/LayerX

An intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.

Primary LanguageSwift

LayerX

An intuitive app to display transparent images on screen.

Demo

System requirements

Support Mac OS X 10.10 or later.

Features

  • Drag and drop images
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Adjust transparency
  • Lock images
  • Aspect ratio scaling

Keyboard Shortcuts

Set image

Key Action
⌘ V Paste image or file from clipboard.

Scale

Key Action
⌘ 0 Actual image size.
⌘ + Scale up 10%.
⌘ - Scale down 10%.
^ ⌘ + Scale up 1px.
^ ⌘ - Scale down 1px.

Move (Arrow keys)

Key Action
Move up 1px.
Move left 1px.
Move right 1px.
Move down 1px.

Alpha

Key Action
⌘ J Increase transparency.
⌘ K Reduce transparency.

Window

Key Action
⌘ L Lock images and make window always on top.
⌘ T Make window always on top.
⌘ A Keep window on all spaces.

Mouse events

Event Action
Scroll up on image Reduce transparency.
Scroll down on image Increase transparency.

Contact

Any suggestions are welcome. Find me at @yuhua_twit

License

Copyright (c) 2017 Michael Chen (a.k.a. Yuhua Chen)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.