Since 2006 that I got my (last generation) PowerBook G4. I remember it had Art Director’s Toolkit pre installed. Became a fan of Code Line Software right away. As my career as a designer grew, they grew in apps too… When I got the chance, I got to try the next set of apps, including Art Files (to archive and collect Illustrator files- much like the Packaging feature from InDesign). Then came SneakPeek Pro, with it’s unique ability to preview within Apple’s Quick Look several file types- without opening the actual application- including Illustrator, InDesign, EPS files, Freehand documents and Swatch Exchange (ASE) files. My latest purchase from them was Color Expert, an iPhone app that has a Color Wheel (to create color schemes) and Swatch list (that includes Pantone Solid Coated and Uncoated libraries, Pantone Goe Coated and Uncoated libraries, Web Safe colors and HTML Colors). Both sets can work to create color lists from a picture.
Today, Code Line releases SneakPeek Photo, a second Quick Look Plugin, but now aimed at photographers. This Plugin allows you, with a simple space bar to get detailed information.
On the top right side, you can see the type of file, size, f/stop and focal length, color profile and a tiny histogram:
Another sweet feature is that on the top left side, there’s a few buttons too. You can hover your mouse over them to get some info from the file: Exif data, camera settings, a Loupe View with high resolution zooms, and a large Histogram to see the blueprint of your shot. For those with cameras with Geotagging technology, the coordinates and a map of where the picture was taken. If you click on the icons once you get the information to stay on, to make it go away, click on it once again or change the info you want to see and move on to the next button:
Here are some more screenshots of the plugin in action:
EXIF data: Aperture, color space, Date, ESIF version, Exposure Bias Value, Mode and program to mention a few:
Large Histogram, picture resolution, Camera Model, Lens Model, Exposure program:
TIFF Information: Compression, Date and time that the picture was taken, Make and Model of the camera:
When you install SneakPeek Photo, you get a System Preferences panel and there are some pretty nice addons there too, like the ability to Badge RAW images on the Finder, Warnings about double clicks (to open the file), show the histogram and Enable Loupe view (the previews are processed 50% larger than regular, you can experience some processing time lag but the previews are better).
SneakPeek Photo sells for $10 dollars, with a 15 days trial version for you to try. You can also follow Code Line on Twitter.