Get Info Preview Image

Is it possible to save the Preview image from the Get Info window of a PDF as its own file?

Not that I know about.

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A mov file plays in 'Get Info' preview, but not in Quicktime

I recorded a talk to web cam yesterday using Quicktime Pro and edited out the overlong pauses and fluffs to produce a series of .mov clips. Today I copied and pasted the clips into one .mov file in Quicktime Pro. The first 12 clips were fine.
The 13th clip opened as if it was audio only, but when played did not give any sound. An examination of the movie properties window showed about 3 minutes of audio and video, but neither were selected and could not be selected. When I tried to extract the video thinking I could then reassemble the file, I got a message saying that one of my raw clips was missing. The file was saved as self-contained and is about 7 MBytes. When it opens with the appearance of an audio file the last part of the clip I pasted in is highlighted as if selected; this corresponds to the file it is asking for.
Now I had deleted my raw data as my hard drive is nearly full and I was getting warnings to that effect. But as the files had been saved as self-contained rather than reference, this should surely not be a problem.
The strange thing is that if I select the .mov file and do a 'get info' then I can play the audio and video perfectly in the 'get info' preview plan, up until that final part corresponding to the missing file.
It looks like I have to do the last bit once more, but how can I keep the rest of it? I've tried deleting the final part and re-saving, but it still opens with the appearance of an audio file (which is silent when I play it). I can at least listen to what I said in the first recording, but it would be good to be able to keep the part that plays in 'get info'.
Any ideas of how I can get to it?
Any ideas.

Solution found.
I simply created a new .mov file and changed its name to the raw file that Quicktime told me was missing when I tried to open my edited clip.
The edited clip now opens and I've been able to delete the final portion (which appears selected when the clip opens) and save the rest, which plays fine.
This seems to have been a problem because in this particular clip I left the final portion I pasted in selected when I saved the file, even though I saved is as self-contained, not a reference file.

I am unable to get same preview image colors in Bridge and Lightroom

I am unable to get same file preview in Bridge and Lightroom. The Lightroom preview image (in both the Library and Develop) is more de-saturated. But the exported/saved jpegs match. If I try to match the Lightroom preview image to the Bridge preview image, the resulting Lightroom export colors are off. I have tried this with images with no changes and with changes and the result is the same. I have Lightroom 5.6 and CR 8.6. I am using the latest version of Bridge.
I contacted Adobe support and followed all instructions to try to fix but the problem remains. This comment was made after several solutions were tried, including updating Lightroom. :
Adobe: there would be little difference in case of preview of Bridge CC and Lightroom 5. However, after exporting it would be same. Both use different technology at the background and work in a different way. The preview which you see in lightroom is not the actual image but incase of Bridge you see the actual image ( original ). That's the reason there is a color variation between previews.
Me: But how can I then use the Lightroom preview to get accurate colors when processing a RAW file? If I do adjustments to the RAW file in Lightroom it looks different when exported. That doesn't seem to make sense when Lightroom is designed for photograhy
Adobe: Please check in develop module of lightroom.
Me: Nothing changes in the develop mode. The image looks the same as in the preview/Library mode.
This screenshot shows the unmodified images in Develop (Lightroom) and ACR (Bridge). The color differences are significant.
Lightroom exported jpeg file, unmodified from preview image in Develop (which looks like Bridge preview image not the Lightroom preview)
Bridge saved jpeg file, unmodified from preview image in ACR
Any suggestions on what I need to do to Lightroom to make it show accurate colors. If not, I don't see any point in using it to process files.
Thanks, Marie

Bridge is just a browser. It displays according to the embedded color profile but assumes sRGB for all untagged images.
In Lightroom library previews use Adobe RGB and in Develop the working space is Pro Photo RGB.
The real question is why use both Bridge and Lightroom. Stick to one, not both.

