Intoduction
The purpose of this article is to give you an idea on how you can go about creating a magnification effect in your WPF applications. The concepts you'll pick up will hopefully be of use in a full fledged application that would require such functionality. I will also explain how you can go about using my Magnifier control, a UserControl that functions like an Image control with a magnification region.
Requirements
To run the project provided from the download link above you require either of the following,
Visual Studio 2010
Expression blend
If you have Visual Studio 2008 you can download the source files from here.
NB: If you're using the express edition of Visual Studio, ensure that you open the solution using Visual Basic Express.
Magnifier (The demo)
How it Works
Move the mouse pointer over the image. A magnification region will show up. Move your mouse to move the magnification region around the image. (If you start feeling concerned I urge you not to worry. You should see the other guy's car.)
Read more: Codeproject