Thumbnails are reduced versions of objects, mostly images, that are used to quickly display a small and recognizable representation of the object.
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Prevent thumbnail in folder icon
When I disable thumbnail preview, I like my folder icon, but I also lose photo preview. How can I get the folder icon like second one along with having photo preview in thumbnail?
I don't want to ...
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Possible to force windows to refresh their thumbnails?
Is it possible to force Windows' DWM (Desktop Window Manager) to refresh the snapshots ("thumbnails") of all windows, all at once?
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From what I understand, Windows no longer uses "thumbnails" ...
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Video Thumbnails using ffmpeg
I'm looking for a nice short easy way to create a series of thumbnails for any given video file. I'm almost there using ffmpeg, here's what I have:
ffmpeg -i /tmp/video.avi -r 1 -ss 60 -r 1 ...
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optimise FFMPEG live stream THUMBNAIL
After testing many possibilities, I have a perfect command line for creating thumbnails from a live stream:
ffmpeg -i rtmp://srvIp/h264.stream -r 1 -an -updatefirst 1 -y thumbnail.jpg
It refreshes a ...
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Thumbnails in Chrome does not show up
This is my Chrome's homepage. Whenever I start Chrome or open a new tab, this page appears.
The page thumbnails just does not show up. Although the page icons and titles are proper. I figured that ...
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Canon RAW (CR2) codec for Windows 7 x64
I have a Canon DSLR, and I shoot in RAW. I have no problem viewing and editing the pictures using Picasa or Lightroom, but I would like to have the pictures thumbnails in Windows Explorer, and to be ...
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Increase Windows 7 taskbar thumbnail size
Is there a way to increase the size of the mouse-over thumbnail size for Windows 7 task-bar items?
Ie, if I have multiple file explorers open and mouse-over them it would be nice to have larger, ...
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How do I prevent LibreOffice saving the file with the thumbnails?
I am using LibreOffice 4.0 on Windows 7 and I have noticed that it saves files (for example Writer) with a preview. (The icon of the file shows what's inside it, it looks like a page).
How do I turn ...
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Software to batch-generate thumnails from first page of pdfs
I am a win 7 user.
Is there a software that coverts a batch of pdf files into image thumbnails using the first page of the pdf?
I need to see several pdfs and do not want to open each.
I tried ...
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Create thumbnails with 80% height of the input using FFmpeg
I want to take a screenshot/thumbnail from a clip whose size is 1024×780, but I don't want the entire height. I just want the screenshot to take 768 × 80% of the height.
This is because ...
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How to get thumbnail view for Photoshop (psd) in Windows 7 64 bit OS?
How to get thumbnail view for Photoshop (.psd) in Windows 7 64 bit OS?
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Meaningful thumbnails for a Video using FFmpeg
FFmpeg can capture images from videos that can be used as thumbnails to represent the video. Most common ways of doing that are captured in the FFmpeg Wiki.
But, I don't want to pick random frames at ...
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show .jps 3d image file thumbnails in folders on windows 7 x64
A .jps file is a 3d image file which in reality is a jpg with leftright images joined (JPEG Stereoscopic)
Months ago i found a registry hack for windows that enabled explorer to show the thumbnails ...
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Windows 7 taskbar groups to use vertical menus only, not thumbnails?
I frequently have 10 or more windows of the same application (e.g. Outlook, Word, IE, etc.) open at one time. Windows 7's new taskbar grouping thumbnail feature shows a preview of open windows (aka ...
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How to sort Windows 7 taskbar thumbnail previews?
Here is a screenshot of the list of windows I have stacked in my Windows 7 taskbar. This is just for Explorer, but similarly I have lots of stacked windows of other processes as well.
Currently ...
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How do you create square thumbnails for a set of images (with Photoshop?)
I want to create a gallery of images, but for the thumbnails I want them to be all one size (square or rectangular). Some of the photos are portrait and some to be landscape - but for I want the ...
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Disable or delay alt-tab Aero Peek effect in Windows 7
In Windows 7, alt-tab shows the transparent windows effect. It is bugging me because the screen change is distracting while I'm trying to figure out which window to switch to from thumbnail preview ...
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How to enable thumbnail previews for my non-standard (mp4 avi mov mkv) video files in Windows 8?
I've installed the default VLC player to decode my .mp4 files but I'd like to enable a thumbnail view in the explorer. All I see at the moment is the traffic cone (the default icon for files ...
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Refresh “Most visited” pages previews
On OS X 10.8 I'm using Chrome 23.0.1271.64, the latest version as of today. The "Most visited" page thumbnails show content which completely outdated since months, though I visited the pages in the ...
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In Mac OS X how to define the thumbnail for a specific file type?
I have many files with the file extension ".dat". I wish to assign a thumbnail to these files with this extension because the default one is of very low resolution and is disturbing when working. I ...
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Thumbnails for video files are not showing in Windows 7
When I open my video folder, the thumbnails aren't showing. Instead, the default VLC icon was being displayed. Other files and image thumbnails are being displayed properly, only the videos have ...
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No thumbnails for files on the network in Windows 8 explorer
I have a fresh Windows 8 machine which I just unwrapped, but after moving all of my files to a NAS box I have lost all thumbnails in explorer. I browse to the folder and all my JPEGs just have a ...
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Use later frame for video thumbnail in Windows 7
I've got a collection of videos and most of the thumbnails generated are useless as they are of a frame very early on, in most cases the title sequence.
Is there any registry setting or something to ...
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How do I have windows 7 explorer automatically show thumbnails for all office documents?
I am using Windows 7 64-bit and Office 2010 32-bit. Right now, if I save an Office documnet and tick "save thumbnail" at the save dialog, then I have the thumbnail shown in explorer when I see the ...
