{"id":12585,"date":"2007-12-11T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/12\/preview-illustrator-id-docs-on-leopard.html"},"modified":"2007-12-11T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T10:29:02","slug":"preview_illustrator_id_docs_on_leopard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/11\/preview_illustrator_id_docs_on_leopard\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview Illustrator, ID docs on Leopard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mac OS X Leopard introduced a rather handy feature called Quick Look<\/a>, offering the ability to preview a number of file formats right in the Finder, without opening additional apps.  (Select a file, then tap the spacebar–slick.)  Unfortunately Illustrator (.AI) and InDesign (.INDD) files aren’t supported right out of the box.  That’s where the $15 SneakPeekPro<\/a> comes in, adding EPS, AI, and INDD file support to Quick Look.  I’ve taken it for a quick spin, and it seems to work just as advertised.  [Via<\/a>]<\/p>\n

As someone helping steer Adobe Bridge, I was initially concerned that Quick Look might erode Bridge’s reason for being.  After all, if you’ve got quick previews in an app you’ve already launched (the Finder), why launch another?<\/p>\n

Now that I’ve lived with Leopard for a month, however, I feel confident that each tool has its place & its unique value.  Bridge offers rich metadata display and editing; file rating & filtering; richer PSD previews (no composite required); Camera Raw integration; hand-off to Photoshop, InDesign, and other Suite apps (for automated vectorization, contact sheets, Web galleries, etc.); integrated slide show; floating Compact Mode; and quite a bit more not present in the Finder\/Quick Look.  That’s not a knock on the latter, of course; as I say, different strokes for different folks.<\/p>\n

We now need to keep working on Bridge’s launch time (making it feel as much like a no-brainer to launch as a Quick Look window) while revising the interface to help people discover the good stuff that’s already present.  And, wouldn’t you know it, that’s what we’re doing. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

[Update: John Gruber<\/a> points out this free QL plug-in<\/a> for displaying the contents of ZIP files. Works great for me.] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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