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SKIA Shell Extensions and Lottie Editor Features ​

SKIA Shell Extensions ​

A collection of extensions integrated into Windows Explorer, to see and play image and animation files without opening them.

Preview Thumbnails Light

  • Preview of the animation directly in the Preview Panel of Windows Explorer, with play controls and, for Lottie files, the JSON text.

  • Thumbnails of the files in every view of Windows Explorer.

  • Context menu to open a Lottie file with the Lottie Text Editor or with the Animation Viewer.

  • Supported files: Lottie animations (.json, .lottie), static and animated GIF (.gif) and WebP (.webp), Telegram stickers (.tgs).

  • No need to build the project with Delphi: an easy Setup is provided.

  • Supports Windows 10 and 11 (for 32 and 64 bit platforms).

  • Themes (Dark and Light) according to user preferences of Windows Theme, with the VCL styles: Light: Sky, Windows Modern, Windows11 Impressive Light, Windows11 Modern Light, Windows11 Polar Light; Dark: Glow, Windows Modern SlateGray, Windows11 Impressive Dark, Windows11 Modern Dark, Windows11 Polar Dark.

Lottie Text Editor ​

A useful Text editor with preview of the Lottie animation:

Lottie Text Editor Light

  • Edit the text of more Lottie files at the same time, with JSON syntax highlighting.

  • Instant preview of the animation, with play, play inverse, pause, stop, loop and manual control.

  • Color Palette with all the colors used by the animation: find and replace colors, keeping the notation of the file.

  • Reformat the JSON text, Search and Replace, Print and Print Preview.

  • Single instance: opening a file reuses the running editor; optional restore of the last session.

Animation Viewer ​

A standalone player for the animation files, with the same controls of the Preview Panel.

Released under Apache License, Version 2.0.