Mebster Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 In Windows XP if you're in a folder with a hundred images and you don't want to open them all one at a time to see what they are you can easily go to View and select 'Thumbnail Preview' (not in windows so might be called different). Then you can scan all the images and only open what you want to view in full screen using 'Windows Fax preview' (again not in windows) and be able to click next in Windows Fax preview (as long as they are all in the same folder) and continue viewing the images in full screen. In OS X you DON'T have this option. You can only go and view one image at a time in preview mode. Absolute rubbish. And then you double click and open it in Preview and when you want to see the next one in line you need to go and double click the next one (unless you open all the images in preview). This annoys me beyond believe when I'm viewing images from a usb pen or just ones in a folder which I have chosen not to add to iPhoto. Windows is also able to show you a preview of divx files (as long as the codec is installed). Apple, no. Anyone feel the same or have a fix to this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Calm Down. :mellow: It is possible to view previews of pictures. In Finder, go to View -> Show View Options. Then check the box "Show Icon Preview". As for video previews, I know that Leopard will have this feature. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-327514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 On Mac OS X, you can actually click Get Info, on the video and you will be able to watch the whole movie from a little window. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-327561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_gabe Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 If you are using the multi-column layout in finder, movie previews pop up in the rightmost column. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-329079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Leopard will have a quick look feature so you dont have to open Preview every time Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-329123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Calm Down. It is possible to view previews of pictures. In Finder, go to View -> Show View Options. Then check the box "Show Icon Preview". As for video previews, I know that Leopard will have this feature. LOL. I'll try this when i get home later. Sorry if I sounded way to angry. It's just this thing has been driving me nuts. This is the one true place I though XP beat the {censored} out of OS X. On Mac OS X, you can actually click Get Info, on the video and you will be able to watch the whole movie from a little window. The point was not to need to click anything really. But I guess your talking about a whole video preview so that's slightly different. I was talking about a thumbnail of all images in a folder and a thumbnails of all videos (normall just a black thumbnail in divx movies - so kinda useless there) too. That way (at least with images) you can narrow down to which images your looking for using the thumbnail and then open them one at a time in preview. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-329129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Calm Down. It is possible to view previews of pictures. In Finder, go to View -> Show View Options. Then check the box "Show Icon Preview". As for video previews, I know that Leopard will have this feature. Colonel, you the man. The issue is sorted. Although the process is slightly long. I mean I have like 30 image folders and want preview to be accessible in all of them (at a certain icon size). I can have All windows have preview (which is cool) but I don’t want them all to be 128x128 (just the folders with images). All my other windows use 36x36. And I tried selecting all the image folders and changing just their size but it seems it didn’t want to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-330394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul110 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Excellent work. Easy to understand. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45768-miss-windows-thumbnail-preview-windows-fax-preview/#findComment-338451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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