7. The Menus / 7.8 The Effects Menu
7.8.57 Layer Style/Magnifier Effect
The Magnifier Effect scales every layer that is drawn before the current one
and that is covered by the current layer. There are 2 modes:
- Layers Of The Same Group
- Using this mode only those layers are scaled that are in the same group
as the magnifier layer.
- Layers Of The Parent Group
- If you want to draw a real magnifier, you normally want to place a
graphics in document, too, that shows a magnifier, and in the lens area of
the magnifier the background should be scaled. This magnifier graphics
usually is a group, because this way it can be moved and sized most
comfortably. Of course the style layer with the magnifier effect should
be part of this group, too, so that it is moved and sized the same way as
the graphics. Exactly this is the reason for Layers Of The Parent
Group: those layers are scaled, that are at the same hierarchy as the
magnifier graphic. Following picture shows a example for this:

- The
layers are ordered this way:

- The
background and the text layer are scaled. The group "Magnifier
Graphic" contains the whole magnifier including the magnifier effect
layer. "Magnifier Effect" is a vector layer occupying the area of the lens
of the magnifier. On this layer the magnifier effect with the option
Layers Of The Parent Group was applied. The group "Mag. Without
Effect" is a magnifier, but offers no effect.