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Thumbnails not showing, cannot preview images, sometimes folders do not show up at all
When I try to preview images, nothing happens.
Sometimes, all/most thumbnails do not show a preview and only show up as an icon.
Sometimes when I open 'My Computer' or 'My Documents' etc. the ...
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Thumbnail generator software for Mac OS X?
I need a "good" thumbnail generator for Mac. Any suggestions?
Some criteria:
Must support common image formats(ie png,jpg,etc.).
Easy to use.
Support large image files.
Free and/or not crippled.
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How can I speed up the viewing of folder with many video files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to increase how much is cached
for thumbnail views of
pictures?
I have a folder with many videos of my family and each time I open the folder I wait for ...
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Windows 8: Video preview only shows first frame
I just switched from 7 to 8, but it seems MS changed the way the explorer displays the video preview icons. I think that 7 skipped into the video a few frames, or even took a frame with more colour? ...
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sony camera cannot zoom picture retouched by photoshop
I took some pictures with Canon IXUS 50, adjusted color and contrast with photoshop, saved as jpg (not for web) then copied them to a memory card.
I have another camera Sony HX20, which play well ...
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Force thumbs.db instead of central image database for folder in W8
I've got one folder mounted through truecrypt which contains videos. If I die, I don't want people finding out about it's content. Windows 8 however saves the thumbnails of the videos in an unencryted ...
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How to properly embed a preview into EPS for use in MS Word?
I know that EPS is not the best format for MS Word. Unfortunately I'm forced to use MS Word and EPS is the format I have most figures in. I'd prefer to stay with EPS in case I make other LaTeX ...
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Locking thumbnail or Pin it permanently or for period Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to keep windows 7 thumbnail preview open for a particular app?
I'm interested in working in my environment while watching YouTube video or whatever. I ...
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How to update a Google Chrome “Speed Dial” thumb?
"Speed Dial" is the New Tab page in Google Chrome, where it shows thumbnails, which are links the most visited sites.
One of the sites drastically changes its appearance and I want that the thumb to ...
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How can I delete the thumbnail cache?
I would be very thankful for advice on how to delete the thumb cache files in Windows Vista without a reboot.
They are stored in this folder:
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How to show permanent live application thumbnails? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to keep windows 7 thumbnail preview open for a particular app?
In Windows 7 you can show a thumbnail of an application by hovering over its icon on the ...
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How to show icons for some file types and thumbnails for others?
How can I control which file types are shown as thumbnails and which as icons?
I do think that showing these tiny little thumbnails for things like text file or spreadsheet is utterly stupid. You ...
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How to remove Facebook thumbnails from Windows 8 People app
I'm experimenting with Windows 8. There's still a lot I don't know how to do. I've loaded it onto a work tablet, and signed in using my Windows Live account. My Live account is linked to my Facebook ...
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How do I disable (video) thumbnails in Windows 7?
I'd like to turn off Windows 7 (video) thumbnails displayed in Explorer. I found this solution for Windows XP but it doesn't work for Windows 7 ("The module shmedia.dll failed to load").
Disable ...
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Disable thumbnailing on a per folder basis
I have a folder that contains 20 Gigabytes of precious gif images. When I open this folder my computer slows to a halt.
Does anybody know of a way to prevent Windows 8 from making thumbnails for ...
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How to make Opera display full zoomed-out thumbnails like it used to?
Since a few versions ago, Opera has started displaying unscaled thumbnails in speed dial, which I find invariably useless, most sites only showing a bit of logo and a header. I would like to return to ...
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Can't see theme thumbnails in Windows 7 Personalization settings
I can't see themes thumbnails in Windows 7 Personalization settings.
How can I fix this please?
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How to copy desktop thumbnail for pictures on Windows 7
I noticed how smooth the thumbnails are on the desktop for any images placed on it.
Is there any way I can copy the thumbnails or save them as an image of their own? Preferably in PNG format.
Or a ...
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How to create thumbnail image from .flv video by using ffmpeg ?
I am using following command to create thumbnail image from flv video , image is created but with error (image doesn't open)
ffmpeg -ss 00:00:10 -i output.mp4 -f image2 -s 150x150 -vframes 1 -c:v ...
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How are thumbnails stored on Mac OS X?
I have noticed that thumbnails on Mac OS X don't seem to be generated every time I open a folder, but to be somehow "cached" instead.
I wasn't able, however, to find a folder where they clearly look ...
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Replace a thumbnail with another in google chrome new tab page?
I have 8 thumbnails in my google chrome new tab page... Two have been blocked in my company...
How to replace that two thumbnails with new ones....
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Fix image previews and thumbnails in explorer on Windows 7?
Image files used to show as thumbnails in the explorer window, and a larger preview could be seen in the preview pane (alt+p).
Now for some unknown reason, I just see a default image icon in both the ...
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Make Thumbnail from video
How can I make a simple capture from a video. Preferably from the command line?
Idea: take 9 snapshots for 9 even placed (on the timeline) times, and save them as JPGs
Example:
Movie length = 10 ...
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Windows Explorer not showing film frame for .mp4
Anyone knows what part of registry is related to this film frame? I installed and uninstalled mp4box, avidemux, YAMB try to set default aspect ratios but failed, and now I have a new problem.
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How to create a thumbnail from the middle of a video with FFmpeg
Is there a way to grab a video thumbnail in FFmpeg?
I'd like to grab the middle-most frame as the video and use that as the thumbnail. Video duration is unknown.
The ability to specify the ...
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thumbs.db file error
i have a console program. at some screen when it needs to display, then an error comes as "Resetting file Thumbs.db" and the console window closes. how to solve this error. please help
