The Zoom menu controls zooming, panning, and flipping of an image within a frame:

• The image also be flipped along the X and/or Y axes
• The absolute zoom factor can be set to 1, 2, or 4.
• the zoom factor can be set relative to the current zoom factor (zooming in or out by a factor or 2 or 4).
• The image can be recentered at the current zoom.
• The image can be recentered at zoom factor 1.

The Panner/Magnifier sub-menu controls the display of the panner/magnifier window. When the panner is activated, the panner shows the entirely of the loaded image, as well as the section of the image currently being displayed. The magnifier displays a pixel-replicated blow-up of the image centered at the mouse position. The pixel replication factor can be changed using the Set Magnifier Zoom sub-menu.

For more information, see Panning and Zooming.

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Last Updated May. 1, 1995