[Gimp-developer] Enhancement Proposal: Add a temporary magnifier

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 07:41 -0800, Mark Lowry wrote:

> Here's a screen shot of the Windows version in action.
> 
> http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL66/86790/6669793/233053894.jpg
> 
> The Windows version is not "bad", but improvements
> could be made and I don't know if other operating
> systems have such a tool.  A version that resides in
> GIMP and is designed with retouchers in mind would be
> a very nice feature, I think.

Pretty much every desktop comes with such a tool and it shouldn't be our
business to duplicate this functionality. But a magnifier on the desktop
level can only magnify the screen view. It wouldn't give a more detailed
view of the image.


Sven