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    • E Offline
      Ecuadorian
      last edited by

      Any alternatives to Mystic Thumbs? I tried it and it gave me a couple of problems including freeze-ups... so if you guys have found any other way, I would be grateful to know it.

      Also, it seems that Mystic Thumbs does not uninstall completely, as I still have some thumbnails it generated and now I'm in a worse situation than before installing it, as now I can't see thumbnails in the File > Open window, whereas before I was always able to see thumbnails in this window.

      -Miguel Lescano
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      • J Offline
        Jim
        last edited by

        I've heard, but haven't used http://www.xnview.com/

        Hi

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        • brodieB Offline
          brodie
          last edited by

          xnview works very well, but it does require a bit of a workflow change that I just couldn't get used to. Basically you have to start using it rather than windows explorer to see the thumbnails. It's worth a shot if Mystic Thumbs didn't work for you (which is what I use on my Win7 machine).

          -Brodie

          steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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          • mooshonovM Offline
            mooshonov
            last edited by

            I GOT IT!!!
            my machine is win 7 ultimate 32 bit
            su 8

            All i had to do is to change the name of the exe on program files/google/google sketchup 8/sketchup.exe
            TO: "Google SketchUp 8"[.EXE] and it worked! i can see now thumbnail of all skp files!

            hope this was helpful for ya'll

            shalom!

            Moshe.

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            • brodieB Offline
              brodie
              last edited by

              Very weird. I haven't tried it yet. How'd you think to try that?

              -Brodie

              steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                Very weird. I haven't tried it yet. How'd you think to try that?

                -Brodie

                He's using 32bit windows.

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • brodieB Offline
                  brodie
                  last edited by

                  Oh, i didn't catch that. Thanks

                  -Brodie

                  steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                  • halroachH Offline
                    halroach
                    last edited by

                    I recently came across sage thumbs (free) which uses XNview libraries to view thumbnails right in explorer in windows 7 64bit.
                    http://code.google.com/p/sagethumbs/

                    It works well with PSD files, and all sorts of others, but skp files don't seem to be supported yet. I tried contacting the developer of sage thumbs (I think I contacted the right guy) and he just forwarded me to the xnview forums...
                    http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19690&p=82964#p82964

                    It seems like someone is trying to get skethcup to be supported, but I can't quite figure out where it's standing right now, I'll keep at it. anyway, If anybody else would like to pour their two cents into those forums to get it going... go for it!

                    FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      I recently came across sage thumbs (free) which uses XNview libraries to view thumbnails right in explorer in windows 7 64bit.
                      http://code.google.com/p/sagethumbs/

                      It works well with PSD files, and all sorts of others, but skp files don't seem to be supported yet. I tried contacting the developer of sage thumbs (I think I contacted the right guy) and he just forwarded me to the xnview forums...
                      http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19690&p=82964#p82964

                      It seems like someone is trying to get skethcup to be supported, but I can't quite figure out where it's standing right now, I'll keep at it. anyway, If anybody else would like to pour their two cents into those forums to get it going... go for it!

                      MysticThumbs got .SKP support. Even .SKM - and lots more: http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html

                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • halroachH Offline
                        halroach
                        last edited by

                        @thomthom said:

                        MysticThumbs got .SKP support. Even .SKM - and lots more: http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html

                        Mystic Thumbs isn't free... and following this thread, it seems like some people are suffering from OS performance issues after installing...
                        I've got Sagethumbs running, with no aparent problems yet, other than the iny tiny issue that it doesn't support skp or skm 😄

                        FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          I use MysticThumbs - well worth it the the amount of file formats it support. There are so many other applications that doesn't provide thumbnails for 64bit systems.

                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • brodieB Offline
                            brodie
                            last edited by

                            I'd second Thomthom's mystic thumbs recommendation. It's not free but it's the sort of software you can buy super cheap and then forget about. It just works. I've been using it for a couple years now.

                            I tried sage and I tried getting used to xnview and some other softwares but in the end I found that if I couldn't have thumbnails within explorer and I had to keep fiddling around with a program to try to get it to do what I wanted, it wasn't going to work. With mystic, you don't have to change your workflow or anything.

                            -Brodie

                            steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                            • bazB Offline
                              baz
                              last edited by

                              Just in case it hasn't been mentioned. Adobe Bridge, part of the CS suite, will preview skp. files.

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                              • G Offline
                                geomp
                                last edited by

                                @baz said:

                                Just in case it hasn't been mentioned. Adobe Bridge, part of the CS suite, will preview skp. files.

                                No it doesn't.

                                Not on my Mac.

                                What's the best solution for Mac?

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                                • bazB Offline
                                  baz
                                  last edited by

                                  @geomp said:

                                  @baz said:

                                  Just in case it hasn't been mentioned. Adobe Bridge, part of the CS suite, will preview skp. files.

                                  No it doesn't.

                                  Not on my Mac.

                                  What's the best solution for Mac?

                                  It had to happen sometime: Windows=1, Mac=0 😍

                                  "What's the best solution for Mac?" Why that's obvious 😉

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                                  • D Offline
                                    driven
                                    last edited by

                                    @geomp said:

                                    What's the best solution for Mac?

                                    check out Jeff's earlier post, GraphicConvertor.app is still the best solution I'm aware of...

                                    john

                                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                    • brookefoxB Offline
                                      brookefox
                                      last edited by

                                      @baz said:

                                      Adobe Bridge, part of the CS suite, will preview skp. files.

                                      Doesn't work for me; Vista 64, Bridge CS5 4.0.4.2.

                                      Any particular settings, etc.?

                                      ~ Brooke

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                                      • bazB Offline
                                        baz
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Brooke, no particular settings. Windows 7 pro. CS5 4.05.11.

                                        bridge skip previews.jpg

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                                        • brookefoxB Offline
                                          brookefox
                                          last edited by

                                          Well, that's weird and not good. I'll have to continue this slog.

                                          Thanks for getting back.

                                          skp preview-1.JPG

                                          I can find no mention of skp support anywhere in the prog or searching 'adobe bridge supported file formats skp sketchup' variants.

                                          You got a super bridge.

                                          adobe bridge skp preview-2.JPG

                                          ~ Brooke

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                                          • P Offline
                                            penumbra
                                            last edited by

                                            in Windows 7, at least on my machine, if you browse to a folder containing Sketchup files with say, internet explorer, the icons magically reappear.

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