xScope
By The Iconfactory
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Description
Created specifically for designers & developers, xScope is a powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting & testing on-screen graphics and layouts. Quickly available via the Mac OS X menubar, xScope’s flexible tools float above desktop windows and UI elements making measuring a breeze.
xScope is really eight tools in one that will help any designer or developer do their job faster and produce more accurate results. These tools include:
• Mirror (You’ll need the FREE xScope Mirror App for IOS – http://xScopeApp.com/ios)
- Remote Viewing – Easily view the contents of any Mac desktop window on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
- Pin & Lock – Move the Mac window anywhere & it always stays in focus on iOS
- Chromeless UI – No overlaid chrome to get in the way while you work
- Security – Toggle user authentication requests on/off via Preferences
• Dimensions
- Find the dimensions of anything on screen instantly
- Find distance between objects quickly & easily
- Shift-Cmd-7 takes a screenshot of the current measurement
- Create screen shots of any measured element
• Rulers
- Powerful on-screen rulers for pixel measurements
- Hold down control to snap to edges of onscreen content
- Fully adjustable horizontal & vertical lengths
- Rulers can span multiple monitors
- Full 360 degree rotation range
- Displays deltas for rotated rulers
• Screens
- Easily see the usable real estate for any screen size
- Organized by platform including iOS, Android, Mac, Windows & 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 & presbyopia (old age)
- 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() & HTML
- 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 & 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 & horizontal guides that float on top of all else on the screen
- Preference to show guides on the left, right or both displays simultaneously
- Displays guide position in pixels when placed
- Displays distance between guides in pixels
- Save & 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 & create a frame
- Display preset grids to help compose frame layouts
- Create, move, duplicate & edit frames at will
- Save & 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)
- Set any point on the screen as the origin
★★★ What Others Have Said ★★★
“It’s a unique – and uniquely useful tool.” 4.5 Mice – Macworld Magazine
“One of those utilities you didn’t know you wanted and now can’t live without.”
- Joelog
“A designer’s utility belt” – MacAppStorm
Voted “Best Graphic Utility” – MacUser UK
What's New in Version 3.2
NEW FEATURES
• Added support for CSS hsl() colors in the Loupe
• Acorn image files can now be used with the Mirror tool
IMPROVEMENTS
• Added Dribbble preset in Screens preferences for quick screenshots
BUG FIXES
• SmartTools application names are no longer editable
• Bringing xScope to the front is automatically disabled when SmartTools are enabled
Screenshots
Customer Reviews
xScope has improved my workflow
xScope is a very versatile tool and integrating it into my workflow has made me more productive. It has also opened up new techniques that would have been difficult before.
In particular, I have found xScope's new mirror to be very useful as part of my mobile design workflow. The ability to lock the mirror view onto a window at a specific location is a great feature; I can attach it to a view in Pixelmator or my desktop browser, and view the results of changes in realtime on the device. This is great when sketching out user interfaces.
The loupe and measurements tools have also been very useful of late. I needed to translate a comp from a designer into HTML and the project required near pixel perfection. With measurements, I was able to quickly determine the exact layouts without having to resort to app-specific tools more or less automatically, and could confirm that the outputs matched the originals. And the loupe was very useful for both checking detail and for capturing the palette of the comps.
I highly recommend xScope. It may not be the least expensive tool of its kind, but it will pay you back in increased productivity and reduced headaches.
- $29.99
- Category: Developer Tools
- Updated: May 15, 2012
- Version: 3.2
- Size: 8.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: The Iconfactory
- © 2012 The Iconfactory & ARTIS Software
Requirements: OS X 10.6.6 or later
