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Downloading JustLooking
Version 3.3.3 is the latest version of JustLooking, and is available at the following locations:
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Introduction
Welcome to JustLooking, an image viewing program for Mac OS X. JustLooking is designed to be used instead of the “Preview” application on your computer for browsing most image file formats. In particular, it has the following differences:
- It focuses on files and directories instead of lists of files. Thus, once you load a file, you can easily navigate through all other files in the same directory.
- It displays images at their native resolution instead of interpreting DPI information stored in the image meta-data. While images are printed at the maximum resolution possible, on screen they are displayed pixel-by-pixel.
- Being designed more for viewing of Images, it properly shows animated GIF files.
- The entire program can easily be manipulated and powered by simple keystrokes for a quick and pleasant viewing experience.
- There is support for printing, image resizing, saving to a few key image formats, and displaying of all image info.
Version 3.3.3 contains translations for English, Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Slovenian, Polish, Brasilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, German, Finnish, Slovakian, Turkish, Croatian, Romanian, Arabic, and Portugal Portuguese.
Requirements and Installation
Running JustLooking is quite simple, and the only requirements are:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or greater (both Tiger and Leopard work fine)
- 256MB RAM
- 8 MB free disk space
JustLooking is installed on any new machine by simply dragging it into the Applications folder.
Credits
JustLooking was designed, written, and partially localised (French, Italian, German, Spanish, and some Chinese) by Marc Wandschneider here in Beijing over a couple of casual months. I sat down to write it as a replacement for Preview, as I found the latter to rarely operate in a way that I wanted it to. I tend to keep directories full of images, whether they be traveling, family, or junk I collect from the Intarwebs.
Finder and Preview rarely let me select and view more than a couple hundred of images at a time, and I have large numbers of folders with more files than that.
The following people have helped with Localisation of JustLooking:
- German – Stefanie Schau
- French – Laurent Molina
- Italian – Roberto Bellina
- Spanish – Carola Clavo
- Russian – Sergey Melnik
- Finnish – Markus Peltomäki
- Norwegian – Geir Werner Hagen
- French – Emmanuel Lemor
- Swedish – Henrik Östlund
- Swedish – Mathias Sjöström
- Chinese (Simplified) – Zhang Tongzhu
- Chinese (Simplified) – Emma Liu
- Italian – Mario Frasca
- German – Marc’s dad.
- Chinese (Traditional) – Nitoc Taiwan
- Portuguese (Brasilian) – Helvécio Mafra
- Dutch / Flemish – Olaf de Vries
- Slovenian – Miha Rehar
- Polish – Tymon Kokoszka
- Chinese (Simplified) – Jack Zhong
- Catalàn – Iván Ponce Gómez
- Korean – Kim Hanjo
- German – Steven Simmat
- Finnish – Jouni Kähkönen
- Slovakian – Peter Tužinský
- Turkish – Oğuzhan Öçbe
- Croatian – Orlando Mali
- Romanian – Silviu Turuga
- Arabic – Mohammed Al-Yousef
- Portuguese (Portugal) – André Lamelas
Special thanks are always due to Yann le Coroller, who has been invaluable with his help in UI design.
Help us Out
Speak a language that isn’t in the list of currently localised languages? See some mistakes in the current translation for a particular language? If you’d like to help or offer corrections, I’d love the help. The more languages, the better!!
I’d love to hear if users have any suggestions. Feel free to contact me with any features you’d like to see!
Thank you, and a few requests ...
Posted By: Robin Aug 25, 2008 11:21:30
Thank you for creating and sharing your image viewing program.
I like your application, it's very nice and well designed.
However, for my uses there's a few features I can't live without that you don't offer yet. Could you please consider adding ...
- A way to rename the photos from within the application. Yes, I know I can "reveal image", then rename the file, then come back to JustLooking, but that's a lot of work when you have 100+ files to review.
- I need to be able to see the total number of images in the directory I'm browsing, and where I am when viewing a certain photo - for example "(photo title) 37/102"
- Support for PICT would also be appreciated
Thank you for considering my requests!
I like your application, it's very nice and well designed.
However, for my uses there's a few features I can't live without that you don't offer yet. Could you please consider adding ...
- A way to rename the photos from within the application. Yes, I know I can "reveal image", then rename the file, then come back to JustLooking, but that's a lot of work when you have 100+ files to review.
- I need to be able to see the total number of images in the directory I'm browsing, and where I am when viewing a certain photo - for example "(photo title) 37/102"
- Support for PICT would also be appreciated
Thank you for considering my requests!
