Virtual Magnifying Glass description
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