Why only Thumbnail view for jpg, but not Tiff Windows Expl..

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:31:26 -0800 (PST), lbbss <labicff.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote
in <e80619f0-9968-4c9d-bd68-d3ceeeaad717.RemoveThis@z17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>:

>Is there any plug-ins or codec that I can get to give me thumb nail
>view of tiffs, in windows explorer? thanks.

What version of Windows? I get TIFF thumbnails in Windows XP Explorer.

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On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:08:53 -0600, "Randy Berbaum"
<rberbaum RemoveThis @prairienet.org> wrote in <fo3eol$49c$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>:

>"lbbss" <labicff RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:e80619f0-9968-4c9d-bd68-d3ceeeaad717@z17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>> Is there any plug-ins or codec that I can get to give me thumb nail
>> view of tiffs, in windows explorer? thanks.
>
>Part of the problem may be that jpg images have a thumbnail image stored in
>the file and that is what Windows displays. Tiff does not (as far as I
>know).

TIFF files can contain multiple image formats, including a small preview
image, albeit not necessarily.

>So Windows would have to load the entire image and resize it (make a
>thumbnail) for each image. This would take time and make displaying a folder
>with many images even slower.
>
>There may be a solution but either the thumbnail has to be created in
>advance (causing a possible disconnect between the thumbnail and an edited
>image) or the thumbnail has to be created at use and slow display.

Windows XP displays TIFF thumbnails reasonably quickly, and normally
caches the result for reuse.

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On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:31:26 -0800 (PST), lbbss <labicff RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote
in <e80619f0-9968-4c9d-bd68-d3ceeeaad717 RemoveThis @z17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>:

>Is there any plug-ins or codec that I can get to give me thumb nail
>view of tiffs, in windows explorer? thanks.

If you're running Windows XP SP2, and thumbnail isn't working properly,
you might want to try installing the Windows Imaging Component
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8E011506-6307-445B-B950-215DEF45DDD8&displaylang=en>

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 >> Stay informed about: Why only Thumbnail view for jpg, but not Tiff Windows Expl.. 

I should mention that I have win 2000. sp4
 >> Stay informed about: Why only Thumbnail view for jpg, but not Tiff Windows Expl.. 

On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:28:38 -0800 (PST), lbbss
<labicff DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

>I should mention that I have win 2000. sp4

Google is your friend. The phrase "image thumbnails
explorer" will do the trick - I'd guess the second hit might
do the job.

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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:54:53 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
wrote in <ht6cq357cd5m7b4v8c9sdgitb14kskfp4g.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>:

>On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:28:38 -0800 (PST), lbbss
><labicff.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I should mention that I have win 2000. sp4
>
>Google is your friend. The phrase "image thumbnails
>explorer" will do the trick - I'd guess the second hit might
>do the job.

1. Google searches won't always return the same order.

2. ST Thumbnails Explorer won't do what the OP wants.

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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:59:31 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter1 RemoveThis @navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:54:53 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot RemoveThis @gmail.com>
>wrote in <ht6cq357cd5m7b4v8c9sdgitb14kskfp4g RemoveThis @4ax.com>:
>
>>On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:28:38 -0800 (PST), lbbss
>><labicff RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I should mention that I have win 2000. sp4
>>
>>Google is your friend. The phrase "image thumbnails
>>explorer" will do the trick - I'd guess the second hit might
>>do the job.
>
>1. Google searches won't always return the same order.

True

>2. ST Thumbnails Explorer won't do what the OP wants.

Perhaps, but I'll bet one of them will. The point was to
encourage a bit of simple research rather than expecting
someone else to do the work for you.

Self-reliance is rarely a bad thing - especially when the
information is so easy to find.


