A machine implemented method of using a digital image system, comprising: displaying, on a display, a virtual loupe; wherein the virtual loupe includes at least a target region for indicating a portion of a display to magnify, and a lens region for displaying a magnified version of the portion of the display indicated by the target region, and wherein the target region indicates a portion of the display that is not encompassed by the lens region; in response to user input, digital image system causing the virtual loupe to move across the display; and while the virtual loupe moves across the display, the portion of the display that is displayed magnified by the lens region changes to reflect the portion of the display that is indicated by the target region, and, wherein the target region and the lens region remain in a fixed distance apart from each other as the virtual loupe is moved across the display, characterised in that: in response to movement of said virtual loupe across the display, changing the orientation of the lens region relative to the target region such that the lens region is aligned with the centre of the display; further characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting that the portion of the display to magnify corresponds to visual information of a different resolution than that of visual information previously magnified; and changing the size of at least one of the target region and the lens region. displaying, on a display, a virtual loupe; wherein the virtual loupe includes at least a target region for indicating a portion of a display to magnify, and a lens region for displaying a magnified version of the portion of the display indicated by the target region, and wherein the target region indicates a portion of the display that is not encompassed by the lens region; in response to user input, digital image system causing the virtual loupe to move across the display; and while the virtual loupe moves across the display, the portion of the display that is displayed magnified by the lens region changes to reflect the portion of the display that is indicated by the target region, and, wherein the target region and the lens region remain in a fixed distance apart from each other as the virtual loupe is moved across the display, characterised in that: in response to movement of said virtual loupe across the display, changing the orientation of the lens region relative to the target region such that the lens region is aligned with the centre of the display; further characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting that the portion of the display to magnify corresponds to visual information of a different resolution than that of visual information previously magnified; and changing the size of at least one of the target region and the lens region. in response to movement of said virtual loupe across the display, changing the orientation of the lens region relative to the target region such that the lens region is aligned with the centre of the display; further characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting that the portion of the display to magnify corresponds to visual information of a different resolution than that of visual information previously magnified; and changing the size of at least one of the target region and the lens region. detecting that the portion of the display to magnify corresponds to visual information of a different resolution than that of visual information previously magnified; and changing the size of at least one of the target region and the lens region.