How to make my screen zoom like this?!

[rkf76]

I was watching this video and noticed he could make a section of his screen zoom in or out at will. I'm using a 55" LED tv for my monitor and with the suggested resolution the text and what not is awfully small so this would be a great feature for me, anybody know what it's called and how I can get or activate it on my comp?

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[Neverhavemoney]

Hey rkf,
He was making his computer zoom in and out with the program he was recording his screen with. Its a special program so he can make movies just like that. Its not a random feature. If you want to make your text different, try raising and lowering the resolution at will, and also check the dpi level (its all located in the personilization menu when you right click on the desktop.

Hope this helps bud,
Ben

 

[osholt]

I'm not 100% sure but I think Ctrl+Scroll wheel works (this may be Mac Specific)

Oli

 

[Neverhavemoney]

The control + scroll wheel is only in the web browser.

You could also do a google search to see if anyone has any specific programs to do this.

Let

 

[Neverhavemoney]

The scroll wheel is only for the browser and maybe specific program.
Check on google to see if there are any programs that could do this. You'll be very surprised with what you might find.

Let us know,
Ben

 

[rkf76]

Nah, that wasn't the video editing program. I've been searching for the past 2 days and cant find my answer, that's why I figured I'd post here. Windows 7 on a Mac? Anybody have any idea what feature/program that is?

 

[osholt]

Alternatively you could use Windows Magnifying Glass which is part of Windows 7.

It accomplishes what you want to do but I don't know whether it's in a format you'll like.

Make items on the screen appear bigger (Magnifier)

Oli

 

[rkf76]

Hey rkf,
He was making his computer zoom in and out with the program he was recording his screen with. Its a special program so he can make movies just like that. Its not a random feature. If you want to make your text different, try raising and lowering the resolution at will, and also check the dpi level (its all located in the personilization menu when you right click on the desktop.

Hope this helps bud,
Ben

I played around with the resolution a lot last night to no avail. Didn't play with the dpi though, and with my tv being 1080p I'm not sure I want to. If I could just get my screen to zoom in like that I'd be golden!

 

[osholt]

Nah, that wasn't the video editing program. I've been searching for the past 2 days and cant find my answer, that's why I figured I'd post here. Windows 7 on a Mac? Anybody have any idea what feature/program that is?

Many screen capture programs do use this feature. It is most likely part of that.

You could always ask the guy on youTube.

Oli

 

[archie123]

Alternatively you could use Windows Magnifying Glass which is part of Windows 7.

It accomplishes what you want to do but I don't know whether it's in a format you'll like.

Make items on the screen appear bigger (Magnifier)

Oli

as i was reading down this post thread by thread i was wondering why no one had mentioned the windows magnifier

this is more what your after though i think

Free Download: Free Zoom utility for Windows

 

[derekimo]

How about this,

ZoomIt

 

[rkf76]

Nah, that wasn't the video editing program. I've been searching for the past 2 days and cant find my answer, that's why I figured I'd post here. Windows 7 on a Mac? Anybody have any idea what feature/program that is?

Many screen capture programs do use this feature. It is most likely part of that.

You could always ask the guy on youTube.

Oli

I did, hopefully he answers. Didn't mean to come off as a know it all, lord knows how inexperienced I am with video editing software. I'll post back if I ever get an answer from that guy with how he did that.

 

[rkf76]

Alternatively you could use Windows Magnifying Glass which is part of Windows 7.

It accomplishes what you want to do but I don't know whether it's in a format you'll like.

Make items on the screen appear bigger (Magnifier)

Oli

as i was reading down this post thread by thread i was wondering why no one had mentioned the windows magnifier

this is more what your after though i think

Free Download: Free Zoom utility for Windows

thanks, I'll give that a shot. I tried magnifier and it wasn't like what's shown in the video, what's in the video is cool, magnifier makes me feel like an old geezer!

 

[rkf76]

Well, I tried Zoomit, as soon as I clicked "magnify" my whole screen went black and that was all she wrote. I guess I'll pass

 

[derekimo]

Well, I tried Zoomit, as soon as I clicked "magnify" my whole screen went black and that was all she wrote. I guess I'll pass

I just tried it with the Ctrl+1 and it zoomed for me, not real smooth, but it worked.

 

[rkf76]

I dunno what happened but it wasn't cool. I had to restart in safe mode and do a system restore. I'll just learn to live iwith the issues until I get my 26" LED monitor

 

[derekimo]

I dunno what happened but it wasn't cool. I had to restart in safe mode and do a system restore. I'll just learn to live iwith the issues until I get my 26" LED monitor

Hopefully you can find something that works for you.

 

[logicearth]

WIndows Key + Plus (+) Key. Built into Windows 7.
Or Search for Magnify in the Start Menu.

And yes, the built in Magnify can zoom the whole screen. Does so by default.

 

[rkf76]

I guess I'll give magnifier another shot and see how that works out, no harm in that

 

[Neverhavemoney]

I guess I'll give magnifier another shot and see how that works out, no harm in that

Glad to see we have it all set out.

Have a good one,
Ben