Apple Magnifying Glass

How to turn on Magnifier

When you want to see something far away with a little more clarity or you're having a hard time reading small letters right in front of you, you can point your iPhone's camera at the subject and 'pinch' to zoom for a better look. But there's actually something built into iOS for the exact purpose of magnifying objects, and it goes above and beyond the normal camera features. People have this misconception that you must be dealing with some kind of impaired vision problems in order to need a magnifier. But while using your iPhone X, iPhone Xr, iPhone Xs or iPhone Xs Max, you might come across a situation where the font is really small.

The download name is scmagnifier.zip. When you unzip the download file, you will have a folder called 'scmagnifier' and inside there is an image file called Magnifier.png which has installation instructions ('Installing as an Effect') and the Magnifier folder (which is the 'whole' Effect you use to 'install' into FCPX.). There is a little known feature included in iOS 10 called Magnifier. It essentially turns your iPhone’s camera into a magnifying glass of sorts with a custom UI specifically for easier reading. Zoom: Apple's Built-In Screen Magnifier Zoom is a screen magnification app built into the operating system of all Apple Mac OS X and iOS products. Its intended to make computers more accessible to people who are visually impaired. Jun 20, 2019 Zoom: Apple's Built-In Screen Magnifier Zoom is a screen magnification app built into the operating system of all Apple Mac OS X and iOS products. Its intended to make computers more accessible to people who are visually impaired.

On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Accessibility.
Tap Magnifier, then turn it on. This adds Magnifier as an accessibility shortcut.

Quickly access Magnifier

To quickly open Magnifier:

On an iPhone X and later, or iPad with Face ID: Triple-click the Side button. Then drag the slider to adjust the magnification level. To close Magnifier, swipe up from the bottom of your screen.
On an iPhone 8 and earlier, and iPad models with a Home button, triple-click the Home button. Then drag the slider to adjust the magnification level. To close Magnifier, press the Home button.

You can also add Magnifier to Control Center:

Go to Settings > Control Center, then tap Customize Controls.
Tap the add button next to Magnifier.

Then from Control Center, tap the Magnifier button to use it.

Use Magnifier

When you have Magnifier open, you can do things like apply color filters or save a magnified object as an image. You can use the flashlight on your device to add more light to an object you're trying to magnify. You can also turn on Auto-Brightness to adjust the brightness of Magnifier based on ambient light settings.

Apply color filters

To apply color filters, follow these steps:

Tap the filters button .
Swipe across the different color filters to view their effects.
To adjust the brightness and contrast, drag the sliders.

Apple X Magnifying Glass

To invert the colors, follow these steps:

Tap the invert filters button .
Tap the filter button again to apply the filter you want and to return to the Magnifier screen.

Save a magnified object as an image

To freeze a specific frame, tap the freeze frame button .
To adjust the magnification, drag the slider.
Tap the screen to focus on the image.
To save the image, touch and hold the image, then tap Save Image.

To unfreeze the frame, tap the freeze frame button again. To lock the focus of the object you're trying to magnify, tap the lock button . Tap the button again to unlock the focus.