PNG finder preview/thumbnail icons.

I've searched, but not come up with anything yet...
Is it possible to have finder preview-icons that display PNG files?
Many thanks.

Weird.
I have a folder displaying gif and jpegs, when I drag a PNG from apples own site, it only displays a generic file Icon.

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