QuickLook: No preview for JPG, not even Get-Info preview

Just upgraded from Tiger 10.4.11 to Leopard 10.5.8.... QL works really nice, but now my JPG files wont show a preview, even when performing a regular Get-Info... I'm also using SneekPreview Pro to enhance QL, but the other one, SneakPeekPhoto I had to uninstall, 'cause it was causing my Finder to quit unexpectedly... Any solution here?
Thanks...

Must be something weird with those jpg's. I just created a little jpg and set the finder view options of the enclosing folder to "Show Icon Preview" and that worked. I did a Get Info on the file and and looked in the Preview section (after clicking the disclosure triangle) and that also worked. I set the view options of the enclosing folder to column view and click the jpg and it shows the picture in the next column. Lastly I right clicked on the jpg and in the finder contextual selected Quick Look and that worked too.
2010 3.33GHz 6-core Mac Pro (5,1), 5870, 24GB, 27" ACD, OS X 10.6.5

Get back preview image color

When I first load photos into lightroom I get a quick preview than looks like a JPEG? A second later after the image has time to load the color will change. I'm guessing that I'm seeing a JPEG preview then I'm getting what the RAW image looks like? If that is the case, is there anyway to get that preview color back without exporting as a JPEG?
Thanks

Yes - adjust the Develop settings as you please. If you like the JPEG you might try a camera matching profile if you have a compatible camera.

Extracting JPEG preview image from DNG file

My company is using the DNG SDK to support raw or DNG files for users of our digital asset management software. We extract a jpeg preview/thumbnail from ALL file types we support.
My question is: how can we extract a jpeg preview from a DNG file, using the latest version of the DNG SDK?
Currently, our software uses the SDK to read a DNG file and write a tiff file, and passes the tiff to imagemagick to get a resized jpeg we can use for a preview or thumbnail.
When we extract the tiff from the customer's file, we get a base version of the image that does not show subsequent colour adjustments made in (eg) CS3; the customer would like to get a preview that shows (especially) the colour adjustments that have been made.
I know the jpeg preview exists inside the DNG, I used exiftools to extract it,and it does show the colour adjustments made.
How do I get that preview image out of the DNG file using the DNG SDK? Does the DNG SDK support that operation?
The SDK has a lot of API, but not much documentation or samples to show usage.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

Maybe it isn't the smartest way, but this should work: ... call info.Parse (host, stream) etc here - the usual stuff { // find biggest jpeg image for preview unsigned int subMaxW=0; int subMaxI=-1; for(unsigned int i=0;i<info.fIFDCount;i++) { dng_ifd* pIFD=info.fIFD[i].Get(); if (ccJPEG==pIFD->fCompression && 1==pIFD->fNewSubFileType) { if (pIFD->fImageWidth>subMaxW) { subMaxW=pIFD->fImageWidth; subMaxI=i; } } } if (subMaxI>=0) // load desired jpeg preview { unsigned int i=subMaxI; dng_ifd* pIFD=info.fIFD[i].Get(); if (ccJPEG==pIFD->fCompression && 1==pIFD->fNewSubFileType) { // seek to pIFD->fTileOffset[0] and load jpeg } } }

Preview Images Slow to Load

Hi! I finally got all 70,000 images into aperture and all was well until I decided to move some images from one project to another. Now I get some preview images and lots of grey boxes. If I select an image represented by a grey box, it will load, so the images are okay. It's just ugly that the previews won't load.
Any ideas?

Guys, you are expecting too much. What you are describing is largely related to your hard drive setup. If you want to handle large batches of images faster you need to address hard drive read/write with things like fast hard drives, RAID 0 and FW 800.
I took delivery on a RAID 0 FW800 drive <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/ME8R7640GB16/> today and after I have used it a while I will report back.
Early 2005 1.67 GB G4 PB, Radeon 9700, 128 MB VRAM, 1.5 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) D2x, DP G4 tower without Aperture

