Magnifier, Free Screen Magnifier

Version 1.0

The free version of the Magnifier application allows magnifying portions of the screen around the mouse as you move your mouse and also allows picking and saving colors from the screen. The colors are saved to a text file which is easily accessible. The date and time when each color was grabbed from the screen is also saved in that file. The area which is magnified depends on the size of the magnifier window. You can modify the size of the magnifier window to your desire.

You can use the free version of the Magnifier application for as long as you want.
Simply download it and install it.
You can set it to start at System Start-Up either normally (on screen) or minimized (in the Windows tray).



Here is an image of the actual Magnifier window:

and here is an image of the main Magnifier window from which you can start the magnifier and where the picked colors are shown:

The Magnifier application allows choosing the Interpolation Mode. Interpolation means increasing the size of pixels within an image and there are several Interpolation modes this application allows using, notice the following image:

    Using the application you can do the following:
  • Magnify the screen area around the mouse as it is moving. The area which is magnified depends on the size of the magnifier window. You can modify the size of the magnifier window to your desire.
  • Pick colors from screen in two different ways.
  • Pick colors from screen using CTRL + SHIFT + G.
  • Pick colors from screen by checking the "Pick" check box and then clicking anywhere on screen. You can use the CTRL + SHIFT + Y key combination to check/uncheck the "Pick" check box.
  • The colors are saved (as R,G, B) in a text file along with the date on which they were picked.
  • Copy to Clipboard any of the already picked colors by simply double clicking the entry in the Colors tab in the main window.
  • Delete any of the already picked colors.
  • Open the folder where the colors are stored. It is a simple text file which you can easily move to any other computer thus exporting the picked colors.


    You can use the actual Magnifier window to pick colors from the screen and there are two ways through which you can do this:
  • Method 1: Start the Magnifier window, it will always stay on top, and then you can press the CTRL + SHIFT + G key combination to pick the color under the mouse cursor.
  • Method 2: Start the Magnifier window and check the 'Pick' Checkbox and then you can click anywhere on the screen to pick colors (you can use CTRL + SHIFT + Y to check/uncheck the 'Pick' Checkbox).
Both methods presented above pick colors from the screen and those colors will be added in the list of colors in the main application window (under the Colors tab).

You can select as many colors as you want from the screen.
    Here are the key shortcuts you can use in the Magnifier application:
  • CTRL + SHIFT + G picks the color under the mouse cursor and adds it to the list of picked colors.
  • CTRL + SHIFT + Y checks/unchecks the Pick checkbox.
  • CTRL + SHIFT + M closes/opens the Magnifier window.

Magnifier runs on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10 and 11 - both 32 and 64 bits
  • The free version of Magnifier can be downloaded using the Download link below
  • .Net Framework required
  • The software is licensed per computer


     
Download the free version using the link below:
Download the free version of Magnifier - Version 1.0