Startup in full screen mode
Posted By: Hans Oct 19, 2008 04:48:34
This looks like a great alternative to preview, which is flawed imho.
But can i set Justlooking to startup in fullscreen mode, without jumping to slideshow mode, so that the image will remain on screen until i press the key for the next image?
Thanks!
But can i set Justlooking to startup in fullscreen mode, without jumping to slideshow mode, so that the image will remain on screen until i press the key for the next image?
Thanks!
Startup in Fullscreen mode
Posted By: marcwan Oct 19, 2008 08:19:49
1. set startup to fullscreen mode
2. set display timeout in slide show (preferences) to "Manual".
Ta-daaaa!!!!!
2. set display timeout in slide show (preferences) to "Manual".
Ta-daaaa!!!!!
Simple Crop feature would make you a saint! ;-)
Posted By: Christian Oct 30, 2008 05:00:51
Hi Marc!
Thanx a lot for this incredibly simple and good app that beats most of its costy competitors.
Actually, my 75 year old mother is using it without a problem, but she'd like to find a Crop feature as simple as what is built in her Nikon L18, and I can't believe it, but noone has ever made an app that way: cropping based on what you see!
You get what I mean? Simply zooming in and moving around until you see what you want and pressing the button Crop (without bothering about pixel numbers or proportions - basically it would be the same proportion as the original).
Thanx anyway, and may the light be with you! :-)
Christian
Thanx a lot for this incredibly simple and good app that beats most of its costy competitors.
Actually, my 75 year old mother is using it without a problem, but she'd like to find a Crop feature as simple as what is built in her Nikon L18, and I can't believe it, but noone has ever made an app that way: cropping based on what you see!
You get what I mean? Simply zooming in and moving around until you see what you want and pressing the button Crop (without bothering about pixel numbers or proportions - basically it would be the same proportion as the original).
Thanx anyway, and may the light be with you! :-)
Christian
filename in full screen
Posted By: Stace Apr 26, 2009 16:52:43
love it, thank you! I've been looking for a irfanview replacement since I switched to a mac three years ago and this is perfect. an idea: when I'm in full screen browsing a folder I'd love to see the filename, maybe as a transparent overlay in one of the corners, so I can know which files to go back to.
Not Quit on Close
Posted By: marcwan Jul 16, 2009 22:06:14
Hey Kalun,
No, right now JustLooking is kind of a simple one-window quick browsing application. There have been some requests for allowing multiple windows to be open at the same time, and I'll take a look at that, but that would be a 4.0 feature for sure, as it would require re-organising a bunch of the Controller classes.
Thanks,
marc.
No, right now JustLooking is kind of a simple one-window quick browsing application. There have been some requests for allowing multiple windows to be open at the same time, and I'll take a look at that, but that would be a 4.0 feature for sure, as it would require re-organising a bunch of the Controller classes.
Thanks,
marc.
Missing Features
Posted By: Alex Jul 20, 2009 16:28:09
Hi,
Great program. I normally use CocoViewX to view pictures (and to modify some things like autorotate, autorename, set exif time to modification time etc.) but the program has a quite important missing feature that Just Looking also does not have. CocoViewX doesn't seem to be updated recently, so hopefully JustLooking can replace it for quickviewing...
I want to view pictures in fullscreen and most of the times the "zoom to screen" is enough. But I also do have some panoramas which I would like to view in 100% in Fullscreen. The "Cmd 1" Key doesn't work and so do zoom in and out.
I would like a functionality as in e.g. ACDSee in windows where you can see the 100% view by pressing "/" and to have the fit to screen with "*" for fast view switching (or similar keys). I don't need the slideshow for autocycling. It's only for fullscreen watching my collection.
Great program. I normally use CocoViewX to view pictures (and to modify some things like autorotate, autorename, set exif time to modification time etc.) but the program has a quite important missing feature that Just Looking also does not have. CocoViewX doesn't seem to be updated recently, so hopefully JustLooking can replace it for quickviewing...
I want to view pictures in fullscreen and most of the times the "zoom to screen" is enough. But I also do have some panoramas which I would like to view in 100% in Fullscreen. The "Cmd 1" Key doesn't work and so do zoom in and out.
I would like a functionality as in e.g. ACDSee in windows where you can see the 100% view by pressing "/" and to have the fit to screen with "*" for fast view switching (or similar keys). I don't need the slideshow for autocycling. It's only for fullscreen watching my collection.
Thanks & Request
Posted By: Jared Aug 12, 2009 03:52:26
Hi. I've been looking for a good program to do what the Windows Viewer does by default. Yours is the best I've found so far. Thank you!
