QuickPreview and Preview won't display images

OK.  We're on a MacPro 5,1 and have been running mountain lion for a week or two now with no issues.  all of a sudden, preview has stopped displaying images when you open them.  The finder window, when in column view, will not display the preview, and hitting spacebar to go into QuickView will just open a blank white screen in the size of the image. Image icons for the pgs do display. Interestingly enough, Screen sharing also is displaying blank white screens. 
The system config is below:
  Model Name:          Mac Pro
  Model Identifier:          MacPro5,1
  Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
  Processor Speed:          2.8 GHz
  Number of Processors:          1
  Total Number of Cores:          4
  L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
  L3 Cache:          8 MB
  Memory:          8 GB
  Processor Interconnect Speed:          4.8 GT/s
  Boot ROM Version:          MP51.007F.B03
  SMC Version (system):          1.39f11
  SMC Version (processor tray):          1.39f11
  Serial Number (system): 
  Serial Number (processor tray):      
  Hardware UUID:          DCB72D90-0983-55C8-AD71-E92CCFD886E4
We have 2 x ATI Radeon HD 5770 video cards running a total of 3 displays (2 at 1024x768, 1 at 1280 x 1024)
Any suggestions as to what's gone wrong?

Try deleting the Finder .plists.
You need to look in your user Library/Preferences for the .plist. Hold down the option key while using the Finder "Go To Folder" command. Enter ~`/Library. Delete the .plist(s) for the application or move them to your desktop so you can put them back. Since there are several .plists, you may want to try them one at a time You'll need to Force quit Finder to get it to relaunch (command - option- esc).
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
You might want to bookmark the command. I had to use it again after I installed 10.8.2. I have also been informed that if you drag the user library to Finder it will remain visible.

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