Magnifying glass effect?

We also could use the magnifying glass as we are looking to have user control the magnified area on a page during a search.

Thanks for adding your voice, Paul! It helps to know how in-demand this feature is. 

Hi Alyssa,

Just looking at this feed (I know it's a bit old).  So, I use the zoom image feature on images I want to enlarge with a magnifying glass, but what about a graph I have imported from PowerPoint that is editable in Storyline? I'd like to be able to put a magnifying glass on that, but the option is not available as it's not an image. The zoom area effect just creates an automatic zoom on the area when the slide starts. Is there an option I'm missing to Zoom area in the same way you zoom image? 

Thanks.

Julian

Hi Julian!

I have a couple of ideas for you...

1. Right-click the table in Storyline, and select 'Save as Picture'. This will save the graph as a PNG image file. Then, insert the picture on your Storyline slide, and apply the zoom image feature.
   
   -OR-
2. Create your own zoom manually by adding a layer to the slide, then copy/paste the graph from the base to the slide layer. Increase the size of the graph on the slide layer so it appears 'zoomed'. Finally, add a button on the base to open the slide layer when the user clicks it.

Thanks Alyssa.  Yes, I did option 2, which doesn’t take very long, but it would be a cool feature to be able to quickly apply the zoom (and set a magnification percentage). I’m quite experienced with Storyline, just looking for shortcuts!

Julian

Hi Alyssa, has this feature been added yet? I see their request was submitted two years ago..

Hi Hy, 

This feature hasn't bubbled up to the top of our roadmap, but we're still listening to the feedback!  Here's a bit more about how we work to prioritize feature requests.

I would like to use a magnifying glass effect on my projects as well.  I am responsible for developing training for health research.  Lots of detailed work and this would be a great feature.  I recall building a dragable magnifying lense in Flash some years ago. 

I was just looking for this feature as well.  Hope it gets on the radar!  It would really help gamify training for inspection and looking for defects in objects.  As well as providing an option for the vision impared.

Hey Roy and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)

I'd love for you to share your idea and how you would use this feature with our team here.

In the meantime, there are screen magnification tools for any accessibility needs, such as ZoomText and MAGic.