Here is a function to read preview images from active catalog

--- Get a preview image corresponding to specified photo, at the specified level, if possible.
-- @param photo (LrPhoto or table of param, required) specified photo or table of named parameters same as below including photo=lr-photo:
-- @param photoPath (string, optional) photo-path if available, otherwise will be pulled from raw-metadata.
-- @param previewFile (string, default=unique-temp-path) target path to store jpeg - if non-vil value passed and file is pre-existing, it will be overwritten.
-- @param level (number, required) appx sizes + intended use:
-- 1 - 80x60 small thumb
-- 2 - 160x120 medium thumb
-- 3 - 320x240 large thumb
-- 4 - 640x480 small image
-- 5 - 1280x960 medium image
-- 6 - 2560x1920 large image
-- 7 - 1:1 full-res
-- @param minLevel (number, default=1) minimum acceptable level.
-- @usage file, errm, level = cat:getPreview{ photo=catalog:getTargetPhoto(), level=5 }
-- @usage file, errm, level = cat:getPreview( catalog:getTargetPhoto(), nil, nil, 5 )
-- @return file (string, or nil) path to file containing requested preview (may be the same as preview-file passed in).
-- @return errm (string, or nil) error message if unable to obtain requested preview (includes path(s)).
-- @return level (number, or nil) actual level read, which may be different than requested level if min-level passed in.
function Catalog:getPreview( photo, photoPath, previewFile, level, minLevel )
 if photo == nil then
 app:callingError( "no photo" )
 end
 if not photo.catalog then -- not lr-photo
 photoPath = photo.photoPath
 previewFile = photo.previewFile
 -- assert( photo.level, "no level in param table" )
 level = photo.level
 minLevel = photo.minLevel
 photo = photo.photo
 -- assert( photo and photo.catalog, "no lr-photo in param table" )
 end
 if level == nil then
 app:callingError( "no level" )
 end
 if level > 7 then
 app:logWarning( "Max level is 7" )
 level = 7
 end
 if photoPath == nil then
 photoPath = photo:getRawMetadata( 'path' )
 end
 local photoFilename = LrPathUtils.leafName( photoPath )
 local _previewFile
 if previewFile == nil then
 _previewFile = LrPathUtils.child( LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath( 'temp' ), str:fmt( "^1.lrPreview.jpg", photoFilename ) ) -- include extension, since there are separate previews for each file-type.
 else
 if fso:existsAsFile( previewFile ) then
 app:logVerbose( "preview path passed is to existing file to be overwritten" )
 end
 _previewFile = previewFile
 end
 local imageId
 local s = tostring( photo ) -- THIS IS WHAT ALLOWS IT TO WORK DESPITE LOCKED DATABASE (id is output by to-string method).
 local p1, p2 = s:find( 'id "' )
 if p1 then
 s = s:sub( p2 + 1 )
 p1, p2 = s:find( '" )' )
 if p1 then
 imageId = s:sub( 1, p1-1 )
 end
 end
 if imageId == nil then
 return nil, "bad id"
 end
 local cp = catalog:getPath()
 local fn = LrPathUtils.leafName( cp )
 local n = LrPathUtils.removeExtension( fn )
 local cd = LrPathUtils.parent( cp )
 local pn = n .. " Previews.lrdata"
 local d = LrPathUtils.child( cd, pn )
 local pdb = LrPathUtils.child( d, 'previews.db' )
 assert( fso:existsAsFile( pdb ), "nope" )
 --Debug.pause( pdb )
 local exe = app:getPref( 'sqlite3' )
 if not str:is( exe ) then
 if WIN_ENV then
 exe = LrPathUtils.child( _PLUGIN.path, "sqlite3.exe" )
 else
 exe = LrPathUtils.child( _PLUGIN.path, "sqlite3" )
 end
 app:logVerbose( "Using sqlite executable included with plugin: ^1", exe )
 else
 app:logVerbose( "Using custom sqlite executable: ^1", exe )
 end
 local param = '"' .. pdb .. '"'
 local targ = str:fmt( "select uuid, digest from ImageCacheEntry where imageId=^1", imageId )
 local r1, r2, r3 = app:executeCommand( exe, param, { targ }, nil, 'del' )
