xScope 4.7.0

xScope is powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting, and testing on-screen graphics and layouts. Its tools float above your desktop windows and can be accessed via a toolbar, menubar, and/or hot keys.

Mirror
  • Remote Viewing – Easily view Photoshop, files or windows on your iOS or AirPlay device
  • Templates – Automatically shows icon or wallpaper mockup on iOS
  • Chromeless UI – No overlaid chrome to get in the way while you work
  • Security – Toggle user authentication requests on/off via Preferences
  • Download the xScope Mirror App for iOS
Text
  • Powerful Search – For name or tag in any of the 100,000+ Unicode characters
  • Decipher Text – Deciphers text entities, encodings, constants, and more!
  • Convert Format – Output text as a string, entities, URL encoding, and more!
  • Measure Glyphs – Shows line, character or web layout: including font metrics and CSS
  • Character Palette – A handy place to collect commonly used Unicode characters
Dimensions
  • Find the dimensions of anything on screen instantly
  • Find distance between objects quickly and easily
  • Create screen shots of any measured element
Rulers
  • Powerful on-screen rulers for pixel measurements
  • Two rulers with synchronization for easy on-screen comparison
  • Hold down control to snap to edges of onscreen content
  • Fully adjustable horizontal and vertical lengths
  • Full 360 degree rotation range
  • Displays deltas for rotated rulers
Overlay
  • Enhances Your Web Browser – Attaches to window to make development easier
  • Alignment Marks – Check positioning and distances in px/em/pt and percentages
  • Mockup Image – A transparent design comp over your HTML and CSS code
  • Grids with Breakpoints – Grid systems that stay in sync with your media queries
  • Cycle Breakpoints – Quickly check your design at all sizes used in your CSS
  • Full-page Screenshot – Get a picture of your whole web page
  • Works with iOS Simulator – Great for testing in Safari or developing native apps
Screens
  • Easily see the usable real estate for any screen size
  • Organized by platform including iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and 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 and presbyopia (old age)
  • De-retinizer to simulate normal display when using Retina display
  • 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() and HTML
  • Quick measurement of magnified image using Dimensions
  • Reference color format: work with a hex color while viewing RGB format
  • 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 and 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 and horizontal guides that float on top of all else on the screen
  • Displays guide position in pixels when placed
  • Displays distance between guides in pixels
  • Save and 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 and create a frame
  • Display preset grids to help compose frame layouts
  • Create, move, duplicate and edit frames at will
  • Save and 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)


What’s New

Version 4.7.0:

NEW FEATURES
  • Internal changes for capturing screen:
    • Implemented with modern framework that's faster and more reliable
    • Increased the refresh rate of the Loupe, Dimensions, and Screens
    • Better performance of automatic contrast adjustment at crosshairs
    • Screen recording indicator in Sonoma will appear when in use
  • Clear Guides at Mouse:
    • Hover over a guide and remove it with Shift-Cmd-D [Yay Adrianna!]
    • Add new guides with Shift-Cmd-H & V respectively
    • Works best with "Create new guides at current mouse position" setting
    • Use shortcut at guide intersection to clear both horizontal & vertical
  • Added options for reticles on Loupe centerline:
    • Open Settings to add tick marks or grid crosses at 10 or 8 unit intervals
    • Spacing matches display measurement setting (points or pixels)
    • Use for quick alignment or spacing checks
IMPROVEMENTS
  • Improved detection with Dimensions tool:
    • Works better on subtle patterns, gradients, and materials
    • Separate detection for solid colors, gradients, and photos
    • New controls in Settings to adjust sensitivity of detected background types
    • Lets you sample your design and adjust accuracy of measurement
    • Shrinking a frame via Dimensions uses gradient sensitivity
  • Better support for Dark Mode with settings adapting for:
    • Default colors for Guides, Frames, and Overlay
    • Overlay for creating frames interactively (e.g. shrinking a frame)
    • Crosshair cursor for maximum contrast
  • Loupe now uses setting for Dimensions measurement color
  • Default hotkey for creating frame from Dimensions is now Shift-Cmd-0 (conflicted with system shortcut)
  • Updated xScope's in-app Help
BUG FIXES
  • Fixed a bug in Loupe that degraded contrast detection in some cases
  • Fixed a bug that ignored setting for dark icon in Dock
  • Updated labels in color space menus


Compatibility

macOS 12.3 or later


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1 Response

  1. lehag6066 says:

    Could you please fix it for Monterey? It instantly crashes 🙁

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