Virtual Magnifying Glass is an Open source, screen magnification utility for your operating system.
Now you can use this handy and accessible instrument to set the level of magnification on the areas you want.

· New, much improved dynamic mode for Windows 2000+! No longer requires DirectX or a special video card.
· Show the center pixel's RGB values, in both decimal and hexadecimal. Copy it with Ctrl+C
· Multi-monitor support
· Lens height and width can have any size
· Mouse scroll-wheel now controls zoom factor
· Esc key closes magnifier window, but it remains on systray. Q key closes the software
· Variable scale factor from 1x to 32x
· New configuration dialog to choose the plugin, Hotkey and other settings

Requirements:
· 800x600 or higher screen resolution and at least 16-bit colors recommended
· a good display adapter and CPU recommended for smooth performance
· multiple-display systems are supported on Windows 98/ME, Windows NT4/2000/XP
· multiple-display systems are not supported on Windows 95 (Magnifying Glass will be run in the primary display only)
· on multiple-display systems, the magnifying glass may not display at the correct location if the monitors have a vertical offset between them

What's New in This Release:
· Experimental Dynamic Mode added
· Show the center pixel's RGB values, in both decimal and hexadecimal.
· Multi-monitor support
· Lens height and width can have any size
· Mouse scroll-wheel now controls zoom factor
· Esc key closes magnifier window, but it remains on systray. Q key closes the software
· Crosshairs now have tickmarks for scale factors at 4x and above
· Variable scale factor from 1x to 32x in
· New configuration dialog to choose the plugin, Hotkey and other settings
· A list of which features are currently available on the Linux version can be found on the README file distributed with it.