It is often more convenient to configure and operate Magnifying Glass Pro by using the
mouse-operated Command Mode of the program. Try switching Profiles, changing the Glass
size and altering the magnification scale a few times, with this mode, and you
should find that it is not nearly so intimidating as it may first appear.
In editing text, try setting the Glass to a fixed
position either above or below your work, sized to completely fill the
width of the screen. On a dual screen
system, filling the entire second screen with the application might even be
found useful. Apply the effect, “grey scale”, as colors are often found to be
superfluous, adding to eye-strain and diminishing your attention span.
At the very largest scale of a Glass, the mouse cursor may prevent the detailed examination of images. This can be turned of on the page, “Profiles of Glass\Basic options”.
The effect, “Noise” can
considerably enhance an image or text viewed with Glass. Just as a totally quiet room can, itself, be
somewhat distracting, so some users find that a certain level of stress can be
introduced by extended use of a magnifier.
Adding a bit of “visual noise” may help to reduce any such eye-strain or
fatigue. Many modern computer games add
similar effects to their graphics, in an effort to add more “interest” and
“reality” for the user. The “Noise”
effect is not unlike what we’ve seen in the cinema for the last 100 years. Films have always been some what visually
“noisy”.
This “Noise” effect can be
set on the page “Profiles of Glass\Effects”.