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xScope 3.5 offers Retina support, improved mirror tool

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 14th, 2012)

Iconfactory has released xScope 3.5 this week, with Retina support for the Retina MacBook Pro and improved mirroring that allows a Photoshop document to be mirrored while being edited. The rulers can be inverted to make measuring on dark backgrounds easier, alignment marks can be displayed on the ...

xScope 3 out today, design tool adds mirroring and other new features

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 19th, 2012)

My non-TUAW job is in print journalism, where I spend my nights as a designer for a newspaper in central Pennsylvania. Part of that work involves being able to estimate, from the glance at a photo in InDesign or a paper dummy, how much of a story I can fit on a page, photo dimensions and ...

xScope 2.0

by Scott McNulty (Jan 30th, 2008)

If I had any talent whatsoever in the area of graphic design xScope would be a go to app in my toolbox. xScope, for those not in the know, is a great little app that makes measuring onscreen elements a snap. xScope 2.0 raises the ante by adding a Dimensions tool that works as if by magic. Turning on ...

The Iconfactory updates xScope

by Dave Caolo (Mar 23rd, 2006)

xScope by The Iconfactory and ARTIS software has been updated to version 1.5. It's a great utility that I'm sure many of you will find useful. It actually contains six different tools, including an on-screen ruler (aside: I actually saw a person holding a wooden ruler against a computer screen once. ...