richardleehui / bodymovinql

A macOS QuickLook plugin to generate previews for Adobe After Effects animations exported as JSON with Bodymovin

QuickLook Bodymovin

This is a macOS QuickLook plugin to generate previews for Adobe After Effects animations exported as json with Bodymovin.

Installation

Requires macOS 10.10 or later (but tested on 10.12).

• Download the latest release version of the plugin
• Unzip it, and put the Bodymovin.qlgenerator into ~/Library/QuickLook (Create the folder, if it does not exist)
• You may need to reboot to enable it or run qlmanage -r in your Terminal app (found in Applications → Utilities).

Using the plugin

• You should be able to preview your Bodymovin .json files using the space key in Finder.

Uninstall

• Run the Terminal app (found in Applications → Utilities).

• Copy the following and paste into the Terminal app:

    sudo rm -rf "~/Library/QuickLook/Bodymovin.qlgenerator"
  

• Press Enter.