 local uuid -- of preview
 local digest -- of preview
 if r1 then
 if r3 then
 local c = str:split( r3, '|' )
 if #c >= 2 then
 -- good
 uuid = c[1]
 digest = c[2]
 else
 return nil, "bad split"
 end
 else
 return nil, "no content"
 end
 else
 return nil, r2
 end
 local previewSubdir = str:getFirstChar( uuid )
 local pDir = LrPathUtils.child( d, previewSubdir )
 if fso:existsAsDir( pDir ) then
 -- good
 else
 return nil, "preview letter dir does not exist: " .. pDir
 end
 previewSubdir = uuid:sub( 1, 4 )
 pDir = LrPathUtils.child( pDir, previewSubdir )
 if fso:existsAsDir( pDir ) then
 -- good
 else
 return nil, "preview 4-some dir does not exist: " .. pDir
 end
 local previewFilename = uuid .. '-' .. digest .. ".lrprev"
 local previewPath = LrPathUtils.child( pDir, previewFilename )
 if fso:existsAsFile( previewPath ) then
 app:logVerbose( "Found preview file at ^1", previewPath )
 else
 return nil, str:fmt( "No preview file corresponding to ^1 at ^2", photo:getRawMetadata( 'photoPath' ), previewPath )
 end
 -- this could be modified to return image data instead of file if need be.
 local content
 local function getImageFile()
 local p1, p2 = content:find( "level_" .. str:to( level ) )
 if p1 then
 local start = p2 + 2 -- jump over level_n\0
 local p3 = content:find( "AgHg", start )
 local stop
 if p3 then
 stop = start + p3 - 1
 else
 stop = content:len() - 1
 end
 local data = content:sub( start, stop )
 if previewFile ~= nil then -- user passed file
 app:logVerbose( "Writing preview into user file: ^1", _previewFile )
 else
 -- rename file to include level.
 local base = LrPathUtils.removeExtension( _previewFile ) .. '_' .. level
 _previewFile = base .. ".jpg"
 app:logVerbose( "Writing preview into default-named file: ^1", _previewFile )
 end
 local s, m = fso:writeFile( _previewFile, data )
 if s then
 app:logVerbose( "Wrote preview file: ^1", _previewFile )
 return _previewFile
 else
 return nil, m
 end
 else
 return nil -- no real error, just no preview at that level.
 end
 end
 minLevel = minLevel or 1
 local status
 status, content = LrTasks.pcall( LrFileUtils.readFile, previewPath )
 if status and content then
 repeat
 local file, errm = getImageFile() -- at level
 if file then
 return file, nil, level
 elseif errm then
 return nil, errm
 elseif level > minLevel then
 level = level - 1
 else
 return nil, str:fmt( "No preview for ^1 at any acceptable level", photoPath )
 end
 until level <= 0
 return nil, str:fmt( "Unable to obtain preview for ^1", photoPath )
 else
 return nil, str:fmt( "Unable to read preview source file at ^1, error message: ^2", previewPath, content )
 end
end
This function is working great so far, but as of 2011-09-29 it has not been rigorously tested, so it may have a bug or two...
It is based on the elare plugin framework available here (including source code): https://www.assembla.com/spaces/lrdevplugin/
You will need sqlite3 executable from here: http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite.html
- put it in lr(dev)plugin dir
Note: view-factory's picture component will accept a path as resource id, so to use:
local pictureFile, errm = cat:getPreview( photo, nil, nil, 4 )
if pictureFile then
 items[#items + 1] = vf:picture {
 value = pictureFile,
end
Note: the above code is intended for "sample/example" only -
MUST DO:
- Handle portrait orientation properly...
MAYBE DO:
- Handle AdobeRGB profile assignment - not needed for thumbs, but maybe for the biggies...
- Optimize for multi-photo use.
- Change detection for sake of caching for repeated access (like scrolling thumbnails).
@2011-10-04, the code at Assembla.com (see link above) takes care of all these things, and then some...;-)
Rob

