allow users to Quick Look FLV files, AI files (with PDF compatibility), archives, folder contents, and other formats, are available as well. [http://www.quicklookplugins.com/]

[http://www.shedworx.com/hdquicklook HD Quick Look] from [http://www.shedworx.com ShedWorx] lets you view the first frame of your AVCHD files (mts or m2ts) without even opening them. View multiple files as a slide show, as an index sheet or full screen - all with a single click.

References

External links

* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quicklook.html Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Features - Quick Look]
* [http://www.quicklookplugins.com/ A directory of Quick Look Plugins for Apple’s OS X 10.5 Leopard]
* [https://launchpad.net/gloobus Gloobus] , an application based on Quick Look for Linux


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