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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:59:08 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot RemoveThis @gmail.com>
wrote in <ofacq3pkmlmfvc8l3m6muc8fuuf3v5di2t RemoveThis @4ax.com>:

>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:59:31 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter1 RemoveThis @navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:54:53 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot RemoveThis @gmail.com>
>>wrote in <ht6cq357cd5m7b4v8c9sdgitb14kskfp4g RemoveThis @4ax.com>:
>>
>>>On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:28:38 -0800 (PST), lbbss
>>><labicff RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I should mention that I have win 2000. sp4
>>>
>>>Google is your friend. The phrase "image thumbnails
>>>explorer" will do the trick - I'd guess the second hit might
>>>do the job.
>>
>>1. Google searches won't always return the same order.
>
>True
>
>>2. ST Thumbnails Explorer won't do what the OP wants.
>
>Perhaps, but I'll bet one of them will.

What odds? I know of only a very few packages that enhance Explorer
thumbnail capability, none of which work with Windows 2000.

>The point was to
>encourage a bit of simple research rather than expecting
>someone else to do the work for you.
>
>Self-reliance is rarely a bad thing - especially when the
>information is so easy to find.

Fair enough, but how is it on point to give the OP advice that doesn't
help, and how do you know the OP hasn't tried and failed? This is a
tough nut to crack.

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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:01:17 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter1.TakeThisOut@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:59:08 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
>wrote in <ofacq3pkmlmfvc8l3m6muc8fuuf3v5di2t.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>:

>>Perhaps, but I'll bet one of them will.
>
>What odds? I know of only a very few packages that enhance Explorer
>thumbnail capability, none of which work with Windows 2000.

None work with Win2k? What an odd (and completely wrong I'll
add) assertion to make. I just installed one of them - now
third on the hits as of a moment ago - and it works
perfectly on my Win2k SP4 box. I wasn't surprised, it
claimed to work on any Windows version from Win95 onwards.

Incidentally that's the one I expected the OP to find and
try.

>Fair enough, but how is it on point to give the OP advice that doesn't
>help, and how do you know the OP hasn't tried and failed? This is a
>tough nut to crack.

Whatever. Argue with yourself in the corner, I'm deaf to
your nonsense.


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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:39:59 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
wrote in <7agcq3t41qlj52u4upvla38hat5uld12j0.RemoveThis@4ax.com>:

>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:01:17 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter1.RemoveThis@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:59:08 +0000, John Bean <waterfoot.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
>>wrote in <ofacq3pkmlmfvc8l3m6muc8fuuf3v5di2t.RemoveThis@4ax.com>:
>
>>>Perhaps, but I'll bet one of them will.
>>
>>What odds? I know of only a very few packages that enhance Explorer
>>thumbnail capability, none of which work with Windows 2000.
>
>None work with Win2k? What an odd (and completely wrong I'll
>add) assertion to make. I just installed one of them - now
>third on the hits as of a moment ago - and it works
>perfectly on my Win2k SP4 box. I wasn't surprised, it
>claimed to work on any Windows version from Win95 onwards.

Any good reason why you're still not naming names? Still just being
cute, or perhaps because it isn't the link you first mentioned, and
you've now scrambled to a different link?

So I have to guess, which is that you're now referring to Xentient
Thumbnails <http://www.xentient.com/products/thumbnails/>. It's
actually *not* what the OP was asking for -- it replaces (small) *icons*
with previews, rather than enhancing Windows Explorer (larger and more
capable) *thumbnail* capability, and thus won't help in all cases -- but
is at least close enough to be a reasonable answer. It has a downside,
however, a *huge* performance hit when opening a folder with lots of
images, unlike thumbnails, which are cached by Windows.

>Incidentally that's the one I expected the OP to find and
>try.

But you chose to be rude, pedantic and ambiguous, instead of
unambiguously pointing him to your answer

>>Fair enough, but how is it on point to give the OP advice that doesn't
>>help, and how do you know the OP hasn't tried and failed? This is a
>>tough nut to crack.
>
>Whatever. Argue with yourself in the corner, I'm deaf to
>your nonsense.

Not to mention rude. Are you this testy by nature, or do you have to
work at it?

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Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others)
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