The magnifier on a result
When you open a result from your results gallery, the image fits the viewer. To check a fine detail — a logo, small text, a seam, a button — use the magnifier, or turn it off and zoom into the whole picture.
The magnifier
Section titled “The magnifier”The magnifier is a round lens that shows the spot under the pointer enlarged, while the rest of the image stays as it is. It is on by default. Rest the pointer on the image for a moment and the lens appears; move the pointer to slide it over the image. It disappears when the pointer leaves the picture, and just passing over the image on the way to a button does not bring it up.
While the magnifier is on, zooming happens inside the lens, never on the whole picture:
- Scroll with a mouse wheel, or pinch on a trackpad, to zoom in and out inside the lens, from 1.5× up to 8×.
- Click to go one step deeper inside the lens (2.5×, 4×, then 8×); the next click goes back to 2.5×.
Turning it off, and its size
Section titled “Turning it off, and its size”The magnifier button is the magnifying glass under the close button, in the toolbar on the right of the viewer. It is black while the magnifier is on.
- Click it to turn the magnifier off; click it again to turn it back on. You can also press L.
- While the magnifier is on, hover the button to show the Size slider beside it, and drag it to make the lens smaller or larger. While the pointer is over the slider, the lens shows in the middle of the image so you can judge the size.
Both choices are kept in this browser: turned off, the magnifier stays off for every result, even after you reload the page, until you turn it back on.
Zoom into the whole picture (magnifier off)
Section titled “Zoom into the whole picture (magnifier off)”With the magnifier off, the zoom works on the whole picture:
- Click the image to zoom in on the spot you clicked: each click goes one step deeper (2×, 4×, then 8×), and the next click returns to the full view.
- Scroll with a mouse wheel, or pinch on a trackpad, to zoom in and out continuously around the pointer, up to 8×.
- While zoomed in, drag the image to move around it.
Where the magnifier is available
Section titled “Where the magnifier is available”- On still images, alone or when you compare a result with the source image it was made from. Not on videos.
- Not while you crop, adjust or fix a detail on the image, nor in the before/after view: those bring their own tools, and the magnifier button is greyed out until you leave them.
- With a mouse or a trackpad: on a computer, or a tablet with one attached. A finger always zooms the whole picture, even with the magnifier on: on a touch screen, pinch or tap the image to zoom in on it, and drag to move around.
If you don’t see the magnifier button, the magnifier is not available on your account yet, and the zoom works on the whole picture.