Pick of the week: xScope
Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 in Pick of the week
This
weeks pick is cute little utillity app from the
Iconfactory ((You know, the ones with
the Twitter bird icon that everybody copies)) called
xScope. If you do any
kind of design work
xScope will most
certainly help you in your day to day work.
xScope is really a
compilation of seven small tools combined in a great looking
package. For only $26.95 you get the following tools:
1. Dimensions Measure anything on the screen instantly. E.g. the
distance between two elements.
2. Rulers How much is 200 pixels again? - Use the rulers to
quickly align stuff on your screen.
3. Screens Ever wondered how big the viewable area of IE 6 is
((Its 1004x568 in case you were wondering)) with a resolution of
1024x768? Screens gives you an overlay that you can configure with
the measurements of every major player on the browser marked ((And
you can configure your own if that is not enough)).
4. Loupe Zoom in on anything and copy the pixel color to the
pasteboard or use it for precision editing in programs that do not
have a loupe.
5. Guides Just like guides in Photoshop but here they fill the
whole screen.
6. Frames Square guides for when you need to contain stuff.
7. Crosshair A mouse cursor that fills the whole screen.
I mostly use Dimensions, Rulers and the Loupe and that easily justifies the $26.95 price tag.