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A Look at Leopard's Preview 4.0

Preview will prove to be a great tool, the enhancements are really good for the average user wanting to do day to day image manipulation tasks.

You can see the integration between iPhoto ( all the image manipulation controls ) and Preview, sharing common modules.
 
Slightly off topic but...

Does anyone know if 3rd party files will work with quick look.. Being able to view a Quark or Indesign file on any Mac would be HUGE for me, hopefully Apple will allow 3rd party plugins for unsupported files
 
Punani said:
The funny thing is that I think the system frameworks support this natively, because there's an Automator action for it.

Of course, the Automator action could have been specifically written, but still...
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I think this functionality comes from Core Image. What they seem to have done is written a GUI that allows easy access to these functions. I can see the argument for keeping Preview "clean" without adding a million buttons and drop down pannels so they made "clean" the default. The user is required to emable the extra stuff. So "beast of both worlds" the user can get whichever he wants.

Automator actions may as well be available for EVERY feature the Core Image provides. There is no reason not to because Automator Actions do not clutter the user interface and will only be seen by sophisticated users who are looking for the functions in the documentation.
 
I just wish they would make preview work so that when you open a picture in a directory, you can flip through all other images in that directory, without having to select all images in finder. I have replaced Preview with Xee for this very reason on my systems.
 
nitrokev said:
Does anyone know if 3rd party files will work with quick look.. Being able to view a Quark or Indesign file on any Mac would be HUGE for me, hopefully Apple will allow 3rd party plugins for unsupported files
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Yes it is - at WWDC (06 i think) Apple said that developers would be able to integrate their own applications and file types...

Im looking forward to showing Indesign / Photoshop / any design work via Quicklook in iChat theatre to clients - it's just up to Adobe to integrate it...
 
This is a pretty sophisticated step for what was once a simple image viewing application.

I am *very* excited about the drag'n'drop reordering/addition of PDF pages. I do this all the time, and the best tool to do this is still Acrobat Professional. Sure, there are some 3rd party alternatives, but this new Preview will be free!

Overall, I am very excited about it. Now, I just need a new computer to run Leopard.
 
DavidCar said:
It doesn't appear it will be able to link multiple PDFs, only to another page inside the PDF, or to an external URL. Too bad, because I'm looking for a way to link multiple PDFs.
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What about PDFLab?
If I understand correctly you can link multiple PDFs together with this.
And it still free I think.
 
nitrokev said:
Does anyone know if 3rd party files will work with quick look.. Being able to view a Quark or Indesign file on any Mac would be HUGE for me, hopefully Apple will allow 3rd party plugins for unsupported files
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Yes, Apple encourages devs to make plugins for quicklook. It will probably not work from day one, but the major ones already work.
 
I'm glad Apple paid some attention to Preview. I'm not sure why, but I find that I spend a lot of time in Preview, often for a quick look at some document or other.
 
This is really good and looks to be very helpful for students like me who read a great deal of articles and need to highlight and discuss certain parts 🙂:apple:
 
B. Hunter said:
What about PDFLab?
If I understand correctly you can link multiple PDFs together with this.
And it still free I think.
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Thanks for the suggestion of PDFLab. However, I located the website and found that it doesn't do links.

"PDFLab lets you split and join PDF documents as well as insert images and blank pages. You will also be able to easily create PDF documents out of several images."

Pages '08 doesn't allow multi-PDF links either, unfortunately.
 
I've always hated Preview; I go to open a jpeg or an eps or something and suddenly it's opening in Preview. If I saved it in photoshop, or someone else did, then no problem. But if it's from another application that I don't have, it opens in Preview by default and I have to right click and "open with" to make it open in Photoshop or illustrator.

I have gone into Info and selected "Always use this application (photoshop or illustrator) to open this kind of file" but inevitably, I'll get a jpeg or an EPS from a client that just has to open in preview, and then I have to close it and right click and open with...

