The Power of Magnify

matt24671 wrote on 12/3/2004, 4:28 PM

OK, this may be a minor thing, but I've discovered how useful the Windows XP 'Magnify' tool is for editing with Vegas. Maybe I'm getting old, but even though I have dual monitors, I just can't see all those tiny buttons and things easily. But if I put the Windows Magnify window at the top of the screen (you get to it via the control panel-->accessibility) then - voila! - what I'm clicking, etc., is twice as large (you can make it even larger, too.)

Just a tip I thought I'd share, since it's really improved my editing experience.

Matt

Comments

Grazie wrote on 12/4/2004, 11:59 PM

Excellent Tip! - I'll be using it for those complex and fiddly bits in 3-D and Track motion . .all thos K/F Diamonds become even bigger - neat!

Thanks Matt!

Grazie

garo wrote on 12/5/2004, 12:11 AM

Given I have the Swedish version I don't see anything that could be translated "ACCESSABILITY"
- is it under another button?
TIA
//Garo

Grazie wrote on 12/5/2004, 12:30 AM

Garo, you are correct - I didn't use the Control Panel .. I too couldn't find Magnifier there, I went to "All Programmes" > Accessories > Accessibility . . found Magnifier there .. Hope this assists.

nickle wrote on 12/5/2004, 12:32 AM

It's in your windows\system32 folder called magnify.exe if you can translate that.

There are freeware versions around that are actually better, as long as they don't have spyware in them.