AAF Look
Press space.
Read the turnover.
The fastest way to read an AAF turnover: select it in the Finder and press space. AAF Look renders the full report instantly, right in QuickLook, with no app to open. Launch the app when you want to dig in or export a PDF.
$20 once. No subscription, no account, and no internet connection required: not to activate, not to keep working. The 14-day trial is the complete app, so you can be sure before you pay. If it is not for you, there is a no-hassle 14-day refund policy.
This is the calling card. Select an AAF in the Finder, press space, and the full report renders right there, in about 0.7 seconds. No app to open, no import, no spinner. The answer is one keystroke away, and the preview works whether or not the app is licensed.
Spacebar on a real turnover, not a staged one: 4.4 GB, 32 tracks, 4,416 clips. The AAF Look QuickLook extension parses and renders it in about 0.7 seconds. Typical turnovers open faster than the preview window does.
- Demo file4.4 GB
- Parse0.7 s
- App7.6 MB
- Networknone, ever
- Enginenative Swift
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AAF Look
The full inspection, in a fast native Mac app.
Every turnover starts with the same question: what is actually in this AAF? Opening a session to find out is slow, and opening someone else's AAF in your NLE just to read it is worse. AAF Look answers from the Finder, before you import anything.
The report covers what a sound editor actually checks: every track and clip with timecode in and out, markers, source files, audio format (sample rate, bit depth, channel count), and whether media is embedded or linked.
- Full inspection: tracks, clips, timecode, markers, source files, audio properties.
- Export a clean PDF: reorder the sections, then send it with the turnover. Prints just as cleanly on Letter or A4.
- Native Swift parser. A 4.4 GB turnover reads in under a second; no Python, no Java, no cloud.
- Your media never leaves the machine. Works entirely offline, licensing included.
The report exports as a clean PDF: one self-contained file you can attach to the turnover, email to the mix house, or drop in the show folder. Whoever opens it sees the same one-sheet you did, laid out exactly the way you set it.
Pick the sections you want, put them in the order you like, then export. It lands right the first time. And when someone does need it on paper, it prints just as cleanly: page breaks fall between sections, table rows never split mid-cell, and a plain monochrome laser copy reads perfectly on Letter or A4.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. Never. The app, the QuickLook preview, and the license all work fully offline. We built it this way on purpose: post facilities routinely keep machines that handle sensitive material off the network, and your tools should not argue with that.
How many Macs can I install it on?
The ones you personally use: the desktop, the laptop, the bay. We do not count machines or phone home to check. The license has your name on it; we trust you not to hand it around.
What about the free AAF Browser?
Still free, still open source, not going anywhere. You will find it on the Park Street Post studio site. AAF Look adds the instant QuickLook preview, the PDF report, and the native-app polish for people who read turnovers every day.
What happens when version 2 comes out?
Your 1.x license includes every 1.x update and keeps working forever. A future major version would be a separate purchase, and your old license never stops unlocking the version you bought.
Setup steps and the full FAQ live in the AAF Look help. Something else on your mind? Email Alexey; the person who built it answers the mail.