I hope the new preview will have an option to select "I don't want Preview to open ever, under any circumstances, unless I right click and select "Open with Preview" which happens twice a year.
 
Ability To Add Hyperlinks Is A Killer Application

If anyone thinks they should wait and see how Leopard goes, this should put an end to that kind of thinking. Ability to add Hyperlinks to a PDF is a killer application.
 
Interface

I think this is all great but steve was going off about consistent interface design and yet this is another part of leopard that doesnt match. The buttons are different yet again uh.

Posted on my new iPod Touch 🙂
 
FoxyKaye said:
Hmmm... Sounds like Apple is starting to move Preview into the space between Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
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Exactly. This is because Acrobat Elements is a minimum site licence of 100 seats and is Windows-only. Good move by Apple.

I never use it though. That's what those of us who are lucky enough to have CS3 use instead, I guess.
 
Something that would be nice is OCR functionality. Preferably a system-wide OCR function so you can add it to any program.
 
nitrokev said:
Does anyone know if 3rd party files will work with quick look.. Being able to view a Quark or Indesign file on any Mac would be HUGE for me, hopefully Apple will allow 3rd party plugins for unsupported files
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Don't know for sure, but would love it! I suggested this in other threads where maybe have an integrated spotlight/quicklook plug-in so you can find specific kinds of files and look at them. Plus, companies can provide these for free so you can use them even if you don't have the app.
 
Kipling said:
Apart from the free Acrobat Reader - which allows no file modification at all –all we get from Adobe these days is Acrobat Professional, which is a whopping £459 here in the UK ($900?). Windows users get a cheaper version with fewer unnecessary functions.

Looks like Apple is kindly filling the gap.
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WOW!! Apple filling the gap for "basic" PDF markups for free when you'd need to buy AcroPro @ ~$900 to accomplish these tasks is very, very sweet! Thanks :apple:😀😎
 
i spent some of my morning focusing on the new preview. i have a last-gen 17" imac dedicated to the latest leopard build. it's a nice piece of software. it appears to still be quite snappy and lightweight, probably because most of the tasks are handled by core image. it now has the same translucent grey panel used in iphoto for image manipulation. here's a screenshot:

http://i22.tinypic.com/13yf288.png
 
Orng said:
I've always hated Preview; I go to open a jpeg or an eps or something and suddenly it's opening in Preview. If I saved it in photoshop, or someone else did, then no problem. But if it's from another application that I don't have, it opens in Preview by default and I have to right click and "open with" to make it open in Photoshop or illustrator.

I have gone into Info and selected "Always use this application (photoshop or illustrator) to open this kind of file" but inevitably, I'll get a jpeg or an EPS from a client that just has to open in preview, and then I have to close it and right click and open with...

I hope the new preview will have an option to select "I don't want Preview to open ever, under any circumstances, unless I right click and select "Open with Preview" which happens twice a year.
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If it bothers you that much why don't you delete Preview.
 
Multimedia said:
If anyone thinks they should wait and see how Leopard goes, this should put an end to that kind of thinking. Ability to add Hyperlinks to a PDF is a killer application.
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I'll probably end up sending my PDFs to a friend's PC in order to create the multi-PDF links that I need.
 
burrito said:
i spent some of my morning focusing on the new preview. i have a last-gen 17" imac dedicated to the latest leopard build. it's a nice piece of software. it appears to still be quite snappy and lightweight, probably because most of the tasks are handled by core image. it now has the same translucent grey panel used in iphoto for image manipulation. here's a screenshot:

http://i22.tinypic.com/13yf288.png
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Wow - I think thats the 1st time since I joined that someone has actually taken a useful screengrab of Leopard without having to be harrassed into it! 🙂

And I must say that I think (whilst looking at your screengrab) this is the first time I actually think the new dock looks great... It might be the dark background image but have Apple fixed the multiple shadow issue?

Could you do a grab of iCal?... Preferably adding a new event?... ...and maybe stacks / stacks options?... 🙂
 
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