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| Developed by | Apple Inc. |
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| OS | Mac OS X |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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:
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Quick Look can be expanded by 3rd party plug ins, which allow Quick Look to preview additional file formats.[1]
On the 30th October 2007, four days after the public release of Leopard, a plugin to view FrameForge 3D Studio files was released,[2] and a plugin for QuarkXPress documents was released by Quark in January 2008.[3] Plugins to allow users to Quick Look FLV files, AI files (with PDF compatibility), archives, folder contents, and other formats, are available as well. [4]
HD Quick Look from 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.
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