I love this App!! It makes some of the day to day design tasks seem so much easier
Created for designers by ARTIS Software & The Iconfactory, xScope is a powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts. Quickly available via the Mac OS X menu bar, xScope’s flexible tools float above desktop windows and UI elements making measuring a breeze.
xScope is really seven tools in one that will help any designer do their job faster and produce more accurate results. These tools include:
- Find the dimensions of anything on screen instantly
- Find distance between objects quickly & easily
- Shrink mode “lassos” objects to find width & height
- Copy captured dimensions to the clipboard
- Create screen shots of any measured element
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- Powerful on-screen rulers for pixel measurements
- Fully adjustable horizontal & vertical lengths
- Rulers can span multiple monitors
- Snap ruler height, length & rotation to set increments
- Full 360 degree rotation range
- Displays deltas for rotated rulers
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- Easily see the usable real estate for any screen size
- Pre-defined screen templates or create your own
- Displays usable screen content areas for Mac or Win
- Templates for the iPhone & Windows Mobile
- Pre-defined content area settings for latest browsers
- Define custom area settings for any OS or browser
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- Magnify any portion of the screen under your mouse
- Displays color under your cursor in RGB, HSB or HEX
- Displays co-ordinates of mouse cursor for reference
- Copy and paste Loupe infomation (image, color, etc)
- Loupe selections for pixel accurate measurements
- The content of the window or the mouse position can be locked
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- Vertical & horizontal guides that float on top of all else on the screen
- Displays guide position in pixels when placed
- Displays distance between guides in pixels
- Save & load guide positions for later reference
- Link and move multiple guides at the same time
- Supports double monitor environments
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- Adjustable marker boxes float on top of the screen
- Display preset grids to help compose frame layouts
- Link and move multiple frames at the same time
- Create, move, duplicate & edit frames at will
- Displays frames origin, aspect ratio, width & height
- Save & load frame positions for later reference
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- Reports the co-ordinate position of the mouse cursor
- Set any point on the screen as the origin
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To learn more and to download xScope go to: http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope
