Virtual Magnifying Glass

A free, open source, screen magnification utility for Windows A free, open source, screen magnification utility for Windows.

Here are some key features of "Virtual Magnifying Glass":

Display current magnification factor

Invert colors

Show the center pixel's RGB values, in both decimal and hexadecimal.

New user setting: borderless magnifier window (can help performance with older video boards)

Multi-monitor support

Lens height up to 1024 pixels

Lens width up to 1600 pixels

Mouse scroll-wheel now controls zoom factor

Esc key closes magnifier window

Crosshairs now have tickmarks for scale factors at 4x and above

1x scale factor: allows to user to quickly compare a magnifier image with the original

1.5x scale factor: helps with screen reading

Added 3x scale factor

Hotkey shows/hides the magnifier (currently hardcoded to CTRL-ALT-e)

A list of witch features are currently available on the Linux version can be found on the README file distributed with it

Requirements:

800x600 or higher screen resolution and at least 16-bit colors recommended

a good display adapter and CPU recommended for smooth performance

multiple-display systems are supported on Windows 98/ME, Windows NT4/2000/XP

multiple-display systems are not supported on Windows 95 (Magnifying Glass will be run in the primary display only)

on multiple-display systems, the magnifying glass may not display at the correct location if the monitors have a vertical offset between them

A list of witch features are currently available on the Linux version can be found on the README file distributed with it ...

Virtual Magnifying Glass