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Add a Ruler to Your Digital Toolbox with JR Screen Ruler
Posted by Kyle Pott at 7:00 AM on December 2, 2007
Windows only: Measure photos, graphics and other digital media directly on your monitor with freeware app JR Screen Ruler. JR Screen Ruler comes as a stand-alone executable that can be used to measure inches, centimeters, pixels or picas (a unit of measurement corresponding to 1/6 of an inch). You certainly won't need to use the ruler everyday, but it's nice to have in your pocket when the occasional screen measurement is called for. I would recommend dropping a shortcut to JR Screen Ruler in the same folder that houses GIMP and/or Photoshop so you don't forget about it. JR Screen Ruler is a free download for Windows XP and Vista.
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ubee
Posted 8:19 AM 2/12/07
a viable alternative for mac users is FreeRuler.
[www.pascal.com]
ubee
n00ge
Posted 8:13 AM 2/12/07
There's been a bit of work done with AutoHotKey to create a tool similar to Firefox' MeasureIt add-on. It can be seen here:
[www.autohotkey.com]
n00ge
Deeesseee
Posted 12:45 AM 2/12/07
Is there any good Gnome equivalent?
Good to see you back, Kyle. :-)
Deeesseee
freezejeans
Posted 8:42 PM 1/12/07
Fabsoft's Cool Ruler has had heavy use in my design work over the years, it's highly configurable and can have multiple instances for X-Y measurement!
[www.fabsoft.com]
freezejeans
retrac1324
Posted 8:35 PM 1/12/07
I use the one built into FastStone Capture (right click Tray Icon). Its fully resizable/movable and comes with a program that I use frequently.
retrac1324
summerblink
Posted 8:14 PM 1/12/07
My on-screen ruler of choice has to be MioPlanet's MioToolbox. It has a ruler, color chooser, screen magnifier, and screen capture tool - it's AWESOME!
[www.mioplanet.com]
summerblink
pinesolpirate
Posted 7:43 PM 1/12/07
And for Linux you can get kruler. Sometimes it's in a separate packacge (like in debian etch) sometimes its bundled with the other kdegraphics stuff. Also does color picking!
pinesolpirate
bcochran
Posted 3:59 PM 1/12/07
For OS X there's Free Ruler. It can do inches, centimeters, picas or pixels as well.
Or if you want to shell out some cash, there's Iconfactory's xScope which has a ruler as well as many other handy tools. Unfortunately, it's ruler only does pixels (although I prefer its interface).
bcochran
naveed
Posted 6:25 PM 3/12/07
I really like Calipers. There's a free version somewhat hidden on their website.
[iconico.com]
naveed
muzicman82
Posted 4:21 AM 2/12/07
I agree with Summerblink - MioToolbox is a huge time saver... I use the Color Picker more than anything! The ruler is super slick too.
[www.mioplanet.com]
muzicman82
brendonhatcher
Posted 2:00 AM 2/12/07
If you mostly need a ruler in your web browser, try the Firefox extension called MeasureIt:
[addons.mozilla.org]
Brendon
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