Thank for so interesting and undocumented feature. Where you get it?
[quote]In Mac version there's a file called Contents/PlugIns/MultipleMonitor.lrmodule/Contents/Resources/LrPhotoPictureView.lua[/quot e]
On my version of Lr3 this lua script is compiled. Did you puzzle out decompiled code?
Unfortunatelly, there are some issues with this way of getting preview:
1) sqlite doesnt work with localized paths like i,e c:\users\Администратор... I tried to solve it with using utf8 or uri formats for path but useless. I solved it with usind short form of path (in windows. On mac I didnt yet tested it). To get a short form of path I use a simple script launched in cmd shell, some like "echo %~s1" and it take a shorf form of path i.e.
C:\Users\836D~1\...
 instead of
C:\Users\РђРґРјРёРЅРёСЃС‚СЂР°С‚РѕСЂ\
2) The main problem is what if I work in "Develop" mode and if I change an image setting then previews will not be refreshed until I dont switch into "Library".
Maybe somebody know a way how to push Lightroom to refresh previews db into "Develop" mode?
Of course, all it is actually for Lr3 and Lr4 only. In Lr5 there is another API for get smart preview. But I would like to support and Lr3-4 audience also

Can I embed a photo caption to an image via Get Info? or using Preview?

Is there a way to embed a caption into an image file using Preview, or by using the Get Info box? Get Info can read captions already embedded, e.g. using Photoshop, but is there a way I can put in a caption without spending $$$ to buy Photoshop?
Hope someone can help
David Young

What exactly do you mean by "embed"?
If you mean write it to the IPTC metadata: you can do this with iPhoto and many, many other apps that are a lot less expensive than Photoshop
If you mean add text to the surface of the Photo: Yes you can do this with Preview and many, many other apps that are a lot less expensive than Photoshop
Regards
TD

Can you see a image in the Get Info Window?

After upgrading to Mt LIon and while using CS6, I can't see image previews in the Get Info window. Can't see images in the upper left corner of the get info window, so I can't make a selection and then do a copy- paste like I could do before I upgraded to Mt Lion with CS6. I want to be able to paste a image of the subjects in my folders.. IE folder of Panda Bears would have a image of a Panda showing on that folder. Folder of The Great Wall would have a image of the Great Wall on the Folder of Great Wall pictures. This has always worked for the past many years I have used a Mac and Photoshop. I started with Photoshop 2. All my photo folders are represented by images so I have a good idea of what is contained in each folder. Now after 2 weeks in China, 20 folders are represented by 10-11-12, 10-12-12, 10-13-12, 10-14-12 and so on. Shows me nothing but dates. I have tried saving as Jpeg, Tiff, and PAD, and still can't do a copy-paste in the Get Info window. Apple says it is a Adobe problem, Yesterday Adobe told me it is because I am uusing a Nikon D800 and Adobe does not have a patcdh for the NEW Nikon camera. I then tried using my Nikon D2Xs, Nikon D3X, Nikon 800 and even my wife's D50 and none of these camera allow me to copy paste the thumbnail image to the clipoboard like I have been able to do for YEARS... I can see images in a folder in Bridge, but the images dont show in my desktop folders.IE, a folder on my desktop with 200 pictures only show with words/ numbers/letters NO IMAGES appear in the folders on the desktop. On some folders the folders in a folder don't show up as Folders either.
Can Any one help me. Same thing happens on my MACPRO w 16 GB Ram and on my 17" MacBook Pro.

