MOBZoom

Depending on what your tasks, you might need a tool with which to get a better view of a particular desktop region or window element. Windows already comes with a default magnifier tool to use, but there are also more advanced third-party alternatives, and a suitable example here is MOBZoom.

First of all, your computer needs to be fitted with .NET Framework for the application to properly function, but modern Windows iterations come with it in the default set of features, so there’s a chance it’s already on your computer. Running it lets you get a glance at the set of features, with no initial details to configure to benefit from what it has to offer.

As the name clearly points out, the application zooms in at the cursor position, and it provides preview in most of the window space, apart from the upper section which represents the toolbar. You can resize the window to get a better view simply by dragging the edges around, or accessing the setting menu to specify the width and height.

Zoom factor ranges from normal view to up to 16 times magnification. Preview doesn’t update when the cursor is inside the application window, to prevent inconvenient zoom. It’s possible to have the current view frozen for closer inspection, and this can be conveniently performed through hotkey commands, as well as to unfreeze the view.

While the image is frozen, there’s the possibility to have it saved as a picture under formats like JPG, BMP, PNG, and ICO, or simply send it to clipboard in case you need to use it in an active project. Resolution of the saved picture completely depends on the window size.

Bottom line is that MOBZoom comes as a reliable third-party alternative to the default zoom tool found in Windows. Zoom factor allows a great deal of freedom, while the option to freeze the image unlocks functions to save the picture, or simply send it to clipboard for further processing.