QuickLens

As a UI Designer/Developer, you are always trying to create the best possible interfaces. With QuickLens, you can ensure that your implementation matches the design.

QuickLens allows you to:

• Zoom into Pixels
• Measure Dimensions
• Sample Colors
• Inspect Alignments

...all through a suite of tools:

• Lens
• Ruler
• Frame
• Guide
• Tape
• Monocle
• Crosshair

Each tool has a clearly defined purpose and does one thing exceedingly well. When combined with other tools, you can bring out the true power of QuickLens.

Lens:

• Zoom into pixels
• Sample colors
• Make precise pixel measurements
• Capture snapshots with the pixel grid

Ruler:

• Measure vertical and horizontal distances
• Switch between several units: points, inches, centimeters, millimeters, picas

Frame:

• Measure width and height of on-screen elements
• Setup grids with row and columns to overlay on your designs
• Includes Golden Grids with spirals
• Save and manage grid presets
• Capture snapshots with the overlay grids

Guide:

• Inspect alignments with screen-wide guides
• Setup guides on multiple monitors
• Save and load guides

Tape:

• Measure length between any two points on the screen
• Switch between various units: points, inches, centimeters, millimeters, picas
• Measure angles

Monocle:

• A handy presentation tool
• Zoom into any part of the screen with 5 different zoom levels
• Change shapes and sizes
• Dim rest of the screen to focus on zoomed in area
• Move between monitors seamlessly

Crosshair

• View screen-wide crosshair
• Use for quick alignment checks
• See the location with the origin at the top (Design mode) or bottom (Developer mode)
• Toggle the distance mode to see real-time distances between screen elements

Lens:

• Auto-Palette is a new way to extract colors from the screen by just selecting an area.
• Pick the color format from a menu when you copy color to the clipboard.
• Added ability to pick a Color Profile for sampling colors. You can use the default Native Display profile or choose sRGB, Generic RGB or Adobe RGB.
• Lens can also be closed with the ESCAPE key.

Guide:

• Guide Stamping is a new way to quickly create guides. Stamp out rough guides and do fine adjustments after creation.

Monocle:

• You can now see the pixel color in the info-mode. You can also copy the color to clipboard using the 'C' key.

General:

• If you prefer not to activate QuickLens when launching tools, you have the option now in Preferences.
• You can now configure visibility of the Menubar and the Dock icons
• The Shortcuts Viewer allows you to browse shortcuts for all tools. It will automatically switch to show shortcuts for the active tool.
• New App Icon!
• A 1pt increase in font size across the app. This makes text more readable in general.
• Support for keys on the Numpad
• Bug fixes and stability improvements.