Allan Sicks wrote:
Thanks for your input. Problem might be with the EASTER BUNNY..... have to have someone to blame.
I can't blame you for saying that.
Adobe is the clear owner of the responsibility to make functional their product that they claim is compatible with your operating system. Adobe is the one who sold you the product.
I just went looking for what Adobe has said about Mountain Lion compatibility, and they both list Mountain Lion as compatible and include such language as that on this page (emphasis mine):
Adobe and Apple have worked closely together to test Adobe® Creative Suite® 5, 5.5 and CS6 editions and individual products for reliability, performance and user experience when installed on Intel® based systems running Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8). Earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop® (CS3 and CS4) software were also tested with Mountain Lion and there are currently no known issues.
I suggest that Adobe needs to get on the ball and get this fixed. The time for user patience is over.
If someone from Adobe is saying "Adobe can't fix it" then that someone is at the wrong authority level and/or is thinking on the wrong level.
This is business and the business is making products that have value and are sold to people who perceive that value. Adobe doesn't get to keep selling products that don't work while standing on principles that "it's someone else's problem". Customers don't care why it doesn't work.
It's obvious to a child that if Photoshop CS5 can write the proper things to the Apple OS so that the thumbnails are visible, that there's something Adobe could do to fix it.
But EVEN IF this were something only Apple could fix, that Apple hasn't fixed it yet says pretty loudly that Adobe isn't making the right overtures to Apple for their mutual benefit. Adobe, are your executives so greedy that they can't grease a few palms of their friends over at Apple to put some priority on this? What's the problem here? Has Adobe actually forgotten how to do business?
-Noel
P.S., You should know that I don't use a Mac and am personally having no issues with seeing proper thumbnails and previews on my Windows 7 and 8 systems, since the software that does that isn't from Adobe.

Image Icon not showing in "get info" for OS 10.9.4

     I now have PS CC 2014 and the image icons are showing the "generic" .jpg and .psd files in the "get info" finder window, but on my desktop the images are showing their
     proper image icon.
     I was previously using PS CS 5 and the icons are showing up in the "get info" window, but with PS CC 2014 these icons are showing up as generic.
     To be clear the images I saved using PS CS 5 are showing the icons vs. the images I saved in CC 2014 where the icons are not showing in the "get info" window.
     I've compared preference settings with PS 2014 and PS 5 but their basically about the same.
     I'm including 2 images so you can see what I'm explaining. IMG_1627 is a PS CC2014 created image and Arturo is a PS 5 image.
     I did read about other PS users having similar issues but it looked to be unresolved.
     You may think what's the big deal, but I use these image icons to label my folders. A "trick" I've doing for over decade which helps keep my folders visually on track for me.
     Is anyone out there able to solve this issue??

I do on occasion get jpgs and pngs that won't render a thumbnail or preview in MacOS. I have 10.9.5
I don't have this problem, although I just have CC and CC 2014 on my Macbook.
I would open those up in Preview.app and try a Save As... and I would get the thumbnail and thumbnail preview back.
Not really the best idea,but you can see if it helps.
These are my file saving options, perhaps there is something there you can try.
Gene

Get Info image data missing

I have used the Finder's Get Info command and accompanying window to determine the height and width of images since the beginning of time. Today that capability suddenly disappeared. When I select an image in the Finder and invoke Get Info, under "More Info" there are two hyphens instead of the dimensions in pixels (e.g. 300x250). I tried a dozen images in various formats like JPG and TIF but the dimension info doesn't appear anymore. I'm using System 10.5.8 on a 2008 Mac Pro. All the other expected info (creation dates, name, preview, etc.) in Get Info is there except for the image dimensions.
I did not do any recent updates and haven't noticed anything else amiss. I played around with Finder prefs, restarted the system, repaired permissions, etc. Nothing brought back the image dimensions. I can use Photoshop or other programs to get the image dimensions but using Get Info via the keyboard command was a nice shortcut.

I don't directly use Spotlight - I prefer HoudahSpot's interface to the Spotlight index. I have not changed the prefs in HoudahSpot or Spotlight itself, and the Spotlight Privacy list was empty when I just now checked it.
But you are definitely on to something because after checking the Privacy List to see if any folders had been inadvertently added, I then tried Get Info again on an image file and VOILA! all the image data had been magically restored. Indeed, Get Info image data is now working for all images I have checked in the past few minutes.
Thanks for the pointer. Apparently something triggered Spotlight to prevent the data from appearing and the mere act of checking the Spotlight settings restored the "missing" info.

