Tutorial Thursday

For whatever reason I frequently find myself needing to resize and measure things on my computer screen. I’m normally measuring some images, trying to figure out how much space I have to work with, or want to make sure things are spaced evenly. It’s taken me a little while to find the tools that are just right for the job, but I think I’ve done it!

Below you’ll find a variety of freeware applications for both Mac OS X and Windows. They all do at least one thing, and do it well: measure! In case you forgot it’s always important to remember the handyman’s nerd’s rule of thumb: measure twice, cut and paste once.

–PMeter (Homepage)–

Windows only

PMeter is a fantastic solution for Windows users that provides a simplistic ruler interface for measuring things. At first glance it may seem as though it’s lacking any power and customizability, but that’s merely because it’s hidden from the exterior. If you right-click anywhere on the ruler you’ll quickly be presented with a menu that has a wealth of options.

If you head on over to the preferences there are some really handy options in there. One thing in particular that I immediately enabled is the zoom window, which can be seen at the right-end of the the ruler above. It’s pretty much a zoomed in view of where your cursor is at, which can make the measuring a little less frustrating when things need to be pixel-perfect.

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