For me it would be nice to have just two other relatively simple options:
1) Put the navigation controls at the bottom
2) Allow for "autosave" when rotating images.
That'd be perfect in my book!
For me it would be nice to have just two other relatively simple options:
1) Put the navigation controls at the bottom
2) Allow for "autosave" when rotating images.
That'd be perfect in my book!
Compatible with Snow Leopard?
Posted By: Gabriele Sep 19, 2009 09:24:21
Hi Marc!
First of all, thanks a lot for creating e providing such a great application.
Then, I'd like to know if the last release (3.3.3) is compatible with Snow Leopard.
I appreciate so much JustLooking, I find it so useful, than I won't buy Snow Leopard if this app is not compatible.
Has anyone run JustLooking under the last Apple OS?
Thank you.
First of all, thanks a lot for creating e providing such a great application.
Then, I'd like to know if the last release (3.3.3) is compatible with Snow Leopard.
I appreciate so much JustLooking, I find it so useful, than I won't buy Snow Leopard if this app is not compatible.
Has anyone run JustLooking under the last Apple OS?
Thank you.
Wrong Language
Posted By: marcwan Sep 20, 2009 04:37:43
If JustLooking comes up in a language that isn't English, that means this language is set higher in the list of preferred languages in System Preferences.
Go to System Preferences / International / Language, and make sure English (or whatever language you speak) is at the top. If OS X can't find a translation for the language at the top, it just goes down the list until it find something that the app DOES have.
Go to System Preferences / International / Language, and make sure English (or whatever language you speak) is at the top. If OS X can't find a translation for the language at the top, it just goes down the list until it find something that the app DOES have.
Snow Leopard
Posted By: marcwan Sep 20, 2009 04:39:49
Yep, works great. I've got a snow leopard machine here and use JustLooking every day on it. Slide Show, everything, seems fine. Don't have a remote handy, so I haven't tried that out yet.
BYMASTER
Posted By: Dmitry Zhuravlev Sep 21, 2009 16:15:47
Hi! If you want, I can translate your great app into Russian!
Feel free to contact me: bymaster [AT] me DOT com
Feel free to contact me: bymaster [AT] me DOT com
BYMASTER
Posted By: Dmitry Zhuravlev Sep 21, 2009 16:18:50
Hmmmm. I ve just seen that Russian is allready in list of languages. But there is no in last version.
Uninstalled
Posted By: Etienne Sep 22, 2009 11:08:34
Just removed JustLooking, and there was a tiny note asking for a comment why I did it. So here it is: I'd like to have a full screen mode where I can actually do things (mostly delete pictures). I like to review my pictures in full screen. I don't see why full screen should only be for dia shows. Getting rid of that nuisance is why I searched for a viewer other than "Preview" in the first place.
Growing memory
Posted By: JustLookingUser Sep 28, 2009 14:45:44
When browsing images on my Snow Leopard iMac JustLooking grows in "Real Mem" footprint with each successive image, eventually bringing the computer to its knees after viewing multiple ultra-resolution photos. Is it just me? Can this memory be freed? Thanks for the free product and support!
Some requests
Posted By: Otto Severyn Sep 30, 2009 06:56:26
Hello, I like JustLooking very much, I think it is the missing image viewing application in OS X. I have several requests for small improvements of the program.
- Possibility of change direction of viewing when using mouse wheel. I would like to scroll down to next image, not the previous.
- Possibility of instanteous quit of the program by the ESC key.
- Possibility of start in fullscreen mode without starting slideshow.
Thank you very much for this great program!
- Possibility of change direction of viewing when using mouse wheel. I would like to scroll down to next image, not the previous.
- Possibility of instanteous quit of the program by the ESC key.
- Possibility of start in fullscreen mode without starting slideshow.
Thank you very much for this great program!
Snow Leopard Memory leaking
Posted By: marcwan Oct 02, 2009 04:51:58
Is anybody else seeing Snow Leopard memory leaks? What type of photos are these? I've been looking at high resolution JPGs from a digital camera on my Snow Leopard laptop, and haven't been seeing any leaking at all.
What sort of machines are people seeing these leaks on? Any details would be appreciated.
thanks,
marc.
What sort of machines are people seeing these leaks on? Any details would be appreciated.
thanks,
marc.
Bittorrent distribution
Posted By: Maarten Van Coile Oct 29, 2009 19:35:11
Hi,
Just a quick note on your Bittorrent setup. Instead of a (possibly failing in the near future) PirateBay setup, why not use a clearer setup using either:
The mininova way: Mininova has it's own, free, CDN that also takes the part of the initial seeding and other hassles out of your hands. Also it features download statistics. http://www.mininova.org/apply
The Custom way: Use Torrage.com / Mininova / Own server for hosting the torrent file. Use http://openbittorrent.com/ & http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/about/ & http://publicbt.com/ as tracker (multiple for redundancy).
