xScope

4.4.1

4.4.1

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xScope is powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting, and testing on-screen graphics and layouts. Its tools float above your desktop windows and can be accessed via a toolbar, menubar, and/or hot keys.

Mirror

• Remote Viewing - Easily view Photoshop, files or windows on your iOS or AirPlay device
• Templates - Automatically shows icon or wallpaper mockup on iOS
• Chromeless UI - No overlaid chrome to get in the way while you work
• Security - Toggle user authentication requests on/off via Preferences
• Download the xScope Mirror App for iOS at http://xscopeapp.com/ios

Text

• Powerful Search - For name or tag in any of the 100,000+ Unicode characters
• Decipher Text - Deciphers text entities, encodings, constants, and more!
• Convert Format - Output text as a string, entities, URL encoding, and more!
• Measure Glyphs - Shows line, character or web layout: including font metrics and CSS
• Character Palette - A handy place to collect commonly used Unicode characters

Dimensions

• Find the dimensions of anything on screen instantly
• Find distance between objects quickly and easily
• Create screen shots of any measured element

Rulers

• Powerful on-screen rulers for pixel measurements
• Two rulers with synchronization for easy on-screen comparison
• Hold down control to snap to edges of onscreen content
• Fully adjustable horizontal and vertical lengths
• Full 360 degree rotation range
• Displays deltas for rotated rulers

Overlay

• Enhances Your Web Browser - Attaches to window to make development easier
• Alignment Marks - Check positioning and distances in px/em/pt and percentages
• Mockup Image - A transparent design comp over your HTML and CSS code
• Grids with Breakpoints - Grid systems that stay in sync with your media queries
• Cycle Breakpoints - Quickly check your design at all sizes used in your CSS
• Full-page Screenshot - Get a picture of your whole web page
• Works with iOS Simulator - Great for testing in Safari or developing native apps

Screens

• Easily see the usable real estate for any screen size
• Organized by platform including iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and TV
• Pre-defined screen templates or create your own
• Displays title and game safe areas for 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio TVs.
• Simulate user vision problems including color blindness and presbyopia (old age)
• De-retinizer to simulate normal display when using Retina display
• Define custom area settings for any OS or browser

Loupe

• Magnify any portion of the screen under your mouse
• Displays color under your cursor in RGB, HSB, HEX, CSS3 rgb() and HTML
• Quick measurement of magnified image using Dimensions
• Reference color format: work with a hex color while viewing RGB format
• Collect a running list of color swatches with Shift-Cmd-C
• Save out or import .ACO color swatch files for easy reference
• Simulate user vision problems including color blindness and presbyopia (old age)
• Displays co-ordinates of mouse cursor for reference
• The content of the window or the mouse position can be locked

Guides

• Vertical and 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 and load guide positions for later reference
• Supports multiple monitors

Frames

• Adjustable marker boxes float on top of the screen
• Hold down control to snap to edges of onscreen content
• Cmd-Shift-5 to shrink a selection around on screen content and create a frame
• Display preset grids to help compose frame layouts
• Create, move, duplicate and edit frames at will
• Save and load frame positions for later reference

Crosshair

• Reports the coordinate position of the mouse cursor
• Change origin from the upper-left (design work) to lower-left (development work)