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# Magnify

## Overview

The Magnify tool is used to zoom in or out of an image. By default the tool will zoom in when clicked. By holding Ctrl this behavior can be changed to zooming out.

## Magnify Tool Options

Magnify Settings

Allow Window Resizing

  This option toggles whether or not the image view window will resize to match the new image magnification level. When this option is not set, the window will remain at it's current size regardless of the magnification level.

Tool Toggle

  The Tool Toggle section can be used to manually toggle between zooming in or zooming out of the image.

### Additional Information

Default Keyboard Shortcut: Shift-M

Key modifiers:

- Ctrl toggles between zooming in or zooming out.

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