Cheers,
Maarten
Just a quick note on your Bittorrent setup. Instead of a (possibly failing in the near future) PirateBay setup, why not use a clearer setup using either:
The mininova way: Mininova has it's own, free, CDN that also takes the part of the initial seeding and other hassles out of your hands. Also it features download statistics. http://www.mininova.org/apply
The Custom way: Use Torrage.com / Mininova / Own server for hosting the torrent file. Use http://openbittorrent.com/ & http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/about/ & http://publicbt.com/ as tracker (multiple for redundancy).
Cheers,
Maarten
BitTorrent
Posted By: marcwan Nov 04, 2009 04:11:50
That's a good idea. I've been worried about what to do with TPB's uncertain future.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Stuck Preference
Posted By: abarber Dec 31, 2009 10:04:19
Thanks for the the great app I've used for a long time.
On an IMac with the new scrolly top I've got a stuck preference.
In Preferences -> View Images there is a 'mouse wheel' toggle button between 'scroll within a zoomed image' and 'moves to the next or previous image'
Default seemed to be the 'scroll withing a zoomed image' however I wanted to see what the other would do... and this preference has become stuck.
When I try to click on the other button it will not select. Ive tried reinstalling JustLooking and have searching unsuccessfully in the Library for a preference file....
How can I set this back?
Thank you.
On an IMac with the new scrolly top I've got a stuck preference.
In Preferences -> View Images there is a 'mouse wheel' toggle button between 'scroll within a zoomed image' and 'moves to the next or previous image'
Default seemed to be the 'scroll withing a zoomed image' however I wanted to see what the other would do... and this preference has become stuck.
When I try to click on the other button it will not select. Ive tried reinstalling JustLooking and have searching unsuccessfully in the Library for a preference file....
How can I set this back?
Thank you.
Great tool, but few suggestions...
Posted By: Dennis Jan 07, 2010 16:21:52
Thank you for this application! I'm finally be able to replace OS X' Preview.
Several requests:
- I was really disappointed to see there is no MultiTouch... Really got used to it with OSX' Preview. While no other image viewer have MultiTouch, I can only hope JustLooking will have it some day.
- Possibility to quit the program by the ESC key.
Several requests:
- I was really disappointed to see there is no MultiTouch... Really got used to it with OSX' Preview. While no other image viewer have MultiTouch, I can only hope JustLooking will have it some day.
- Possibility to quit the program by the ESC key.
returning to preview
Posted By: jim parkman Jan 23, 2010 02:26:57
great program, better than preview, but preview has a crop tool that i use a lot when i take screen pix. thanks for putting in a button to return to preview, and if you get a crop tool, i'm back on just looking for sure. shakepark@roadrunner.com
Re: Stuck Preference
Posted By: abarber Jan 31, 2010 17:00:58
Happy Days
The preference 'unstuck.' I clicked about in the preferences, randomly changing preferences and then interestingly was able to change the 'mouse wheel' toggle back to its default. Interesting and odd... but it works. Thanks again for the great app.
The preference 'unstuck.' I clicked about in the preferences, randomly changing preferences and then interestingly was able to change the 'mouse wheel' toggle back to its default. Interesting and odd... but it works. Thanks again for the great app.
Graphics Job Man
Posted By: Matt May 21, 2010 15:23:38
Hello, Thank you for all your hard work on this incredible software. Would it be easy for you to add these two things?
1) ability to pan in a zoomed image. Maybe with the scroll wheel button being pressed or maybe the space bar?
2) when you zoom can you zoom on center. rather than now where it zooms to the lower left corner.
Thanks again. I have all my friends using this now too.
1) ability to pan in a zoomed image. Maybe with the scroll wheel button being pressed or maybe the space bar?
2) when you zoom can you zoom on center. rather than now where it zooms to the lower left corner.
Thanks again. I have all my friends using this now too.
play movies
Posted By: Michael Schwartz Jul 14, 2010 16:17:57
I have just come around JustLooking and like it very much,
I use it as a viewer for my holiday pictures.
It would be a very nice feature if the program could show
the movies (.mov) while showing a directory.
Anyhow, good software, Thanks for your effort !
I use it as a viewer for my holiday pictures.
It would be a very nice feature if the program could show
the movies (.mov) while showing a directory.
Anyhow, good software, Thanks for your effort !
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Other than that thanks for this great program!