by Chadwick Wood March 25th, 2010 I recently needed to create one of those magnifying glasses in an iPhone app that shows you a close-up view of where you're touching. Searching around led me to this article by Sean Christmann, which was really helpful in showing me how to create what I was looking for (Thanks Sean!). However, once I got familiar with his approach, it seemed like there had to be a
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