How do I change the desktop Icon for an external hard drive? I have gone to "Get Info" and tried dragging and dropping several formats of pictures and the icon changes to the generic image of that file type.

how can I change the desktop icon for an external hard drive. Using LaCies and Dimple hard drives.

One of the things I've found with OS X (at least with Snow Leopard, which is my first excursion into OS X), is that all too often the thumbnail displayed on a file, whether a file created or one downloaded, is a false thumbnail. That is, when you do a Get Info on the file the icon in the upper left is the generic icon for that file type, rather than the thumbnail displayed in Finder. Makes it a bit difficult to copy.
Apparently Finder uses Preview in the background to generate the displayed thumbnail without actually creating one.
What I've resorted to doing, particularly with graphic images, is to process them with GraphicConverter - I have its prefs set to automatially add thumbnails and previews. With an individual file this means opening it in GC and doing a Save As. However, a much easier and faster way is when there are two or more such files; I put them in a common folder and drop the folder onto GC. GC then opens them in a catalog view, in the process adding real thumbnails and previews to each automatically. Doesn't take long to do several hundred files that way.

"more info" in Get Info showing "--" instead of actual infos for newer videos and images

I've just noticed that when I click on "Get Info" on my newer pictures and videos, the "more info" section is now showing "--" instead of the dimensions of the images and videos. However when I go to my older files, the info is showing. Also if I search any of the newer files (those with the missing info) in Spotlight, it doesn't show up. I've done some research and some people suggest reindexing Spotlight, but that never worked for me. In fact, even if I exclude a folder in my Privacy list, it's still showing as a result when I search them. I'm sure this is a problem with Spotlight as it stores the dimensions info, but since reindexing it is not a solution, can it be solved in some other way?

It takes time on newer things, but might have to be opened first or something.
If you want, you can clear the caches with OnyX (#12) and that would rebuild and repair the entire sub-system.
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
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How to get a poster or preview image for my flv file

I am trying to find out how I can get a static image to show in my flvplayer before someone presses the play button to view the video.
Details:
I am brand new to flash, videos, .flv files, flash players, etc. I am very experienced with Dreamweaver, however.
I had a DVD video. I converted it from DVD to a .flv file. In Dreamweaver, I inserted the .flv file into my web page using Insert - FLV. It added the nifty little flv player with the skins. Everything is working perfectly, except prior to the user clicking play, the video shows just a black screen. I'd like to replace that with a placeholder image (poster image??).
Here is the page: http://ilovestraightteeth.webscapersites.com/treatments/incognito-braces.shtml
Is there simply a parameter I add to the object/ embed code? Or do I need to edit the video? Or otherwise? Any help would be appreciated, I'm being bounced from one forum to the next all over the place.
I've got the adobe cs4 suite, if that information is helpful/relevant. Thanks in advance.

Thanks, Nancy - that definitely helped! But -- again, I'm totally new to this, so another probably silly question....
I followed the tutorial and totally got all of that, was able to add my poster frame, tested it, it all worked great. But now my video is in a .fla file; the option to export to FLV is not there. I need to get the video onto my web page now. So I tried exporting it as a .swf file, and then returned to Dreamweaver to insert the .swf file onto the page. I did an insert - SWF, the placeholder showed up, but when I tried to preview, I only got a blank white screen. I went to the Dreamweaver help files to see if I inserted it wrong, but I followed step by step and did it just as it said. (incidentally, a few days ago I tried insterting a different SWF file and the same thing happened).
(a) do you know why my SWF file is not showing up/previewing?
(b) is there a different file format I should have exported after I finished the tutorial for adding the poster image, when I had the functional .fla file?
Thanks again. I really appreciate the response.

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