• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

John August

  • Arlo Finch
  • Scriptnotes
  • Library
  • Store
  • About

Highland adds Quick Look previews

June 25, 2012 Apps, Highland

Speaking of Highland, my favorite new feature in the Highland beta is Quick Look previews.

Do you ever find yourself staring at a folder of scripts, confused which draft is which? You open the files one at a time, skimming through them to find what you’re looking for.

Stop. Just select a file and press the spacebar. Up pops a preview of the script.

highland quick look

You can even up-arrow and down-arrow through all the files in the folder.

“Well sure,” you say. “That works great for your fancy new Fountain files, but who has folders full of those?”

Here’s the thing: Highland’s previews even work with Final Draft (.fdx) files.

final draft quick look

For whatever reason, Final Draft itself doesn’t support Quick Look. Highland does. So now you can Quick Look those files.

It works even if Highland isn’t running. Even if Final Draft isn’t installed. It’s just an extra little bonus because you deserve nice things.

Related Posts

  1. Say hello to Highland
  2. Highland update fixes .fdx, adds Snow Leopard support
  3. When Final Draft won’t open under OS X

Primary Sidebar

Newsletter

A weekly-ish roundup of stuff we've found interesting delivered right to your inbox.

Read Past Issues

Explore

Projects

  • Aladdin (1)
  • Arlo Finch (27)
  • Big Fish (87)
  • Charlie (39)
  • Charlie's Angels (16)
  • Chosen (2)
  • Corpse Bride (9)
  • Dead Projects (18)
  • Frankenweenie (10)
  • Go (30)
  • Karateka (4)
  • Monsterpocalypse (3)
  • One Hit Kill (6)
  • Ops (6)
  • Preacher (2)
  • Prince of Persia (13)
  • Shazam (6)
  • Snake People (6)
  • Tarzan (5)
  • The Nines (118)
  • The Remnants (12)
  • The Variant (22)

Apps

  • Bronson (13)
  • FDX Reader (11)
  • Fountain (32)
  • Highland (71)
  • Less IMDb (4)
  • Weekend Read (33)

Recommended Reading

  • First Person (86)
  • Geek Alert (146)
  • WGA (123)
  • Workspace (19)

Screenwriting Q&A

  • Adaptation (66)
  • Directors (90)
  • Education (48)
  • Film Industry (484)
  • Formatting (128)
  • Genres (90)
  • Glossary (6)
  • Pitches (29)
  • Producers (59)
  • Psych 101 (117)
  • Rights and Copyright (96)
  • So-Called Experts (47)
  • Story and Plot (170)
  • Television (162)
  • Treatments (21)
  • Words on the page (236)
  • Writing Process (177)

More screenwriting Q&A at screenwriting.io

© 2022 John August — All Rights Reserved.