12 jQuery Plugins to Create Image Zoom Effect
In this post, find a compiled list of 12 lightweight, responsive and customizable jQuery plugins to provide zoom effects on images. These plugins can be used to provide inner zoom, outer zoom and magnifying glass effects. Some of the plugins also support mouse wheel zooming. These plugins will work on all the major browsers.
1. magnificent
magnificent is a simple and responsive jQuery image zoom plugin that provides an inner zoom and outer zoom option to magnify or zoom in on an image. It also supports zoom scrolling with mouse wheel.
2. spzoom
spzoom is a simple jQuery image hover zoom plugin that displays zoomed image area next to the original image.
3. jZoom
jZoom is a tiny jQuery plugin which provides a customizable magnifying glass effect for image zoom. The enlarged image will appear next to the original one when hovering over it.
MagnifierRentgen is an awesome jQuery plugin that allows an image to be zoomed with a magnifying glass effect. It also allows the use of 2 different images, one which is static and other one will be used for showing zooming effect.
5. evenZoom
evenZoom is a jQuery plugin that adds zoom functionality to images with a magnifying glass effect.
6. Pan.js
pan.js is a jQuery plugin used for panning and zooming in/out of a large image in a full screen interface with mouse wheel interactions.
7. ClassyLoupe
The ClassyLoupe is a jQuery plugin which gives you the ability to add zoom on hover ability for your photos with single line of code. With Loupe you have the ability to control the zoom level and loupe size via mouse scroll which gives you the opportunity to enlarge areas that you might be interested in.
8. OKZoom
OKZoom is a jQuery plugin that produces a portable loupe of variable size and shape.
9. blowup.js
A jQuery plugin for customizable image magnification allows you to zoom in on a specified image.
10. Mk Magnifier
A jQuery plugin that allows you to magnify and show details of a product image when you roll over it. It also support touch screen.
11. Zoomple
Zoomple is a very simple jQuery plugin for image magnifying. It allows you to add a zoom to your image. Zoomple comes with many forms of customization and works well in all browsers.
12. Leroy Zoom
A lightweight and easy to use image zoom and magnifying jQuery plugin with less than 4 KB.
